Ducks with mouldy bums

[sleepdeprived]

Ew! Do I just have to chuck them? (The mould is on the INside )

[misdee]

black gunge?

chuck them!!!

[sleepdeprived]

shame! Can you buy ones that don't have the hole?

[winterwarmmummer]

Yeah - chuck the duck

[jabberwocky]

Yes, ds has one that doesn't get water in it. He got it as a gift, though, not sure where it's from.

[misdee]

tescos i think do them.

[xmascaroltygirl]

Well, there's an eye-catching thread title. You've just got to look, don't you?

I always chuck them when that happens. Have never found anything that prevents it.

[NotQuiteCockney]

If they're plastic, you could put them in the dishwasher on a lowish temp? Or soak in a bleach/water mix (and rinse lots, obviously)?

Excellent thread title. I was imagining real ducks with mouldy bums, poor things.

[WigWamBam]

Chuck them. We've gone through so many because of this. We blamed Johnson's Baby Bath - and since we stopped using it, the problem has stopped.

[winterwarmmummer]

Ooo yuck

What does the Johnsons do to our babies??

[misdee]

well it happenes to my kids toys and bath mat and we use eczema stuff in their baths. no hint of johnsons anywhere!!

[sleepdeprived]

and we only use olive oil in DS's ...

[WigWamBam]

OK - I wasn't trying to start anything, honestly .

It just seemed to us that when we stopped using baby bath and started using Lush products with dd, the black gunky stuff stopped. That's all.

[winterwarmmummer]

Last post should have had a not a I think.

[winterwarmmummer]

Although it might not have made sense

[misdee]

WWB, i think maybe bath stuff does have something to do with it. i know emoillants etc cant rot rubber, which is why your meant to wipe rubber seal of washing machine if using empillants etc regularly.

[WigWamBam]

Yes, I think it's the oils and stuff that go into these things.

[misdee]

can not cant oops

[rouge]

I'm sure I've seen 'bottomless' ducks somewhere - i.e. ones with no hole - anyone??

[rouge]

(What a thing to be pondering at 3 in the morning ...)

[pixiefish]

rouge- i got some with no holes from my independent local toy store (useless for you really)

They've got red lips as well - TBH I didn't like them in the beginning but having thrown a few tesco bath budies away for squirting black stuff I'm starting to appreeciates the botoomless ones

[rouge]

Hmm, anyone know where you can get bottomless ones online?

[nailpolish]

i would like to know too. wish i could just cut the bottom off myself, one day i just realised it was mould inside the blighters, and was horrified!

[moondog]

That happened to us! Had dewy eyed images of delightful Pears advert style children, frolicking in bubbles with adorable bath toys. reality was mould, slime and not being able to move for crap so thought f--- it and threw the lot away.
No one misses 'em and everything is much cleaner and less complicated.

[rouge]

I know I've seen ones without a**eholes somewhere ......

[nailpolish]

the latest thing is dd wants to take her tiny tears into the bath to wash her hair etc. couldnt bear the thought of old TT being consumed by mould and slime so after each bath, when dd is safely out of the way, dh has the gruesome task of pulling off all TT's arms and legs and giving her a thorough 'clean out' and rinse
god only knows what dd would do if she ever walked in on that