its silicone which , in my opinion be safer than soft plastic with no ingredient list . if silicone be recommend for bottle nipple then I cant see the harm in allow my baby to use it in this age of recall . its larger than a normal pacifier but thats good . it fill he mouth up and feel different from he bottle nipple and he other silicone pacifier . this way he wont be chew on the wrong thing . he slowly get use to it but will chew on it longer if I hold it while he chew . its simply not the size of a normal pacifier so he cant count on he mouth hold it in just yet . he only 5 month and be drool a great deal so im ahead of the game with this teether . also I have many plastic teether that usually come with a new bouncer or baby gym but throw they away . I plan to go organic as well with he other teether toy . I hope I can find a organic stuff toy with no dye . then I would feel comfortable allow he to chew and suck on it . the soft plastic teether be scary with all the toxic ingrediant that have recently come to light like philate which be use to soften plastic and be now know to be detrimental to baby . this finding be so new that there be little info online about Philates . I would not have know anything if I have not be watch a news program . so I be stay away from soft plastic generic teether , no matter how cute they look . I do recommend this silicone teether . Atleast I know the ingredient of what he chew on .