I caught up yesterday with David Honick, the attorney in Salisbury whose firm is the only one in Maryland listed on the Babies in the Workplace web site as allowing employees to bring their offspring. (You'll remember this came up when we were talking about Sarah Palin bringing her infant to the governor's office.)

Honick, who specializes in civil litigation on land-use matters, said his office has formally hosted one baby so far -- but the child, now a toddler, has been around for a while. He's the son of Honick's paralegal, who works part-time. Honick started the policy to keep her happy, but he says he's been very happy with the arrangement, too.

"It's gone very well," he said. "I've actually enjoyed having her son around."

Honick said he was receptive to the idea because he has three children -- now 3, 6, and 10 -- and has struggled as well with getting the right child care. "It never crossed my mind to say no," he said. "Now if I hire new employees, and I'm looking for a secretary, if she wanted to bring her baby, I'd say that's fine."

Of course, it helps that right now he and the mom in question are the only employees in the office, so there's no one else to consult. But clients do visit. If they minded having a young one toddle around, they haven't said it, Honick said.