My son was born in December. I had a HORRIBLE time finding a nice warm winter hat for a boy. I ordered this and have some mixed reviews. It's defiantly thick and warm. It's not super soft--but that's okay. It never really fit my son though. It's a 0-6 month hat and even in the early months it didn't fit. The "band" part was always too small and the rest of it stood up like an elf hat. My son's head at birth was in the 60 percentile. I'm not sure how this could fit many 6 month olds...