An Unlikely Suspect?

Babies seriously love Sophie. This adorable French giraffe is “an ideal first toy…which stimulates all of baby’s 5 senses.”  Since he was old enough to grasp anything, Sophie has been Gabe’s favorite toy. Even this week, as Gabe dealt with some crazy digestive issues and gnawed through his first top tooth, he continued to show preference to his best toy. 

Since we have few answers about why Gabe is having issues this week, everything he has interacted with recently is under investigation.  Perhaps Gabe is demonstrating an allergic reaction, so the mama bear in me set to work examining every thing he puts into his body – food, medicine, and toys.  In fact, I spent time looking up product information for a few of his toys to find out if any of them  might be made with latex. (Note: Children with Spina Bifida are treated with “latex precautions ” because the instances of latex allergies are higher in our kids.)

So what about Sophie?  Well…I knew for sure this toy is famous for being made completely out of the sap of the Hevea tree.  What I didn’t know is the common name for Hevea: the Rubber Latex Tree.  Ahhhhh! Oh, Sweet Sophie, you may or may not have contributed to our issues, but either way you will be missed!