Aug 05 2015, 3:04 AM Dear New Father Who Wonders What His Wife Does At Home All Day, As the father of a 9-month-old daughter, and the husband of a woman on protracted maternity leave due to being laid off while on her initial maternity leave (what? oh, no — it’s totally legal), I can speak to questions about what your wife is doing at home all day with the infant, mainly because my wife has explained to me in vivid — and loud! — detail what she is doing, and I’m guessing it’s similar.