Breastfeeding

Find out about preparing to breastfeed, the health benefits of breastfeeding, your baby's first feed and the hunger cues your pēpi may display. Each link takes you to a page beginning with a short video followed by key messages. You can select from 9 languages at the top of each page. 

Mother breastfeeding her baby in the kitchen

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Te kai pai rawa mō tō pepi

Ko te tino āhuatanga pai rawa e pakari ai tō pēpi i tōna whānautanga mai ko te ngote ū anake mō ngā marama e 6 tuatahi o tō pēpi , ā, me te ngote ū tonu ina tīmata ia ki te kai atu ki te 12 marama, neke atu hoki.

Ngā Painga Hauora

He wāhanga nui tō te wai ū ki tō kōrua hauora ko tō pēpi.

Te Whakarite mō te Whakawhānau

I mua i te whānautanga mai o tō pēpi, kia kaha tonu ki te rapu i ngā mōhiohio e hiahia ana koe mō te ngote ū.

Kiri ki te Kiri

Mā te pupuri i tō pēpi kia piri mai ki tō kiri i muri tonu mai i te whānautanga ka whakarata i tō pēpi, ka whakatau i tana whakangā me te whakamahana i a ia. Ka āwhina tēnei kia rongo ai tō pēpi i te awhi me te manaaki me te tipu o te here i waenga i a kōrua.

Te Kai Tuatahi

He kaha te parapara o te pēpi ki te ngote ū. I roto i te haora tuatahi ka puta ngā tohu i tō pēpi kua rite ia ki te kai pēnei i te whakapiri mai i a ia, te ngote ringa, te huaki i tōna waha me te huri i tōna mahunga. Ki te tukuna noa, ka neke ia ki tō ū, ā, māna anō e whakangote i a ia.

Tētahi Ngote Pai

Ko te mea nui o te ngote ū ko te whakarite tika i te ngote.

Ngā Tohu Hiakai

na hiakai ana tō pēpi, ka whakapiri, ka ngote ringa, ka huaki i tōna waha me te huri i tōna mahunga. Ka puta ēnei tohu ahakoa huaki, kati rānei ōna karu.

Whakarite i a Koe

Ko te tikanga e 2-3 rā ka puta mai tō miraka, ka mutu ka hoki mai te taumaha whānau o te pēpi i roto i te 10-14 rā.

Kei te nui te kai a pēpi?

Mā te whāngai ina hiakai ana tō pēpi ka whakarite kia whai waiū haere tonu koe. Koinei te tikanga a tō pēpi mō te whakarite ka whai waiū ia. Ko ngā waiū ka ngotea mai e ia ka whakakīhia anō ia kaihanga.

Te kutētē waiū

Ko te kutētē waiū he kutētē waiū i ō ū. Ka mahi pēnei koe mēnā ka noho wehe koe i tō pēpi mō tētahi wā ahakoa te take.

Te putu waiū

Ka taea te whakaputu waiū. Me mahara ki te whakamahi i tētahi ipu horomata hei putu ki roto.