Bath Toys for Baby

Floating and squirting toys to help you bathe your baby.

The trick is to keep them distracted. Some babies take to water about as well as fish do to land, so until your baby matures, you're going to need a strategy. Some baby bath toys will make them more comfortable, others will take their attention away from the water, and when the day comes that your baby decides he or she loves the water, you'll also need to find bath toys for baby that let them pour water all over the tub and into as many other containers as possible.

Floating things

Visual distractions are the easiest to discover, so baby bath toys that float have a good chance of capturing your childs attention.

The rubber ducky (or rubber duckie, as it's spelled by serious collectors) has somehow achieved an iconic status in American culture. Maybe it has something to do with Ernie from Sesame Street and his famous Rubber Duckie song. Whatever the reason, babies love rubber ducks, and a rubber duck is about as simple and inexpensive a baby bath toy as you can find.

If you really want to fire your babys imagination, you can also employ a pirate ship baby bath toy. Ships are baby bath toys with lots of moving parts for interactive play, and exposing your baby to pirates at an early age will help them later in school when they study issues like colonialism and European explorers. Well, maybe not the last part.

Bath puppets

Movement and interaction are great qualities for baby bath toys to have, so the line of bath puppets from Baby Einstein might be an appealing option. Cows, dragons, ducks, turtles, and even blue goats can liven up bath time, and maybe even participate with washing. And since they sell for around $10 each, Baby Einstein bath puppets are also cost-effective bath toys for baby.

Baby bath squirters

As your baby gets accustomed to being in the water, bath squirters can become a way to make the process playful. These small and cuddly vinyl critters shoot jets of water up from the tub, and come in many different shapes including turtles, whales, dolphins, sea shells, and clams.

Bath books

Bath books are bath toys for babies that will demand concentration, making them ideal for bathers that need distraction. The typical bath book is a baby bath toy made from soft vinyl, so it can float on the water or be submerged without damage. Some baby bath books even come with additional baby bath toys such as bath squirters. What better place for your baby to learn about animals and life at sea than in the bathtub?

Baby bath activity center

Once your baby has reached an age where bathing is no longer frightful, a baby bath activity center can provide a lot of entertainment and fun. The Iplay bath octopus activity center is a bath toy for baby that sells for around $25 and features octopus arms, raining and straining water action, a detachable squirter, water scoop, and sprinkler.

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