Sophie La Girafe

This 7 inch rubber toy with a squeakie is the talk of the baby world! If when asked does your child have a Sophie and you reply "NO"....well let me tell you they look at you like you should be sent away to Siberia! I have seen this very plain looking rubber toys for months now and being a giraffe it was hard for me to pass up....but paying $22.50 for a 7 inch rubber toy just did not seem rational to this grandma. But then when I actually was told the story about Sophie the whole idea seemed quite rational! Here is Sophie's story.

"She was born on May 25th 1961.....Saint Sophie's Day! In France, Monsieur Rampeau, who had assimilated the roatational moulding of rubber for toy making, he came up with the idea of designing a giraffe. First on the market, its size and shape would be ideal for a baby's small hands to hold. Sophie looks exactly the same then as she does today. She was an immediated success. Mothers saw that she was must for teething babies. By simple word of mouth her fame spread. (Hence when the women at Nordstoms told me the story, I walked out of the store with one!) From then on in Europe, generation after generation children loved the squeak of Sophie. Vulli a company base in Rumilly in the Haute-Savoie region of France has continued to keep the jealously-guarded secret how this wonder toy is made. Sophie is still produced today, a process that involves more than 14 manual operations. She is made from 100% natural rubber derived from the sap of the Hevea tree."

So now my grandson has a "Sohpie" so if anyone asks I can stand proudly and say "YES" I paid $22.50 for a 7 inch rubber toy!