I thought that perhaps I missed the memo telling the staff that today was "take your baby to work" day. But instead, today is just a day with a segment in the 9:30 half-hour discussing the best baby toys. And who better to help us with this segment by demonstrating some of the toys than the beautiful and talented babies of various Today Show employees. Sitting in the newsroom this morning, I saw one producer's baby and thought perhaps she just wanted to show him off. Then another was waddling around, and then two more came out of the woodwork... and I slowly realized that something was going on.
So it's pretty much like a nursery around here right now. I hear one crying child out in the hall. Another baby is being paraded around the control room, completely fascinated by all of the television monitors. Others are all gathering upstairs, getting ready for their debuts. I just almost tripped over another little guy who was exploring the green room. Nothing like a slew of younguns to mix up the morning. Keep an eye out for them coming up in the next half-hour...