AIBU?
To be horrified by the volume of choking reports about Sophie the Giraffe?
sheswallowedafly · 09/07/2015 14:09
A friend just posted the following:
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AIBU to wonder why the hell it is still being sold? There are countless similar stories all over the net. Does a child have to die before anyone will take action?
SignoraStronza · 09/07/2015 14:20
Oh ffs. I've seen this on FB posted by a hysterical mother who clearly doesn't get the difference between a rather dramatic gagging incident and full on choking. Unless a child developed some pretty full on gnashers and manages to chew off an entire giraffe leg and breathe it in, a baby is highly unlikely to actually choke. 
sebsmummy1 · 09/07/2015 14:21
My son couldn't stand his Sophie, it's laying on the office table as we speak having been moved around the house for eighteen months. I initially thought babies were choking on the squeaker or something. Really shocked they can choke on the legs, wouldn't have occurred to me at all.
PrivatePike · 09/07/2015 14:22
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.londonrach · 09/07/2015 14:25
I so want a sophie if ever im lucky enough to get pregnant for babylondon. Serious question for someone with a sophie how hard are the legs to chew off. I take it paign was a child with a full set of teeth to manage to get the leg off? Is there any other reports.
Birdsgottafly · 09/07/2015 14:27
My Granddaughter has a Sophie, my DN did, as well.
They shouldn't be marketed as a Teething Toy, becsuse that gives the impression that the baby can be left unsupervised with it.
I (and the patents I know) treat it like the High Chair, or Bumble, it's a piece of equipment that the baby (4-10 Months) needs supervision with.
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sheswallowedafly · 09/07/2015 14:29
There are countless similar anecdotes - possibly it's ok though, if it's not your child?
Clearly IABU to think it's not safe, given the pages and pages of first hand accounts online about the legs getting stuck down babies throats... don't let that get in the way of a bit of blood sport though ladies!
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