He aha ngā kai mō te wā 6 marama?

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He aha ngā kai mō te wā 6 marama?

Kia kotahi anake te kai i te wā kotahi, ka tāpirihia atu he kai hou ia 2-4 rā.

What food at around 6 months?

What food at around 6  months: Video transcript

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Kia kotahi anake te kai i te wā kotahi, ka tāpirihia atu he kai hou ia 2-4 rā. Me whakarahi haere i te kai me ngā wā kai i roto i te wā. Me tīmata mā te 1-2 tīpune kia kotahi te wā i te rā, ā, ka āta whakarahi haere ake. 

Ko ētahi kai pai ina tīmata tō pēpi ki te kai:

Vegetables (potato, pumpkin, kumara, kamokamo, cassava), bought baby food, baby cereal, rice, bowls of meat and legumes, fruit (apple, pear, mango, banana)

Ngā huapata haeana/raihi rānei mā te pēpi. 

Baby cereal

Ngā kai whakaranu, maoa hoki o te mīti kau, reme, poaka, heihei, ika rānei, kai huawhenua rānei (pēnei i ngā patapoki).
Bowls of beef, lamb, pork, legumes

Ngā huarākau whakaranu kore kiri, kākano, pata rānei – āporo, pea, mango (me tunu kia ngāwari mēnā e hiahiatia).
Fruit (apple, mango, pear, banana)

Ngā huawhenua whakaranu maoa kore kiri, kākano, pata rānei – kūmara, kamokamo, paukena, rīwai, kōpura manioka, tapioka.
Vegetables (potato, pumpkin, kumara, kamokamo, cassava)

Raihi whakaranu, raihi maoa, pāreti raihi rānei.
Plain rice

Ngā kai pēpi ka hokona, ka whai tapanga mō te wāhanga tika mā tō pēpi.
Bought baby food

 

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This page last reviewed 21 December 2023.

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