Bathing in the bath brings invaluable benefits to the kids, a sea of pleasure and positive emotions. For most fidgets, evening bathing becomes a kind of ritual before bedtime, helping the baby to relax and sleep soundly. Water procedures can be made more exciting and exciting with the help of bathing toys - in different colors, shapes, sizes and functionalities.
How to choose bathing toys
First of all, bathing toys should be safe and made exclusively from quality materials. In hot water, poor-quality toys can emit harmful substances and hazardous fumes. Therefore, you need to choose non-toxic materials. Feel free to ask the seller for quality certificates. The first toys are better to choose well-known brands and in company stores.
You should pay attention to color fastness. Before the first use, the toys must be washed, while the paint should not remain on hands and in water. When choosing toys, one nuance should be taken into account: they should be easy to wash, without water retention inside the holes, otherwise the toy will “bloom”.
Toys should be made of soft materials, with a smooth surface, without traces of glue, sharp and removable parts (like fins, ponytails, paws of fish and animals). Parents should be calm that the child does not break off the nose or eye of the little animal and does not swallow it. Manufacturers on the packaging indicate age restrictions and the materials from which the toys are made - when buying, you need to carefully study them.
Do not forget to take into account the developing aspect of the chosen toy. Therefore, the duck should not only swim, but also quack, and even better - flap its wings, respond to pressure, splash with water and so on. It will be more than pointless to give a child a water pistol up to six months - the baby will not only not understand the meaning of the toy, but may be frightened of both the toy itself and the bathing process as a whole.
What are bath toys
For bathing in the bathroom there are a wide variety of toys. They can squeak, gurgle, change color and size, swim, move parts of the body. A variety of existing models allows you to choose items for any age and preferences.
- Rubber animals
The most common bath toys. The kid will love to watch a rubber duck diving in the bathroom, and also squeals joyfully at the same time. These toys are the simplest, brightest, always made of soft materials. They do not drown in water, and most importantly - are completely safe for the child. They can be made in the form of ducks, fish, stars and other marine animals, penguins, boats.
- Rubberized books
Books with soft pages and color pictures will be especially interesting in the water, where the pictures change their sizes and outlines. Some of these books change their color or the color of individual fairy-tale characters. They can make sounds when pressed. There are also coloring books for drawing with special crayons in water. Such entertainment can interest and distract the baby for a long time, while mom will bathe him.
- Suction cup toys
One of the most interesting devices for bathing in the bath. Multi-colored mini-rugs in the form of the same marine life, flowers, leaves, stars, fish, frogs, ducks and so on. They are placed on the inside of the bathtub or tile using suction cups. They can be used as an anti-slip coating on the bottom of the bathtub so that the child does not fall, rising to the legs.
These stickers are also in another form - with double-sided suction cups. On such rugs, you can attach a bottle with shampoo, gel, soap. Suction cups perfectly hold various jars and are always at hand. The child will like to tear them off the surface and stick them back.
- Clockwork toys
There are no less bright fish, crocodiles, bugs on a spring. The simplest mechanism is started manually and the animal quickly moves along the surface of the water. The kid from such toys will have only enthusiasm and a desire to catch them. Several groovy toys will create an interesting game, help develop fine motor skills and an understanding of cause and effect relationships.
- Water guns
Splashes of water always delight the guys. For small fidgets, there are special blasters in which the tank is filled with water and, when you press the trigger, shoots it under pressure. They come with lighting and can turn bathing into a fun competition.
- Cascading toys
Unusual combinations of thematic elements with Velcro attach to the wall of the bathtub, and the baby can pour some water into the hole at the very top. Water will cascade through all the elements to the very bottom and flow back into the bath. These complexes are made in the form of boats, yachts, fabulous animals. The most unexpected things happen: the mills spin, the jugs turn over. The child will be delighted!
A selection of bathing toys by age
Children from one month to six months You can make the bathing process more interesting with rubber toys. The child will learn to pick up objects, developing tactile sensations. It will be useful for him to learn something new, squeezing a toy and thereby extracting sound, remember colors, shape of objects. Inflatable toys, balls of various sizes and colors will also correspond to this age.
From about six monthsthe child begins to sit, and the range of entertainments of interest to him is noticeably expanding. But you should pay attention to the fact that the toys do not make too loud sounds, do not contain removable small parts. In the bathroom, jugs, cups, and saucers must be present in which the baby can pour water. He can safely offer colorful soft sponges, clockwork fish and boats, Velcro stickers, cascading centers.
For older children, there are more complex activities. These can be battery-powered boats sailing in a given direction. They are almost silent, do not drown, and the mechanism is protected from water (when buying, you need to pay attention to this). Water guns, coloring books will be more relevant for children after a year. Also, while swimming, you can enjoy fishing for fishing rods. This toy is safe, because the fish are not caught on a hook, but on a magnet. They blink when they hit the hook, thereby informing the young fisherman about a successful catch.
Your baby should get maximum pleasure from being in the water, and these accessories will make his stay in the bathroom fun and will stimulate him to independently perform hygiene procedures.
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Most of all we liked toys that stick to walls or a bathroom. It was very exciting for my son to stick and tear them off, and at that time I could wash him calmly, since I didn’t really like to wash.