Cleaning Baby Toys - Dresher,PA

A diluted bleach bath works great. Use clorox its the best and I believe on the label it tells you how much to use per gallon of water for toys.

Hi D.,
Use a watered down bleach solution ( fill sink or bathtub) and leave them in for 20 minutes or so. Rinse and wipe dry! Alcohol (must be at least 70% atrength) works great too when put on a paper towel, as does Hydrogen Peroxide!! Hope she is better soon!

This is not intended to offend anyone

BLEACH?!!?!

Ye gods… no, no, no, no, no…

The primary ingredient in most bleach is CHLORINE. Chlorine is a toxin, and is carcinogenic.

Do you realize how absolutely toxic chlorine is?

Would you wash your silverware with bleach and then use it to eat with it? I’d hope not.

Yes I know some people have it in their drinking water. (Very bad.) Either get a reverse osmosis filter that filters out fluoride and chlorine or drink spring water/ well water.

Shelley is correct about the chlorine. I’ll word it a bit stronger and say never, EVER use Chlorine in your home, unless you know that what you are using it on will NEVER be touched by a child. Like cleaning a ceiling with a scrubby sponge with the windows open when the kids aren’t home is fine. They won’t be licking the ceiling.

Dishwasher idea is also great. You can use super hot water to naturally disinfect the items that are washable.

First, quarantine the toys in something like a plastic trash bag or a lawn and leaf bag. Toss them in the garage or somewhere for about 2 weeks. There’s nothing that is going to live this long without a host. Then it’s safe to take and clean the toys SAFELY.

Don’t toy around with harsh cleaners. Clean and deodorize baby toys safely and effectively using 4 tablespoons of Baking Soda dissolved in 1 quart of warm water. Wash toys with a clean damp sponge or cloth, rinse and dry.

TADA!

Safely cleaned and disinfected toys.

P.S. These ‘daycares’ that use Clorox on things that the kids will be putting in their mouths scare the wizzles out of me!

Hi D.,

When I worked at a daycare,the state department allowed us to wipe the toys down with clorox wipes. They said that was sufficient in killing all the germs and much easier than having to hand wash everything.

L.

I would recommend Chlorox Anywhere hard surface spray.

Here is a link to the info:
http://www.clorox.com/products/overview.php?prod_id=ahsds

Our daycare uses a water/clorox solution and at home I wipe down all hard toys with Clorox wipes every week or two (regardless of illness).

Your daughter has a virus. She's fighting the germs and building antibodies. The germs are around 24/7, but one happened to get past her defensive force. So she's sick. By the time she's better, she'll probably be tough enough, due to the increased antibodies not to need to have everything cleaned. However, the hard toys can be cleaned in chlorox, by soaking, or in something like simple green (be sure to dilute it) and then rinsed VERY well. Simple Green is biodegradable, which is why I use it to clean my house.

Chlorine and Household Products
Chlorine is a common ingredient in many household cleaners. It appears in countless formulas either by itself as a bleaching or sanitizing agent, or as part of another chemical compound. Other names for this chemical include hypochlorite, sodium hypochlorite, sodium dichloroisocyanurate, hydrogen chloride, and hydrochloric acid. Because it is such an effective cleaning and disinfecting agent, and because it is found in so many products, many people are surprised to learn that the presence of chlorine in the cleaners we use actually represents a serious household hazard and one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the creation of a healthy home

1 c. bleach to one gallon of water.

Fill your sink w/ hot water and add a 1/4 cup of bleach to every gallon of water...let sit for 5 mins. and then rinse and dry...this always worked really well for me and my family

Fill your kitchen sink w/water & add 1/2 c. of bleach & soak them.
For the stuff too big to put in the sink, wipe w/similar solution.

I put all the hard teethy toys in a lingere bag and put them in the dish washer.

use soap and water and a washcloth dry with a towel

Anything that can be put in the bath tub I would mix liquid Lysol and water and soak them in there for a bit, then thoroughly rinse with water and dry. Anything that can't go in the tub like electronics I just used Lysol wipes. If you're concerned about any residue, just use a clean, wet cloth and wipe down after that.

K. B
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i think vinegar is good for disinfecting things. if you google "cleaning toys with vinegar", you might find some great suggestions. i would venture to say that a bleach solution is not harmful in small doses, but why risk it when vinegar is so readily available and cheap?

get a spray bottle at the dollar store or use reuse one that you already have and fill it with 1 part vinegar to 4 parts water and add a couple of drops of tea tree oil (pretty expensive, but you're only using very little amount at a time). this is my all purpose cleaner. sometimes i add some drops of lemon or orange essential oil for the smell. it disinfects and deodorizes. the vinegar smell goes away as it dries.

good luck!

You can put the hard toys in a bucket of water with a little bleach. (Just rinse them off and dry them) You have to be careful of the ones that hold water, like the rubber duckies.

I use the clorox anywhere spray. It is safe to use on kids stuff and around food and pets. It does the trick with our stuff and can be sprayed on.

Throw the plastic stuff in the dishwasher--top rack if you're worried about anything melting. (And, if you use a sponge in the kitchen, put that in the dishwasher, too). Great way to sanitize anything you have! Even crocs (the weird-looking shoes) can go in the dishwasher!
Best of luck!

I clean almost everything with vinegar. my husband hates the smell but i feel safer using it around the kids and dog.