I have read many reviews that they run small. I still buy XS for my 4 year old who wears 8T-9T shoes. This size fits her perfectly. Socks are usually always too big for their age. As for softness, they are a bit prickly, but my daughter didn't think so and didn't mind at all. she loved her.
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