I bought for my grandson (4 weeks) this ball. It is a very nice soft ball, the children can also well "hug". However, there is a shortcoming in this ball - he smells. As one suspects irgenwelche unsgesunden chemicals due to smell you actually might be a toddler who tested everything with his mouth not even him. By the time my grandson is as far as to play with the ball, he is hopefully evaporated.