To be horrified by the volume of choking reports about Sophie the Giraffe?

[sheswallowedafly]

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?

Dont forget to ban fingers. My ds choked himself with two of them at about 7 months, it appeared he forgot he could take them back out plonker

Obviously the legs getting caught in a child's' mouth is a very real risk, and it helps to be aware of this if you plan to buy a Sophie but I don't think it's a reason to boycott the toy altogether. If we took that stance with every toy that posed such a risk then our children would have nothing to play with at all.

I think it's worth remembering that a lot of these incidents could be due to unofficial Sophies - there are lot of replica versions out there which, on first sight, look like the real thing. And if you think about it, a lot of people buy Sophie as a new baby gift so the parents won't actually realise that it's not an official product if it isn't. I know that at least one of the choking incidents reported on Facebook was due to an unofficial Sophie. I'm not saying that the toy is definitely safe, but it has to have been safety tested and the fake ones probably haven't been.

My dd loved her Sophie bloody squeak squeak. She only used to suck the ears I never would have thought about the legs tbh.

My DS managed to wee in his own eye when he was 2 days old.

Penises. Totally hazardous to babies and toddlers. Proven by this thread.

Anything can be a risk to babies/small children.
You may as well ban grapes and marshmallows, those pose a huge risk.