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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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.

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.

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

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

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

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).

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