These are among my favorite baby/toddler socks. They are well-made, thick, they hold up well in the wash without shrinking, and are sufficiently elastic all the way through so they don't slide down, but at the same time they don't pinch the baby chub either. Most socks have a tighter elastic at the top and pinch quite hard there, but these don't - they grip somewhat evenly everywhere, thus distributing the force and not leaving significant pinch marks.My one complaint is that the grip dots on the bottom come off easily, but my kids don't walk around in their socks so I don't care. But thought I'd mention it if you were planning on using them to prevent slides and falls. As soon as my babies start pulling up to stand, I put them in soft shoes with good grips, so I have a wider pick of socks, whether with or without grips.