Finalist No. 3: The diaper

Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:00:00 +0000

Our firstborn son, Ryan, was 8 weeks old and it was time for me to go
back to work. I really hated the idea of not being with Ryan all day, not
seeing every little smile and hearing those little cooing sounds he made,
but my husband and I thought we had the perfect plan for my return to
work. My husband Dave works for a national cable-TV station four
nights a week. We had opposite days off, and on the two days where
we overlapped he would be with Ryan until 1 p.m., then take him over
to our neighbor's house until I got home at 6 p.m. No daycare, no long
hours at a baby sitter's and best of all, Ryan and Dave would get some
real, quality, father-son time.

Salon.com > Kathy Schmidt

Finalist No. 3: The diaper