I have never really had to deal with much illness at my daycare. I clean weekly but never really do a major sterilization. I think germs are good for kids and like I said, except for the odd cold, we are a healthy bunch.

Well, I had 3 kids stay home today due to throwing up. According to their parents they all seem fine today but they will let me know if they are well enough to return tomorrow.

So I only had my daughter and one DCB so we spent 1.5 hours this morning cleaning all the toys. I washed them in hot soapy water with some bleach added, rinsed and they are air drying in a huge pile in my bath tub.

1) How do you all dry these toys properly so they actually dry? They still all have water stuck in them/dripping everywhere.

2) How do you wash the toys you can't submerge? I just wiped them down with cloth dipped in the bleach solution then wiped with a clean wet cloth.

3) Do you do anything with the books?

I washed the barbies and dolls in my washing machine with the doll clothes etc.

I figured it can't hurt to do this, even if it is over kill it is probably good to do this at least once a year!