The Latest Baby Craze

“A baby doesn’t just shove the giraffe’s head into his maw — he cradles it and squeezes it and gazes deeply into its dark black eyes.” — Josh Levin on the love affair American babies are having with Sophie the Giraffe, the $25 French teething toy that has become the best-selling baby toy on Amazon. So what if you’ve purchased Sophie for at least three of your baby friends? Does that mean the poor kids will grow up to have some sort of giraffe fetish? : — [