Baby steps.

Brad Pitt is seeing his brood on a more regular basis these days, even though his contentious custody battle with Angelina Jolie rages on.

"[Brad] has the children every other day. Four hours a day on school days and 12 hours on non school days," a source dished to Us Weekly, noting that a court-appointed monitor is still present during the visits.

"[Brad] is active with the kids. He continues to work on himself, his sobriety and being a present father. He’s maintained faith in the process throughout. He’s hopeful that at the conclusion, he’ll have joint custody of the children. All Brad wants is to be a present dad and coparent with Angelina," the source added.

We're still dying to know what happened on that airplane that caused this whole thing!