The “Sip & See” trend is gaining some serious momentum. Typically held 2-6 weeks after the baby arrives (open-house style with a timeframe of 3-4 hours for guests to drop by as they please), the mid-afternoon shindigs are often held in lieu of a baby shower. We love them for their efficiency: invite everyone over all at once to see the baby, so your home doesn’t feel like a revolving door of visitors during those already stressful just-home-from-the-hospital weeks.

No one has a better sense of what new moms want than giggle founder Ali Wing. So when we found ourselves with a list of nine pregnant friends for whom we needed to buy baby gifts, we asked Ali to tell us her favorite earth-friendly gifts for expecting moms .  .  .

When we first heard that stationer Sarah Drake was designing custom logos for babies we thought, Cool. Then we thought, “Um, so exactly what do you do with a baby logo?” Throw a kick-ass birthday party, for starters. You can use the logo for invitations and thank you notes, of course. But what about confetti, t-shirt iron-ons and temporary tattoos? Those are just a few of the extras Drake offers as a part of her new Mini Monogram program . . .