Category Archives: Vulli Sophie the Giraffe Infant Teething Toy Introduction

Sophie the Giraffe is a popular, much-loved, and safe infant teething toy. She has been used successfully, and quite happily, by many (many!) thousands of infants, in at least 46 countries, for over 50 years.

Sophie is probably more often purchased as a gift for teething infants, than by the parents of the infant, making it an excellent choice for an infant’s first toy, and a thoughtful friend’s baby gift. 

The Giraffe teether is 7 inches tall with big coal-black eyes.  Sophie has hot pink colored “rouge” (it’s really food paint) on both cheeks, and on the inside of her  small mouth, which adds emphasis to her cute, playful, and very cheerful smile.  Her front knee is bent forward jauntily.

Relatively inexpensive, Sophie is a time-tested, enduring infant teething toy.  

Notably, this infant teething toy has won several awards for children’s toys, including: the ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailing Association) Best Toy for Kids award, in 2009; and is also a Martha Stewart “Must Have” infant toy.  Sophie the Giraffe is an Amazon.com Best Seller in the Children’s Toy’s category, with over 2,000 customer reviews, consistently ranking a solid 4 stars out of five total.  

Born near Paris, France, in 1961, Sophie the Giraffe infant teething toy is especially good for infants who are teething, helping to relieve the pain from teething.  She is made from a single piece of molded natural rubber, heavy enough that infants can’t chew through the toy, or bite pieces off of the toy.

Sophie the Giraffe was clearly designed with infants in mind, with many easy places for an infant to chew, including Sophie’s legs, head, face, and horns.  The infant teething giraffe is large enough for an infant to hold on to, but small enough and light enough for an infant to lift, and to chew on.  

The popularity of the teething giraffe, however, is clearly more related to making infants’ parents happy, providing their teething infant with relief from their painful teething experiences.  And related to  making gift-giving friends and family members happy, which Sophie has done reliably for over fifty years.    

Sophie is also good for infant development, especially neurological development.  This infant toy is safe for use by small infants, being made from BPA free natural rubber.  Sophie is manufactured in such a way as to be safe for infants to play with and chew on, as well as stimulating all five of their developing senses.  

Sophie the Giraffe is easily washable with clean, soapy water or a clean, damp cloth.  (Be sure and don’t expose Sophie to excessively hot water or other high temperatures, as she will become damaged.  A hot automatic dishwasher would be too hot for Sophie!)