Grandpas who squeeze babies’ cheeks mean well. So do kids who love to touch tiny baby fingers. But few things make a new mom squirm like unwashed hands. We asked Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post and co-author of the 18th edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette, how to handle a variety of real-life germy scenarios, with grace.

Ceci Johnson has babies on the brain. The talented stationer behind Ceci New York (and the designer of StrollerTraffic’s own logo) is expecting her first child in September—right around the same time her Ceci Baby Line for Tiny Prints debuts . . . We asked Ceci to catch us up on the latest announcement trends; here’s what she says is hot right now.

We trust you all know how to make your own friends. Still, we hear a lot of grumbling from new moms about making mom-friends. So we polled the coolest moms we know (the StrollerTraffic Scouts) and put together a quick Dos-and-Don’ts guide to chumming up with like-minded moms.

Skype is so 2005. But Skype mobile, that’s a whole other story. While you (and your in-laws) are waiting for it to launch, here are five cool new ways to connect the generations.