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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

The 6 best ways to clean and disinfect baby toys – safe and sanitary tips for your little one's favorite belongings

A blue children's bedroom with a wooden square cubby bookcase filled with toys. A wooden chair in front of it, and a basket for blankets .

If there is one thing that never changes when it comes to children, is that they are often as messy as they are adorable. This is especially true when it comes to their toys. Transported from bed to car, to bath, toys quickly become germ hotspots and can increase the risk of illness.

While it is vital to keep these clean, how you sanitize your children’s toys just as important as babies and toddlers, especially teething ones have a propensity to put most toys in their mouths. Soaking them in cleaning chemicals could be just as dangerous if not more so than leaving germs on them.

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