Baby’s blue oxford shirt from the Children’s Place, childrensplace.com

His habitats Gramercy/Murray Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Hoboken
His profession Corporate lawyer
Income $250,000
His baby’s ride Maclaren Techno XT or Jeep Liberty stroller

HER HAUNTS

• Gramercy/Murray Hill
• Brooklyn Heights
• Hoboken

This species of parent has a short life span in NYC’s concrete jungle; before his new baby can throw a ball, he’ll have moved his brood (which includes his stay-at-home wife and his pug, Toby) to the burbs of Westchester or New Jersey for a two-car garage, a Viking outdoor grill and the promise of soccer-filled weekends. Until then, he turns the city into as close a facsimile of his future life as possible, parading his new child out every Sunday for brunch (his favorite meal) and even taking him or her to happy hour at the neighborhood sports bar to watch football, proving to the locals that he is both very manly and a great father. That is, when he’s not working (and he’s always working) or entertaining clients. “These guys try to make up for their lack of day-to-day involvement by being loud and overly demonstrative at the park,” says a New York parenting coach.

The Trad Dad’s not too concerned with what his little tyke wears, but you can bet that if it’s a boy, he’s pretty much a clone of his Pops: khaki pants or shorts (though he has a sharp business sense, the Trad Dad often defies logic by sporting shorts even when Lee Goldberg predicts hail), a blue button-down shirt and maybe a tiny college sweatshirt from his dad’s alma mater for pizzazz. If this proud papa’s newborn is a girl, expect to be blinded by pink. And even though his wife is in charge of the baby’s daily activities, the Traditional Dad doesn’t get the point of baby yoga, Sign-a-Song, infant massage and all that other “New Agey” stuff.