He aha ngā kai mai i te 7-8 marama?

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He aha ngā kai mai i te 7-8 marama?

Me whānui ake, me tātangi ake hoki ngā kai i te tipu haere o te tamaiti.

What food from 7-8 months?

What food for 7-8 months: Video transcript

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Me whāngai tonu tō pēpi ki tō waiū (paura rānei) i mua i ngā kai. Me whānui ake, me tātangi ake hoki ngā kai i te tipu haere o te tamaiti.   

Vegetables (silver beet, bok choy, broccoli, avocado, taro, kumara, potato, cassava, pumpkin), toast fingers, strips of cheese, eggs, bowl of raw mince, bowl of legumes, fruit (pear, apple, mango, bananas, soft small pieces of fruit, glass of cottage cheese, glass of plain yoghurt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me whakaranu haere tonu ngā miti, ika, heihei maoa hoki.

Bowls of raw meat

Me whāngai ki ngā huarākau me ngā huawhenua penupenu tino maoa, nīti penupenu maoa (pēnei i ngā patapoki), hēki penupenu maoa, tīhi ngāwari (pēnei i te tīhi kōtihi), kahitete me te iokete māori (kore huka).

Fruit (apple, mango, pear, banana)

Bowls of legumes

Glasses of cottage cheese and plain yoghurt, and eggs

Tangohia ngā tātā me ngā ‘mea pakaua’ i ngā kai pēnei i ngā hiriwapīti, pūha, bok choy hoki.
Silver beet and bok choy

Hoatu he kai iti maramara nei e māmā ai te tiki atu mā te pēpi – ngā huarākau me ngā huawhenua (pēnei i te panana tāngoungou, ngā paukena tino maoa), he maramara tōhi me ngā motumotu tīhi.
Platter of banana pieces, toast fingers, cheese strips, soft cooked pumpkin pieces

He āwhina: Me ngana ki te whakahanumi i ngā kai reka whānui.  Te whakahanumi i ngā kai e tino pīrangitia ki ērā kai kāore e tino pīrangitia ka āwhina ki te whakareka i ngā momo kai whānui kia pai ki tō pēpi.

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This page last reviewed 21 December 2023.

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