Sophie the Giraffe

This is Sophie.

Sophie is the latest rage in baby toys.  I didn't even know there were toy trends for infants until I saw four different babies with Sophie within two weeks.  I asked one mom about Sophie and she said that "Sophie is the latest rage in baby toys."

Sophie the Giraffe is 100% natural rubber.  She is a toy and a teether.  She squeaks when squeezed.  Sophie is fun to hold and she has her own website.  

Sophie costs $20.

No joke.  Twenty dollars for a rubberized giraffe.  I don't want to pay $20 for a tiny toy unless it can sing and dance and clean my kitchen floor.  Does that make me a bad mom?

But I didn't want Abby to be shunned by an elite circle of babies, so I tried substitutes.

The first wasn't a giraffe.  It was a reindeer.

 

The second faux-Sophie was too fluffy.

My final Sophie-sub was only two-dimensional and easily crinkled.

So it seemed that sweet Abby was not going to be able to keep up with the Baby Joneses.

But then. . .at the bottom of a bucket of infant toys at a consignment sale. . .there was a Sophie Giraffe!  Eight dollars.  Mommy and baby rejoiced.

 

Sophie is good for cuddling. . .

and chewing. . .

and more cuddling. . .

and serious chewing.