Sophie, The Giraffe

This is Sophie The Giraffe.  It seems that every French baby has one of these.  I'll be heading out to buy two very soon, for our two new American babies.  Hope they like them as much as the French babies do.

My sister wrote to me that the company makes 800,000 of these a year.  There are about 785,000 French babies per year, so the rest go to lucky "foreign" babies. 

A few people have asked me if the paint is safe for a baby to chew and suck on.  I have no idea, but this toy has been around for 50 years. I see a few "Sophies" around with no spots left, oh well. 

You can get this at Amazon, in case you were wondering.