I don't think I can actually call Ivan a baby anymore, he's more of a toddler, with that comes all sorts of new troubles but also some perks. Ivan really enjoys feeding the animals, so we decided to have him be in charge of feeding the birds. We have 6 baby Ameraucana in the library and Ivan really enjoys going in there and feeding them. Since they are small and eat through all their food fairly quickly we go into the room about 4-6 times a day and Ivan scoops up handfulls of feed and places it in their feeder in their box. He will sit there watching them and feeding them for 5-15 minutes at a time so we have to keep him focused. He also enjoys feeding the birds outside. The only down side to Ivan feeding all the animals is that he takes his share of food as well. He's limited to a handful of pellets although the birds and/or Zuzu have a tendency to deplete his personal stash as soon as he is out of my realm of influence. He's also in charge of watering the trees, which he does with great gusto, as well as filling up the watering buckets for the animals. Most of the time he is able to move from tree to tree and waters them, but more often he ends up drinking from the hose, getting naked and playing with the water. Let's just say it is a work in progress. He does water the trees by letting the water acumulate at their base, him bathing and drinking is an added bonus he gets.
Difficulties that arrise from assigned tasts include his spilling/wasting food by deciding to put it in non animal related places. There are other times when he's just done and ends up just melting down which means that the task takes even longer to complete as he will not do it nor will he allow us to work on it. As a whole, he is more of a help than a hinderance and we'll see how that improves with time and effort.
Overall I'm thankful for my helpful little guy.
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