Bath time toys!

Bath time is a big deal in our home. For my son it's part of his daily nighttime routine. It's a way to get out that last bit of energy and freshen up before book and bedtime. It's also a great opportunity to connect and even do a little learning while playing.

I thought I'd share our favorite bath toys. I imagine that most mothers of young ones have many of these items already but as a new mother it's a list of tried and true bath toys for your toddler or young child to help keep bath time interesting.

My personal favorites are foam letters, numbers & animals: Learning letters, numbers, colours and animals in the bath is a game for my son and a way for us to encourage the love of learning. His interest in learning the alphabet definitely started during bath time play and when we saw his interest in animals blossom we got the animal set. Now we match the first letter of every animal name with the corresponding animal. I can see how down the line this will progress to spelling complete words.

Munchkin Bath Foam Letters and Numbers via Amazon

Bright Toddler Bath Gift Bag (includes foam animals, bath book and toy storage net) via Amazon

I wish I had found this item (below) earlier. It's the letters, numbers and animals all in one and the first letter of the animal is actually a puzzle piece within that animal piece! How clever!

Foam Bath Toys Letters and Animals for Kids via Amazon

The following are toys that we have and with which we have a lot of fun:

• Basketball net & balls (We have this exact item)

Muchkins Bath Dunkers Set via Amazon

• Thomas the train and station (We have this exact item originally bought at Walmart)

Thomas The Train Bath Tracks via Amazon

• Stackable containers (We have a similar item to this - I bought ours at the Dollarstore)

Munchkins Stack and Spill Bath toy via Amazon

• Boats (We have this exact item)

Magnetic Boats Bath Toys via Toys R Us

• Plastic animals (We have a similar item to this)

Munchkins Lake Buddy Bath toys via Amazon

• Bath books (We have a similar item to this)

Munchkin Bath Book via Amazon

We're thinking of getting some of these in the future:

• Motorized animals

Tomy Swim N Sing Turtle via Amazon

• Bath markers

Crayola Bathtub Markers via Amazon

• Foam blocks

EWonderWorld Non-Toxic Foam blocks for bath via Amazon

As Yolanda mentioned in previous posts the following our great items to make bath time go smoothly for mommy or daddy:

• Kneeling pad

Skip Hop Moby Bath Kneeler via Amazon

• Storage for bath toys

Skip Hop Bath Toy Organizer via Amazon

Clippasafe Bath Toy Bag via Amazon

I also think these are must haves:

• Grip pads (We have this exact item originally bought at Walmart)

Munchkins Grippy dots 6 pack via Amazon

• Spout cover

Skip Hop Moby Spout Cover via Amazon

• Hooded towels and mitt wash cloth

Animal Hooded Towel via Pottery Barn Kids

Circo Hippo Wash Mitt via Target

• Bubble bath 

Toy Story3 Bubble Bath via Amazon

Combining any of these items into a gift basket would a great gift for any young child or family whether for a baby shower, a birthday or other special occasion.

Hello Monday!: The Forgotten Shower or Baby Gift

This gift is definitely for mommy and not for baby.  In my opinion this item is absolutely essential and has made my knees very happy, and yet I have never been to a shower where the item makes its way on the gift registry.  I think it has been forgotten or most people, like me just over a year ago, don't know about it.  It's the bath kneeler!

I received one from my cousin at my baby shower and since then I have tried to give it to every mommy-to-be and have received great reviews.  This simple little invention makes bath time more enjoyable!

The Moby Bath Kneeler by Skip Hop is my favourite because it has a lot of cushion and comfort.

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I guess mommy could put a towel under her knees for comfort, but it's just not the same!

I swear by this product!: The Frog Pod

We don't live in the biggest house and I love to use space efficiently (this is why I like European style furniture as they really do think of making use of all space while keeping it clean and looking good - I digress!).  For that reason, I really have to be smart about how I store all the baby "stuff".  I still haven't managed to control most of the little guy's toys but I certainly have a good handle on his bath toys and toiletries given that I use the Frog Pod by Boon.

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I received this at my baby shower and really swear by it.  It comes with adhesive bands and screws and you can use either to mount it to the wall of your bathtub.  We used the adhesive bands as we didn't want to screw into our tiles and it holds perfectly even with a bunch of bath toys, a shampoo bottle and a soap bottle.      The scoop allows us to gather the toys, rinse them and leave them to drain while hanging on the wall.  It is functional, looks good, and takes barely any room in the bathtub.

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I would recommend this to any new mother or any mother of young children.  Even a child would be happy receiving this as it looks so fun again the wall!  I think this will stay with us for years.  You can purchase the Frog Pod online at Indigo or Toys R Us or Cheeky Monkey, to name a few.  In Ottawa, this was purchased for me at Kiddy Town.

The Boon bath pod also comes in other styles.  I loved the Frog as it looks appropriately stuck to the wall!  But the other styles are nice too!

The Bug Pod - comes in Red and Magenta

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The Whale Pod - comes in Blue, White and Grey

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