Bathtub safety

I don't go in for all those gadgets. The best way to keep baby safe is to stay right there with her and keep your eyes wide open.

I have never seen an item addressing the soap tray area. I don't know if something like this could be put in front of it: http://www.perfectlysafe.com/trapdoortoybin.html It would take care of holding the bath toys.

And as always, please do not leave your dc unattended while in the bath tub.

We have one of those in our bath and I worry about it too. I'm 26 years old and managed to slip and hit my head on it so I could see how a slipper baby could hit it accidently. I have never seen anything specifically to cover them. I have a toy holder, sort of like the one above, but it is mesh. I have it set so the bottom is right over the soap dish and keep a towel in the bottom. It covers the dish. It seems to work pretty well. No split lips or heads so far.

I'm very sorry your baby hurt himself. They have a way of getting hurt no matter what safety gadgets we have or how closely we are watching them. I never meant to imply directly or indirectly that you don't watch your baby closely enough.

The bathtub is a dangerous place regardless, we can only do what we can do to keep them as safe as possible. Jenny learned very early on that she could not stand up in the tub, or bathtime would be over right then and there. Lots of toys in the bath to keep her occupied helps to distract her from wanting to do anything but sit and play.
Your nine month old must be much larger than my daughter was at a year - at three she can barely reach the built-in ceramic soap dish while sitting down. My biggest fear is that she'll slip and hit her head on the tub itself, rather than the faucet or soapdish.