Sophie, the dog toy
Willow doesn’t have a lot of her own baby toys — most of what she plays with is handed-down fabric Lamaze branded items that Lauren and Corbin used when they were babies and a few other toys that she’s come into on her own. So I decided to splurge on a baby toy for her — the fabulous Sophie the Giraffe, made of natural rubber (i.e., no plastic) and a worldwide raging baby trend. Willow is 5 1/2 months old and mostly wants to consume whatever she is playing with, and thus justified, I had Kevin order it last week.
She came today. Lauren was really disappointed with its size — it’s not a big giraffe at all but I knew this and knew it would be perfect for Willow. When we took it out of the package we discovered that it squeaks, which I did not know. And once we handed it off to its recipient I discovered that when she chews on it, it looks and sounds exactly like a dog toy. It makes a creak-creak sound with each chew and I can imagine how long it would take our dog to destroy it if we were stupid enough to let her play with it.
Being a (spendy) doggy toy is not a bad thing, however. It’s squishy in spots and firm in others, so there are a lot of different surfaces for her to experiment on. I’m assuming that Sophie’s hide is strong enough to withstand Willow’s enthusiastic chewing (meaning I hope that her teeth don’t puncture it somehow).
The content of the toy is superior as well. I don’t know about you, but even when a toy or object is marked phthalate/BPA free but still made of plastic I continue to be a bit wary. She does have a few plastic toys that are marked as such but it’s probably just a matter of time before other components of plastic are discovered to be detrimental to one’s health. So I do let her play with what we have but it’s nice to have a new toy that encourages chewing and is made of a natural substance.
So, we’ll see if the toy lives up to its hype. She just spent about 5 minutes chewing on it and is now playing with the box.
Posted on June 16th, 2010 by monica
Filed under: Plastic Alternatives, Plastics, Shopping
i splurged on it as well, for the exact same reasons, and it was well worth ever cent. it received much more then $20 dollars worth of love ( and by love i mean excessive chewing )
we also decided it is just a fancy dog toy !!
Yay Corrie! So glad to hear from you again!
me too lady
( glad to hear from you )
when you didn’t update for sooo long i wasn’t sure what was up, so i was so so happy to see you updating again and see cute baby pictures and all that
Yeah, once Willow was born I’ve been so busy, I’m sure you know how crazy having 4 kids is, I lost all motivation to blog, but now I think it’s fun again! Now that she’s almost 6 months old. How is Molly and the rest of your fabulous crew?