"Rubber Duckie You're The One"

"Rubber duckie you're the one
You make my bath time lots of fun
Rubber duckie I'm awfully fond of you"

We all know the 'Sesame Street' song.....and for those of you who don't...click on the picture below.

I'm sure Ernie or his little fella who's 'cute n yeller n chubby' weren't aware of all the harmful toxins that were used to make rubber ducks back in the 70's.

Today it's a whole new ball game with parents concerns on BPA, Phthalates, PVC's and all the other harmful plastics or chemicals that are used to make children's toys.

So how can we be sure our duckie's (that most teething children will chew on in the tub) are safe?  I would say that the best way to avoid this is to take one of their teething toys that you know to be safe into the tub with them....that way if they feel the need to chomp down you know it's a safe toy that you trust.  Taking every toy out of their mouth when they are teething is going to be very stressful for both of you so it's best to be prepared!

Not only do we have to worry about what our bath toys are made of but for some, what is inside them!  Probably every tub toy you have with holes in it will contain some amount of mold.  We had a bunch of those squirty toys...little fish....and while cleaning them one night and squirting out the excess water...what looked like black soggy lettuce came out (sorry best way to describe it).  It was black mold.  This can contain e-coli and staph bacteria.  That was enough, I threw out all our squirty toys!

Boon Duckies

With a little reseach from the Better Duckie Bureau (i.e. me) I found a company called Boon who produce their ducks without BPA, Phathalates and PVC and these ducks do not hold water either and to top it off look how stylish they are!

Check them out for yourself
http://www.booninc.com/products/OddDucks/956

The downside, as you may expect is that they
come at a price, this collection of 4 is $29.99

 

 Or you can buy Bob here for $8.49

Bob the Duck by Boon

I don't know about you but I think I would rather have

 a few nice bath toys that I know are safe than a bunch

of harmful ones.  Besides, most children I know prefer to 

play with your basic cup and spoon in the tub!

 

http://slowdeathbyrubberduck.com/

If you would like to read more on the dangers of rubber ducks and everyday items, guess what?  There's a book for that....maybe even an app too....who knows?

If you decided to clean out your squirty toys,
let me know what you find!