I purchased a set of these blankets for a friend of mine having a baby and although she received a lot of receiving blankets she has informed me that the Carter's blankets are the ones that she used.  Why?  Because they are made well, stand up to repeated washings without changing size or shape and because they are BIGGER than all the others she received.  The extra 10 inches of material makes the difference in being able to tuck that corner in when swaddling (and not being able to).  A swaddled baby, in this case, meant a happy baby.