Just curious, what do you think is the etiquette with toys and play dates? LO is 6 months old and we have weekly playdates with a group of moms and babies the same age. Whoever is hosting puts out a bunch of toys, and some of the moms will usually bring a few toys and throw them out there as well.

At 6 months, babies pretty much play by putting everything directly into their mouths. Since we all know each other pretty well, no one seems to care about the toys going into all the mouths-- obviously if any of the babies were sick they either wouldn't come or would be super careful not to let them share their germs.

Is that the norm? Is it rude to let your baby put a toy that isn't hers in her mouth? What about at places like library story time and stuff? We were talking about it at our playdate since we are all FTMs and unsure of what you are 'supposed' to do.

FWIW I wiped all of our toys down before our friends came over and again after, and only put out the easy to wipe down ones.