As her baby-led weaning continues, Khaleesi does eat some of mommy’s foods. Khaleesi eats things like special orangutan biscuits, soft fruits (cantaloupe, pineapple, kiwi, cucumber) and leafy greens, like kale and cabbage, which take her a long time to chew with her 7 little teeth!
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Friday, January 29, 2016
Lucky Number 7!
Khaleesi now has 7 teeth! She also now has three top teeth, so Ibu is allowing her baby to have a couple small pieces of foods, like melon.
As her baby-led weaning continues, Khaleesi does eat some of mommy’s foods. Khaleesi eats things like special orangutan biscuits, soft fruits (cantaloupe, pineapple, kiwi, cucumber) and leafy greens, like kale and cabbage, which take her a long time to chew with her 7 little teeth!
As her baby-led weaning continues, Khaleesi does eat some of mommy’s foods. Khaleesi eats things like special orangutan biscuits, soft fruits (cantaloupe, pineapple, kiwi, cucumber) and leafy greens, like kale and cabbage, which take her a long time to chew with her 7 little teeth!
Monday, December 14, 2015
nom nom nom Grapes!
Keepers watched as Khaleesi grabbed a whole red grape and placed it in her mouth! Between her baby teeth biting it, mouthing and sucking on it - she ate the whole grape!
Khaleesi selected a large seedless red grape – it looked huge in her little hand! If you’re a mommy who is introducing solid foods, you’ve probably thought the same thing looking at a slice of banana or pear in your little one’s little hand.
Most human babies get their first tooth when they are around 4 – 7 months old. Like with Khaleesi, human baby teeth usually come in pairs. In humans, the bottom front two teeth typically show up first, followed by the top ones.
Khaleesi now has FOUR little front teeth – all on the bottom front.
The grape was served to mommy Ibu. In fact, Khaleesi first went for a stalk of raw broccoli, which Ibu did not let her grab. Ibu took Khaleesi’s little hand and slowly directed it somewhere else. Good thing, too, because mouthing a stalk of broccoli would have been a challenge for Khaleesi!
Khaleesi didn’t take any more of mommy’s food … this time.
Khaleesi selected a large seedless red grape – it looked huge in her little hand! If you’re a mommy who is introducing solid foods, you’ve probably thought the same thing looking at a slice of banana or pear in your little one’s little hand.
Most human babies get their first tooth when they are around 4 – 7 months old. Like with Khaleesi, human baby teeth usually come in pairs. In humans, the bottom front two teeth typically show up first, followed by the top ones.
Khaleesi now has FOUR little front teeth – all on the bottom front.
The grape was served to mommy Ibu. In fact, Khaleesi first went for a stalk of raw broccoli, which Ibu did not let her grab. Ibu took Khaleesi’s little hand and slowly directed it somewhere else. Good thing, too, because mouthing a stalk of broccoli would have been a challenge for Khaleesi!
Khaleesi didn’t take any more of mommy’s food … this time.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Baby-led weaning!
The six month milestone baby Khaleesi is baby-led weaning. Right on track developmentally, Khaleesi has become very interested in mommy Ibu’s mouth: watching her eat, touching her lips, and making a “kissy face” with mommy. Although, Khaleesi doesn’t have any teeth yet, she only ‘mouths’ certain solid foods, such as browse, fortified biscuits and other solids.
Baby orangutans may begin eating soft fruit, in addition to nursing, at around three months of age. Initially mothers help prepare the solid food by grinding it up with their teeth, then giving it to their young to chew.
Some parents prefer a baby led approach to weaning and introducing solid foods to baby. Many parents choose to offer their babies food that is puréed while others prefer to jump straight into table foods.
Khaleesi has access to both – and also started gripping and mouthing biscuits, grass and lettuce leaves – but baby orangutans do continue to breast feed until they are six to eight years old. Khaleesi always spits out the items she mouths and doesn’t swallow them.
While Ibu was playing with an enrichment feeder, Khaleesi took a gelatin cube! Ibu had gelatin cubes in her enrichment feeder, which she gets by solving puzzles. Because of her tiny hands and arms, Khaleesi was able to reach in and grab the cube without solving any puzzles or using any tools. Not only did Khaleesi grabbed a cube and mouthed it – she also ate it!
Won’t it be fun to see if Khaleesi has a sweet tooth like Mommy Ibu?
Baby orangutans may begin eating soft fruit, in addition to nursing, at around three months of age. Initially mothers help prepare the solid food by grinding it up with their teeth, then giving it to their young to chew.
Some parents prefer a baby led approach to weaning and introducing solid foods to baby. Many parents choose to offer their babies food that is puréed while others prefer to jump straight into table foods.
Khaleesi has access to both – and also started gripping and mouthing biscuits, grass and lettuce leaves – but baby orangutans do continue to breast feed until they are six to eight years old. Khaleesi always spits out the items she mouths and doesn’t swallow them.
While Ibu was playing with an enrichment feeder, Khaleesi took a gelatin cube! Ibu had gelatin cubes in her enrichment feeder, which she gets by solving puzzles. Because of her tiny hands and arms, Khaleesi was able to reach in and grab the cube without solving any puzzles or using any tools. Not only did Khaleesi grabbed a cube and mouthed it – she also ate it!
Won’t it be fun to see if Khaleesi has a sweet tooth like Mommy Ibu?
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