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Rubber teething toy

Sophie the Giraffe is a teether – a toy for teething infants to chew on – in the form of a 7-inch-high (180 mm) hevea rubbergiraffe.^[1]

History

The toy has been made in France (as Sophie la Girafe) since 1961, first in Asnières-sur-Oise, near Paris by Delacoste then from 1991 by Vulli based in Rumilly in the French Alps.

Its name refers to its launch on 25 May 1961, the feast day of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat. It has achieved national icon status in France, according to Slate, with more sold each year (816,000 in 2010) than babies are born (796,000).^[1]

Sophie is also popular in the United States where the toy has been available for decades and even appeared in the movie Three Men and a Baby (1987) and where it has become the best-selling baby product offered by Amazon.com.^[1] Launched in California in the trendy Hollywood area,^[2] it became popular through word of mouth, especia Sophie the Giraffe, Original – Butterslip NADYK