Water Toys

3 YOF INJURED MOUTH WHILE PLAYING WITH PLASTIC WATER TOY CANNON, FELL ONTO IT, AT HOME. DX-MOUTH INJURY

9 YOM BIBA FROM SWIMMING POOL AFTER GETTING HIT ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT LOWER EYELID BY A POOL TOY, DX: RIGHT EYELID LACERATION

6YOM WAS PLAYING WITH HIS SISTER WHEN HE SWALLOWED A RUBBER DUCKY AND MOM HEARD HIM SCREAMING GRABBING HIS THROAT, WAS INITIALLY COUGHING WHICH RESOLVED DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY

6YOF WAS TAKING A BATH TONIGHT WHEN SHE FELL ON A PLASTIC ORCA BATH TOY. SHE HAD A SMALL LACERATION AND BRUISE NEAR URETHRA DX: URETHRAL STRADDLE INJURY; SUPERFICIAL INJURY

2YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A BLOWUP PLASTIC POOL TOY, WENT TO THROW IT AND IT HIT HIS LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION

4YOF WAS SWIMMING IN THE POOL AT HOME AND STUCK HER FINGER IN A TOY WITH A PROPELLER DX: LACERATION OF LEFT LITTLE FINGER *

20MOM PRESENTING FOR UNWITNESSED CHOKING EVENT TODAY AT HOME. WAS PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD W/ HIS WATER TABLE AND MOM IS NOT SURE IF HE DRANK THE WATER OR PUT SOMETHING IN HIS HOUSE (LEAF OR GRASS). APPEARED TO BE CHOKING AND HAD EMESIS, MOM CALLED 911. PARAMEDICS REPORTED LUNGS SOUNDED CLEAR OF WATER. MOM BROUGHT IN DUE TO TROUBLE BREATHING. DX: CHOKING EPISODE

7YOM HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A POOL TOY. DX SCALP LAC

11MOM WAS STANDING AT A WATER TABLE WHEN HE FELL BACK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CONCRETE. HEMATOMA NOTED TO HEAD DX: MINOR HEAD INJURY

3YOF. PT W/ VAGINAL PAIN, STATING THAT IT HURT WHEN SHE PEED AND THEN TOLD HER PARENTS THAT SHE PUT A SMALL MERMAID PLASTIC BATH TOY IN HER VAGINA. SHE WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN.

2YOF. PT WAS AT A KID'S MUSEUM AND PLAYING AT THE WATER TABLE. PER MOM, IT SMELLED LIKE A POOL. SHE HAD WATER SPLASH ON HER FACE AROUND HER EYES AT LEAST 3 TIMES THAT DAD HAD TO WIPE OFF. THE REDNESS STARTED TO ONE EYE INITIALLY-OUTER EYE.

22MOM. FELL OFF A WATER TABLE AT HIS PRESCHOOL 3 HRS AGO. HE HAD CLIMBED ON THE TABLE BUT TEACHER COULDN'T GET TO HIM IN TIME AND THEN HE FELL FALLING ASLEEP OFF AND ON.

Text of Submitter's email message dated July 31, 2018: Subject: Nuby Bath Toys We have had the Nuby Octopus Hoopla Bath-time Fun Toys, Purple for quite some time. The last time I used it my son (9 months) was standing up and sat down directly on one of the tentacles. It ended up going into his anus, and he was bleeding. Thankfully it didn’t injure him too badly. But we threw the toy away immediately. I do not think this should be labeled as a bath toy as these things can happen with no clothes on. If this is used in a pool it would not matter at all.

My child was getting out of the bath tub and he slipped and fell onto his baby shark sing and swim toy. The fin punched his face and left lots of scratches. I feel the fins are too pointy on this toy to be a children’s bath toy.

My son has a Crayola bath toy that you drop the colored bath tablets into & than you turn the handle & mix the color tablets to make different colors & while he was in the tub Tuesday night we were playing & he drop the tablet in & I was turning the handle & the handle came right off. I wasn’t so worried about it because we have had it for a while BUT the metal piece that held the handle in place is beyond dangerous/deadly for a small child/toddler if they were to be stabbed or fall or this metal point. I have 3 pictures to send you if you are interested in this. If my son was playing with this outside the tub & the handle fell off he would have come running to me to let me know something broke & if he would have tripped & this long metal piece punctured him he would have been severely hurt & im not even going to say what would have happened if it punctured his chest area. As a mother I am very upset how this product was designed for a child to play with & I am so happy that the handle came/broke off when I was turning it. I contacted Crayola by email on Tuesday & I have heard nothing about this incident so I figured they don’t care about childrens safety so it was time to let you know what was going on. If you would like pictures to follow up on this with me than let me know & I will email them to you.

I was using a powered water gun from a company called Dadbod Summer. We were using it normally and the product was just over a month old. When pulling the trigger to power the squirt gun, the trigger malfunctioned and the electronics caught on fire. It got hot and started smoking. THe plastic started melting causing a fire alarm to go off, and luckily we work at a Concert venue where there was emergency workers to assist. They disposed of the toy. I reached out to the comapny, and they stated their boiler plate response of its passed the 7 day report window and 30 day money back period, and never acknowledged the safety concern for a childs toy! I was using the product, and again under normal and expected operating proceedures.

Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Spray 'N Lights Bath Whale We discovered a severe problem with this toy. We used it for several baths, about two weeks worth. When the whale failed to turn on tonight, my husband took it into the workshop to replace the batteries. When the cover was removed we discovered water in the compartment, the batteries corroded and what appears to be battery acid leaking out. Upon further investigation, we also noted a similar colored stain on our tub. Needless to say we were appalled by this! Our baby was sitting in water with battery acid. We have to be so careful as he has a medical condition that leaves him prone to urinary tract infection. We took pictures of the inside of the battery compartment with the batteries still in place. When we initially put in the batteries we were so careful to secure the battery compartment tightly as it was held together with tiny screws we feared he could get loose. Please know that his baths are relatively short in duration perhaps 15 minutes, the toy was only used during this time for the past two weeks or so because he was afraid of it initially. I did contact Fisher Price but they were not very responsive. They stated that we could send them the toy and they'd send us our money back. I'd really like this to be looked into further. I can't imagine we're the only ones to experience this. Please feel free to contact me at [REDACTED]. Thank you for your assistance.

Bath toys by elegant baby are very dangerous. Even by following their instructions, these toys developed bacteria and rot all over their insides. Babies play with these toys in the bath and regularly suck on them while parents do not realize their babies are being poisoned.

9/12/2020: The consumer and her 1 year old daughter were in the shower. The daughter slipped and fell on the toy baby shark and began bleeding in her groin area. The daughter had internal bleeding and was rushed to a nearby hospital. The daughter received 5 sutures in one part of her groin and 2 sutures in another part of her groin area. The daughter is scheduled for a future follow up visit. The consumer said that the toys is approximately the size of a person's hand and are designed to float. She believes that the fin part is too sharp. The consumer may follow up with the retailer and the manufacturer.

Consumer's 1 YOM son choked on a piece of a wing on a duck bath toy that had broken apart at home. Consumer was able to safely remove the object from his throat.