A friend gave me one of these and I kept it because every baby has one. I brought it with me when taking the baby out because it's a fashion statement. The baby never quite figure it out that it's intended to be a teether, neither did I except the packaging told me so. However, the baby learned to love it at a later time because it makes annoying, squeaky noises, that's when I stopped bring it with us. I only offer this to the baby when I take the baby to our bed early in the morning after the first feeding and the husband is still sound asleep. If this toy didn't come with a nice box, you would have given this to a dog to play with, and it would have just been as perfect. Strange enough, after its surge of popularity, many parents seem to think naming their newborn daughter after a famous giraffe is a trendy thing to do.