What do you clean LO's toys with?

MegSowers · November 2012

I have no idea what to use for her teethers? Dish soap is what I've been using. And how often do you boil your bottles? TIA!

FlipFlopGirl32 · November 2012

I use dish soap on toys that are plastic and don't have batteries. I'll throw the hard plastic ones without batteries in the dish washer when I think about it. Plush toys go in the washing machine.

I only boil bottles when it's the first use. After that, I hand wash with soap everyday and dish washer once a week.

redmonkeystomper · November 2012

Um...I haven't cleaned any toys yet. I think I better clean some now.

LolaBelle515 · November 2012

I really like seventh generation disinfecting multi surface cleaner in a spray bottle. You don't even have to rinse, yiu can air dry...but I rinse anyway just tone safe: super easy.

FlipFlopGirl32 · November 2012

LolaBelle515:
I really like seventh generation disinfecting multi surface cleaner in a spray bottle. You don't even have to rinse, yiu can air dry...but I rinse anyway just tone safe: super easy.

I like this idea better than mine. I'm going to pick some up. Thanks for sharing!

JaimeG183 · November 2012

I bought the 7th generation wipes and use those.

I try to put some toys in the dishwasher or washer but I don't too often...

Bottles we wash in the dishwasher everyday so I don't boil them

Torani · November 2012

I wash his teethers along with his bottles, handwashing with dishsoap. The only time I sanitize his bottles is when I'm lazy and leave them in the sink (with soapy water) for more than a day. I have a microwave sanitizer that I use almost every weekend....since I'm lazy Friday nights and don't wash his bottles that night. I don't like how the dishwasher cleans them, as we have hard water.

MegSowers · November 2012

Thanks ladies! My DH has been boiling her bottles 1x week because she was sick. But she's been better for 2 weeks... I guess he thinks I don't wash them well enough. lol

oliversmom03 · November 2012

redmonkeystomper:
Um...I haven't cleaned any toys yet. I think I better clean some now.

This.

oliversmom03 · November 2012

redmonkeystomper:
Um...I haven't cleaned any toys yet. I think I better clean some now.

This.

TaylorandMel · November 2012

Like a PP said, we use the DW for any teethers, blocks, or other things without batteries. Other toys I clean with an anti-bacterial wipe, and plush toys obviously go in the washer.

We boiled the bottles the first time before we used them, but not since. At first, we hand washed all the bottles and then realized what non-sense that was. For us, it was TOO much time. Not they're all go in the dishwasher. We also have the medela sterilizing bags, for bottle parts and breast pump parts. You put water in there and then sterilize in the microwave. I try to do this with all the bottle parts once a week.