Thank you Aden and Anais

We swaddled our baby for the first...oh 4 months, maybe longer.  Traditional receiving blankets got to be too small within the first 3 weeks.  Aden and Anais to the rescue.  I love these blankets!  They're super soft and get softer with every wash.  They are huge, but thin so you can fold them in half to swaddle a little baby or use the whole thing when the baby gets bigger.  I've also used them as a blanket for the baby to lay on, as a burp cloth, as a sun shade for the stroller, and I don't even know what else.  Basically for the first 6 months I had one attached to me and the baby wherever we went at all times.  We got a lot of use out of ours and yet they never permanently stained or fell apart in any way.  They just kept getting softer and "stretchier."
Now I use them mostly as a sheet in the pack & play, but I strongly recommend them to everyone with a newborn.  I know it's hard to believe, but they actually are worth $10/blanket.