They're bath squirters....... Much like any of my baby girls other squirters and exactly what I expected. I will have to say though, one thing that is nice that I like about these over some of her others is the material used. While it is thick and durable, it is also very soft and pliable, meaning even her little tiny hands are able to squeeze the majority of the water out nicely while playing and after bath time you can squeeze them out completely and aren't left with them holding excess water to sit and get stagnate. Overall, I would recommend, almost all kiddos seem to love these type squirters and these are nice and very cute!! After noticing some of the other reviews, I wanted to edit my review to add that we have not had any issue with the paint coming off. My 17 month old has chewed them, as most all babies do. Hmm, not sure why some are having this prob? Maybe a bad batch? Or perhaps a type of bath product they are coming in contact with in certain homes? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be overly freaked out about it, its a under $10 dollar toy and babies put all sorts of things in there mouth, its truly amazing the things they eat! LOL! As for this whole PVC and BPA scare, when my older children 17, 12, and 10 were babies there wasn't such a concern with this and I'm sure my babies had bottles and everything else that contained BPA. I even did the "bad" Mommy thing and heated their bottles in the microwave! gasp! My children are perfectly healthy, thriving human beings. As a parent, of course my children's well being is the most important thing to me and I make every effort to protect them. I am even a paranoid over protective Mom, not allowing my children do many things their friends get to do. But, you can just go too darn far with anything. Everyday there is some new threat that is supposedly bad for your children, some of these things we have been doing for years. Sometimes there is well documented science to show this danger and we learn from our past, as in the use of Lead based paint, which I would like to add is now taken off the market, but sometimes its just overactive wide spread panic. I doubt very seriously letting your children play with and chew on these tub toys is jeopardizing there health and No,they are not toxic. Good grief! Munchkin has been one of the leading names in baby toys and items for years, you cant walk down a Walmart, Target or Toys'r'us baby aisle without encountering several items by Munchkin. Come on people...its a damn tub squirter!!!
