Nice workout...

Dear Nicky,

Your physical therapist couldn't make it today, so I worked you out extra hard. I hope you didn't mind, but you were great. There's this thing we got yesterday, called a Bumbo seat, that's supposed to improve your trunk strength. It's like a chair, made out of polyurethane that sort of wraps around you and holds you upright and makes you feel secure. I sat you in it for quite a while and you held your head up and steady while you looked at another baby in the mirror. You're not yet used to it, of course, but you are a trouper. It makes me so proud to see the effort you put into doing things, good naturedly and without complaint. And when you've had enough, you let me know and I take you out, or switch positions, or try something else. The point is we help each other out, and even if your speech is delayed, which I doubt it will be, you and I will evolve our own method for communication, so not to worry.

Love,
Dad