Clean toys regularly is to avoid the baby from disease. How to clean toys depending on the material of manufacture. Therefore, if you buy a toy, you should keep the box / packaging because there is usually indicated how to clean and store (instruction for care).According to Dr. Martin M Leman, DTMH
(Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene), SpA, the following can be a guide for parents to clean baby toys:
1. Intransitive electronic toys.
Do not be washed because it can damage the battery system / power. Simply wipe it with a dry cloth of cotton that absorbs. Can also be cleaned using a vacuum cleaner mini normally used to clean up
the desktop (computer table) and a laptop. The goal is to eliminate the dust.
2. Plastic toys.
Can be washed using a mixture of water and liquid soap or antiseptic hand wash. Do it in a container (bucket / tub), and one by one his toys soaked, then scrubbed using a sponge so that all dirt or
dust can be lost. After the toy is rinsed several times with clean water. Put toys in the wide expanse of clean plastic sheets to be dried with the help of sunlight. Can also be dried one by one with a
clean cloth. In baby equipment shops, now available special liquid to clean toys that claim without
detergent. No harm in trying to clean with this liquid.
3. Toys made of cloth.
Washing clothes can be washed as usual at washing machine.If possible, can also use by hand.
After washing, drying did well in the machine. But keep in mind, not all machine washable cloth toys. Take a look at the instructions, sometimes there should be washed by hand so as not to change the form (shape) the toy. Dry with drying in the hot sun.
