Toys

“Water Toys”

Children love water toys and bath toys. When it comes to playing in the bathtub or in a swimming pool, there may be nothing a child loves more than water toys. My daughter tries to turn everything she sees into a water toy. Even toys that are not designed for the tub or the pool go in with her, even if it means having to throw them away at a later date. I try to avoid some of this by buying water toys for her on a regular basis. Luckily for me, they are often not very expensive and easy to find.

You can look in the pool section of your local store, if it has one, to find a great number of pool and bath water toys. In most cases, you will find goggles, flippers, floaties, blow up animals, and water games. What you spend on these is up to you. If you really want to get creative and find a fun and interesting toy, you may want to pass up the pool section to find water toys in other parts to the store.

The basic requirements for water toys are simple. They must be made of a durable and waterproof material, have no sharp edges, and many times, you want them to float. This leaves the door wide open when looking for water toys. Just because the rubber duck you found is supposed to go into the tub doesn’t mean it won’t do great in the pool. You can also find other toys that will easily go in water without any harm. These make great water toys as well.

When dealing with water toys like blow up animals, tubes, or rafts, remember they are not necessarily life saving devices. If you have a large pool and a little child, you have to buy the proper safety items to keep them safe in the deeper water. Many water toys will come with a warning that they are not meant to keep your child safe and should not be used for that purpose. Make sure you are buying the proper safety vests when looking for something to help keep your child safe.

For the safety of your child, also remember that some water toys need to be cleaned on a regular basis. If the toy can hold water, make sure it is empty and dry when you put it away. Sitting water can turn bad if bacteria is present, and this is not something you want to put back into your pool or tub. Also watch for chipping pain, broken toys, and wooden items that may rip your pool or warp if left in the water.

Bath Toys

My daughter absolutely will not place a single piggie toe into the tub unless she has her favorite bath toy. Her favorite bath toy happens to be this strange looking flamingo stuffed animal. Its bright purple and while it was meant to be a bath toy, I almost wish it would find another tub to invade. She loves this thing. I can’t even remember how it came to live with our family, but after each and every bath she insists on hanging it on the showerhead. So, the next person who decides to bathe has a purple flamingo bath toy staring at them. I’ve grown accustomed to him.

Most children like to have more than one bath toy. My daughter however, seems to think it is only necessary to one bath toy. In many ways, I think that is wonderful because it means I don’t have tons of toys to put away once her evening bath time is over. It also means she’s not throwing them all over the bathroom. Her one simple bath toy, while not my personal favorite choice, is cute in a sense and does sometimes manage to fly around the bathroom at some high speeds. I’m not sure how it happens unless, of course, he’s merely trying to escape from her constant dunkings. She likes to do that to him, though I’m not sure why. Of course, as long as she’s dunking a bath toy and not the cats, I’m not about to intervene. It entertains her for twenty minutes, allowing me to get a few things done in the bathroom while she’s splashing her heart out.

I see so many other bath toys on the market that I think about bringing home to join our family, but she always turns them down. She insists on this flamingo being her one and only bath toy. I’m not sure what exactly will happen if he decides to fall apart or someone breaks in to steal him from her. If he ever does go missing, it could trigger a natural disaster in my neighborhood. My husband has grown rather fond of this bath toy. I often hear him in the shower singing to the freaky flamingo. If I ask him about it, he just smiles and says that it has become a bath toy that can be enjoyed by all. I have to disagree. I am not fond of showering with flamingos.