Dad can easily make this simple apparatus for a baby.

Position a log a few inches higher than the floor. Stand your child

on the log. Stay behind your child, holding him or her with your left

arm. Take his or her left hand into your right hand. Let your child

walk all the way along the log, counting his or her steps and praising

his or her efforts. Complete the exercise twice.

Carry your child to the beginning of the log, holding his or her feet

with your right hand and his or her chest with the left. Do not hurry

-- gradually move your child along the log, slow enough for him or her

to move his or her hands. Do the exercise two times.

Another variation: 2 logs must be set parallel, and they may also be

used for walking with the hands and feet.

Put the ladder on the floor. Let your child stand on the first footstep

and take the second footstep with their hands.

Hold him or her at the waist with both of your hands. While moving,

a child must reach the third footstep with one hand and then with the

other, and then by turns move his or her feet to the footstep. Convince

your child to move the entire length of the ladder; repeat four times.

In time, this exercise can be done with the ladder raised at one end.