Toddler bath toys-clean them or bin them?

[Justonecheese]

DD has some squirty bath toys that have manky black bits collecting in them-is there any way to clean/disinfect them effectively or do they need to go?

I just put some Milton in water and suck it in and squirt it out of each toy until the black disappears. I also try to remember to empty all the water out of each toy after each bath but don't always remember

I binned them and now stick to boats (easy to clean), stacking cups (ditto), floating balls and empty shampoo etc. bottles (which are recyled after a short while). Figured I'm too lazy life's too short to faff around trying to get the the gunk out of bath toys!

Thanks ladies...think they are going to be binned... :)

I've binned ones like that and in the future won't be getting that kind of toy. Also had problems with those foam letters/shapes you get in ELC, no matter how much I aired them out they just got manky :(

They actually have virtually no bath toys ATM , they are 4 and 2. I am thinking of getting them some for Xmas or in the sales but I will be choosing VERY carefully this time as I am paranoid.

Oh dear - I just let them play with them despite black bits. DD is fond of making the dinosaurs suck up water and then 'be sick' - black bits and all. Milton's a good idea though.