Ko e hā ‘a e me‘akai ‘i he māhina 6 pe ofi ki ai?

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Ko e hā ‘a e me‘akai ‘i he māhina 6 pe ofi ki ai?

Kamata‘aki ha me‘akai pē ‘e taha ‘i he taimi pē ‘e taha, pea toki tānaki atu ha me‘akai fo‘ou ‘i he ‘aho ‘e 2-4 kotoa pē.

What food at around 6 months?

What food at around 6  months: Video transcript

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Kamata‘aki ha me‘akai pē ‘e taha ‘i he taimi pē ‘e taha, pea toki tānaki atu ha me‘akai fo‘ou ‘i he ‘aho ‘e 2-4 kotoa pē. ‘I he ‘alu ‘a e taimi´, hiki hake ‘a e lahi mo e hokohoko ‘o ho‘o ‘oatu ki ai ‘a e me‘akai angamaheni´. Kamata‘aki ha sēpuni tī ‘e 1-2 tu‘o taha he ‘aho, pea toki hiki māmālie hake ‘eni. 

Ko ha ngaahi me‘akai lelei eni ki he taimi ‘oku kamakamata kai me‘akai ai ‘a ho‘o pēpee´:

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

Laise/siliolo ma‘a´ e pēpee´ kuo ‘osi tānaki ki ai ha ‘aione.

Baby cereal

Kanomate‘i pulu, sipi, puaka, moa pe ika pe ko ha ngaahi me‘akai vesitapolo kehe (hangē ko ha lenitili kuo ‘osi haka ‘o tā ke sepo) kuo ‘osi haka pea tā ke sepo.
Bowls of beef, lamb, pork, legumes

Fua‘i‘akau ‘osi tele pe to‘o hono tenga´ ‘a ia kuo ‘osi tā ke sepo – ‘āpele, pea, mango (kuo ‘osi haka ke molū kapau ‘oku fiema‘u).
Fruit (apple, mango, pear, banana)

Vesitapolo kuo ‘osi tele pea to‘o hono tenga´ pea haka mo tā ke sepo – kumala, kamokamo (sūkini fuolalahi), hina, pateta, manioke.
Vegetables (potato, pumpkin, kumara, kamokamo, cassava)

Laise pe polisi ‘osi haka pea tā ke sepo.
Plain rice

Me‘akai pēpē fakatau, ‘a ia kuo ‘osi fakahinohino mai ai ‘a e ta‘u motu‘a totonu ki ho‘o pēpee´.
Bought baby food

 

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This page last reviewed 21 December 2023.

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