Growing up, I was raised to believe that the reason you have kids is to avoid doing the things you hate doing. Right Mom, Dad? So as soon as Aiden could understand and was capable, we taught him to throw away garbage in the trash can. We started with his diapers, and now when he sees random peices of trash around the house he picks it up and runs it to the garbage. It almost backfired at first, after he learned to throw away trash, and that it was fun, he would throw away toys, blocks, rags, whatever he could get his hands on. We've mostly fixed that problem, and he has gotten really good at that job. So, we decided his new job would be feeding Toby.
He absolutely loves to scoop the food out of the container with the little cup and try to get it into the bowl.
He scoops and pours and scoops and pours over and over and over again, because he gets, on average, 2-5 pieces of food in the cup at a time. So, needless to say, it takes him a while.
This is about the 23rd dump and he's heading back for more. Again.
Finally, after some help from Dad, the bowl is full and he takes it to give to Toby. With some practice, we might be able to move onto the next chore by June!! I think I'll teach him to sweep next. I hate to sweep.
He absolutely loves to scoop the food out of the container with the little cup and try to get it into the bowl.
He scoops and pours and scoops and pours over and over and over again, because he gets, on average, 2-5 pieces of food in the cup at a time. So, needless to say, it takes him a while.
This is about the 23rd dump and he's heading back for more. Again.
Finally, after some help from Dad, the bowl is full and he takes it to give to Toby. With some practice, we might be able to move onto the next chore by June!! I think I'll teach him to sweep next. I hate to sweep.
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Just wait until he trips and spills that food all over the floor. That's what kids learn will get them OUT of doing what their parents don't like to do :)
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