Starting Solids

All about starting solids when your baby's ready (around 6 months of age). Each page begins with a short video followed by key messages in English and 9 other languages. Scroll down each page for more detailed information (like a How to get started with solids checklist). You might like to start by watching the video on the page Starting solids: Key messages.

 

Mother with her baby on her lap, giving her baby a spoon of pureed baby food

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Ngā kōrero matua

I te 6 marama, ka whai hiahia tō pēpi ki ngā huaora me ngā ōmanawa atu anō (tae atu ki te haeana me te pūhāora) kei roto i ngā kai.

Ngā inu pai

Ko ngā inu tino pai rawa mā ngā pēpi mai i te 6 marama ko te waiū (paura miraka, ki te kore taea te waiū). Mai i te 7–12 marama, ko te waiū (paura rānei) me te wai ngā inu tino pai rawa mā tō pēpi.

What foods when starting solids?

Me whāngai mā te pune ki ngā kai whakaranu ina rite ai tō pēpi (āhua 6 marama)

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.

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.

He aha ngā kai mai i te 8-12 marama?

I tēnei wā ko te tikanga e 3-4 ngā kaihanga a tō pēpi i te rā, 1-2 ngā paramanawa, me te 2-3 ngote waiū (paura rānei).

Te whakahaumaru i tō pēpi

He mea nui te haumaru i te wā e kai ana tō pēpi.