When Mom and Dad Share It All.

On her first day back to work after a four-month maternity leave, Amy Vachon woke at dawn to nurse her daughter, Maia. Then she fixed herself a healthful breakfast, pumped a bottle of breast milk for the baby to drink later in the day, kissed the little girl goodbye and headed for the door. But before she left, there was one more thing. She reached over to her husband, Marc, who would not be going to work that day in order to be home with Maia, and handed him the List. That's what they call it now, when they revisit this moment, which they do fairly often. The List. It was nothing extraordinary -- in fact it would be familiar to many new moms. A large yellow Post-it on which she had scribbled the ''how much,'' ''how long'' and ''when'' of Maia's napping and eating. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]