Positive reviews here, I can only connect fully, even I as a mother find the thing just great :-) The smell of rubber is also noticed me, but it is something natural and also flies. I think for the little ones the giraffe is really great. Even as a gift for the birth of a second child a good idea, because I have the impression that this giraffe is not yet so widespread (or I live as a second-nut too much on the Moon?). We have been given the giraffe with 7 months almost a bit too late, because now 8 months come by Robben and crawling again other things to the fore and the soft toys are often no longer so interesting. But for chewing is when the teeth press again, welcome. My recommendation for a birth gift that makes no noise: the O-Ball.