I ordered this mat for the children of my daughter. I have long been looking for a mat that has no kitschy numbers or letters on it and smells like chemicals. All this is the case with the SkipHop play mat. She looks great, is not tacky (they could also place into the living room) and it smells when indeed open new, but not to cheap plastic. The price is really justified. Now you can learn to crawl and sort later the circles new little one. An absolute buy recommendation.