These mittens are awesome! The Gerber mittens we had kept coming off our newborn, and that was before the elastic stretched out and made them basically useless. These are of much better quality and a great price. The elastic band is strong and doesn't look like it will wear out too fast like the Gerber ones. Also the hand area is much bigger, so your little one has room to wiggle their fingers. If it helps our child is 7 weeks and 10 pounds.