I bought this for my newborn.  She has hair but not much and I needed something for the cool fall days.  The hat works well, is nice and soft and stays in place.  The tag does say hand wash, which I read AFTER I washed it in the machine.  The pom pom disintegrated and I pulled pink fuzz off of everything in my baby's laundry for the next month.  No issue with the mittens.