User:Soap/bathtoys

i will probably never finish this but i want to at least put something. i created a redirect, i think, and it got deleted at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2020_January_6 but even the delete votes said that it would be a good idea for a standalone article.

I may have missed the deletion notice for the article because I never actually created bath toy, I merely linked to it with the intention of creating an article for it in the future.

i expect a lot of tiny edits on this so i dont plan to move this page to the mainspace even if i do think it's ready.i will instead create a new article in mainspace with just one edit.

my parents took videos of me playing in the tub, but there is no reasonable chance of getting the old VHS videos online, and it may be for the best, as Im sure the video quality was extremely poor by today's standards. oddly, i was unable to find any photos.
 * update: this is almost certainly not true. i dont think my parents would ever have taken a video of me playing (presumably without clothes on) in the bathtub. they did shoot a video of me playing with my bath toys outside the tub wearing normal everyday clothes. i may have written the above paragraph very hastily as it wasnt intended to be part of the article, and i may have conflated the video with the still pictures they took at other times.

Bath toys
Bath toys are any toys intended for children to play with in a bathtub or pool. All children hate taking baths, but hygiene is important, and therefore parents find bath toys a useful way to keep their children entertained during this unpleasant time of the day. Some children even continue to play with bath toys when they are old enough to bathe themselves.

Varieties
types of bath toys:


 * Rubber ducks
 * foam letters/numbers/shapes, often made from EVA. Similar to pool noodles.
 * Nickelodeon slime that turns into soap when rubbed on skin
 * actual slime that just stays slime, for younger kids or kids who cant be tricked

There are probably electronic waterproof "toys" but those would be difficult to shepherd under the term "bath toys" because they would be equally playable outside the tub.

Safety
Most bath toys are aimed at very young children still dependent on adults to care for them. Those aimed at older children typically do not carry safety warning as it is understood that anyone capable of self-care is unlikely to compulsively swallow foreign objects.

Bath toys may need to be cleaned inside and out, as it cannot be assumed the bathwater is clean.

Bath toys outside the tub
File:punding.jpg
 * on Commons there was an IFD for a larger bath toy image. it's not clear what is safe and what is not. — Soap —