She turned to me and in six short words conveyed the power of fathers taking solo parental leave and finally seeing for themselves how annoying it is when, at the end of an intense day with the baby, when you’re exhausted, in a messy house with wild hair, no real clue where the day went save for clipping the baby’s fingernails, and your partner, surveying the disarray, asks, “So what did you do all day?” Anciano smiled apologetically and shook her head. “He hasn’t had a shower yet.”
