https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:26:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133799 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 20:19:32 +0000 littlebug 1133799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! I think I sterlized the few toys we got before he was born, cuz, you know, new mom and nesting and all that. Since then? Haven't even thought about it. Though we just bought a set of Duplo blocks from a yard sale, and I'll give those a bleach soak. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133780 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 19:58:48 +0000 JerricaBenton 1133780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wash things in hot soapy water pretty regularly. We have a dog so if he gets at something or she drops something I put it in a basket until I have a good pile and then I wash them all together. I don't like to use clorox or lysol. Stuffed toys get washed on the hand washable cycle when they look like they need it or they drop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133748 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 19:23:24 +0000 Smurfette 1133748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! Other then when she drops one when at a restaurant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133701 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 18:11:17 +0000 IcebergMom 1133701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133634 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:43:17 +0000 regberadaisy 1133634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Just hot soapy water for the small items and wiped the bigger items with lysol wipes then with water.</p> <p>@bpcmarj: exactly. I don't want other kids that might come over getting HFM from here because I didn't sterilize seeing as how it's spread by saliva!</p> <p>I'm actually really glad I did it! So many of her toys just had a slippery-ness to it from her stuffing it in her mouth all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133616 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:15:32 +0000 Arden 1133616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't wash off normal germs (from the house, yard, park, etc) but if Vi drops a toy in a public bathroom or something, I'll put it through the dishwasher on the top rack. Wood toys get a wipe, cloth ones go through the washing machine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133599 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:02:28 +0000 lemondrop 1133599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, I'll babywipe consignment toys, but that's about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133551 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:31:48 +0000 stargal 1133551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a couple times....but we buy mostly used stuff so I wash it down before he plays with it for the first time.</p> <p>but the big things get washed down every couple months like his play kitchen, shopping cart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133536 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:23:37 +0000 loveisstrange 1133536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never.... she had HFM a few months ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133529 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:21:48 +0000 bpcmarj 1133529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never have, but if I were in your shoes I would be doing the same thing:) Actually, I have been meaning to wash her stuffed animals and just haven't gotten to it yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133526 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:19:40 +0000 mrsjazz 1133526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133522 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:14:27 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1133522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummmmmm never. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133513 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:01:17 +0000 LittleFox 1133513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I clean off things that come from yard sales, but I don't typically see the need to sterilize his toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133505 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:49:54 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1133505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You mean when was the first?! We don't do this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133495 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:34:43 +0000 Dandelion 1133495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, I feel better answering never, too, then, lol. I clicked on this and seriously thought I was going to be an outcast.</p> <p>Actually, once when he was almost three, he pooped in the tub and it was a mess. I sterilized what I could, but ended up tossing out a lot of his toys. He's never done it since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133487 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:28:30 +0000 boots 1133487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! LO doesn't go to daycare, and unless she drops a toy somewhere REALLY gross, I just let 'em be :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133472 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:13:08 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1133472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha. Never :-) It would take something truly nasty for me to even think about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133467 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:10:34 +0000 sarac 1133467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I would not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133452 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:51:08 +0000 jmarionsmith 1133452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we never do unless LO drops them in the toilet or dog water bowl... we're just not germaphobes around here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133446 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:47:53 +0000 lamariniere 1133446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133402 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 12:48:12 +0000 californiadreams 1133402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>about a month ago after LO was sick for like 3 weeks! I don't know if he could catch his own germs and get sick again from them, but i wanted to sterilize for when we have other babes over for play dates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133396 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 12:42:26 +0000 travelingnanny 1133396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. We're not worried about germs in this house :) </p> <p>@locavore_mama That reminds me when my mom would clean/organize our playroom as a kid. She would try and get rid of stuff but we wouldn't let her. It was always an amazing 10 minutes seeing all our stuff nice and neat...till we destroyed it again ; ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133371 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 12:14:29 +0000 sunny 1133371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not for awhile! I should do this. </p> <p>Btw - what's your method for sterilizing? I usually use a Clorox wipe and then wipe again with water, but I don't know if that's really the best way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whens-the-last-time-you-sterilized-all-of-los-toys#post-1133341 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 11:41:40 +0000 regberadaisy 1133341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO got hand, foot and mouth earlier this week from daycare. Now that she's getting over it I wanted to sterilize all her toys.<br /> Took me almost 3 hours this morning to sterilize and reorganize all her toys. I took the chance to also purge some toys she hasn't played with in awhile. So of course she was playing with them as I pulled them out. ;) </p> <p>When's the last time you sterilized all the toys? </p>