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to take my own toys?

157 replies

workinggally · 26/05/2011 11:42

I take my dc to quite a lot of baby groups but the toys at some of them I think are quite unhygienic. Never washed and in all the babies mouths. One of the leaders at one said she washed them once a term as though this was really frequent, I'm sure some of the others might be even less frequent.

I was a bit shocked at the situation the first times I went but everyone else seemed to think things were ok so I just went along with it.

Anyway now my dc is unwell which could be due to unhygienic toys. (Although of course he could have caught it somewhere else).

Anyway to put my mind at rest in the future would it be ok to take my own toys for dc to play with? We don't want to stop going altogether as we enjoy the songs/ socialising.

Have other people ever taken their own toys? Tbh a lot of the stuff at these groups is older/ less nice than what he has at home, so it seems a shame to be exposed to infection unecessarily.

OP posts:
workinggally · 26/05/2011 11:47

I can cope with the idea of him putting yukky things in his mouth by mistake. But what I don't like is the idea that I am handing him toys to play with that I know to be very unhygienic.

OP posts:
QueenCee · 26/05/2011 11:47

Goodness... YABU.
My DD sucks the carpet!
Germs build up their immune system. My SIL miltons all her DS toys and he's always Ill.
I rarely wash DD toys unless she's sick on them! She's 7 months and never been ill.

Portofino · 26/05/2011 11:47

YABU and precious.

MovingAndScared · 26/05/2011 11:46

YABU -could have got ill from other child regards of toys
and what will you do when "your" toys is taken by another baby etc

WowOoo · 26/05/2011 11:45

Take your own toys if you want,, but you might have to share them. The toys at playgroups are for everyone, aren't they?

I took a pack of milton sterilizing wipes (happened to have them on me) instead.Grin

I think it'll look a bit funny if you take your own toys and don't share them.

BelleEnd · 26/05/2011 11:44

ONe day soon, your baby will eat stuff off the pavement when you're not looking.
YABPFB

DoMeDon · 26/05/2011 11:43

YABU - germs are good and repeat.

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