I don't mind these blankets, but they certainly are not what I expected. They are very small, not very soft and really are only patterned on one side. I wouldn't consider them to be receiving blankets so much as burp cloths or something like that. I have some other cotton and fleece receiving blankets that are just lovely, but these I would maybe only use when the baby was very tiny and needed to be wrapped in something very light, or as I mentioned before use them for burp cloths.