He mea nui ka nānā ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki i mea e ʻike ai i kona kūlana olakino a me ka meaʻai. Hana ʻia ka nānā ʻana i nā palapala ulu e ke kauka a i ʻole pediatrician. Ma Kanada, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻohana i nā palapala ulu o WHO no Kanada.

ʻOiai inā inu nui kāu pēpē, hiki iā ia ke lilo i 5-10% o kona kaumaha i ka pule mua o ke ola. Ma kahi o ka hā o ka lā e hoʻomaka hou ai lākou e piʻi ke kaumaha. ʻO kahi pēpē i inu nui e loaʻa hou ke kaumaha hānau ma kahi o 10 a 14 mau lā o ke ola. Loaʻa ka paona i kēlā me kēia pule a hiki i ʻekolu mahina ma waena o 170 a 280g.

Nā hōʻailona ua lawa ka inu ʻana o ka pēpē

• Ke piʻi nei ke kaumaha
• Ua māʻona ʻo ia ma hope o ka inu ʻana
• Mimi ʻo ia a loaʻa iā ia ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū
• Ala hoʻokahi ʻo ia i kona pōloli
• Inu maikaʻi a pinepine (8 a ʻoi aʻe paha i kēlā me kēia 24 hola no ka pēpē i hānai ʻia a me 6 a ʻoi aku paha mau manawa i kēlā me kēia 24 hola no ka pēpē hānai ʻole)

Piʻi ka ulu ʻana o nā pēpē

Ma mua o ʻeono mahina, ʻike ka pēpē i ka ulu nui ʻana i hōʻike ʻia e ka pono e inu pinepine. ʻO ka ulu ʻana o kona ulu maʻamau i kekahi mau lā a ʻike ʻia ma kahi o 7-10 mau lā o ke ola, 3-6 pule, a me 3-4 mahina.

ka wai

Inā hānai wale kāu pēpē, ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia e inu wai ke ʻole kāu kauka e haʻi iā ʻoe. I kēia hihia, e hoʻolapalapa i ka wai no ʻelua mau minuke ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke keiki. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia nā kī lāʻau a me nā mea inu ʻē aʻe no nā keiki ʻeono mahina a ʻoi aʻe.

Sources: Sources: JAE Eun Shim, JUHEE Kim, ROSE Ann, Mathai, The Strong Kids Research Team, "Associations of Infant Feeding Practices and Picky Eating Behaviors of Preschool Children", JADA, vol. 111, n 9, Sepatemaba Alakaʻi E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka noho ʻana me kāu keiki. National Institute of Public Health o Quebec. 2013 Edition. Mea ʻai no nā keiki liʻiliʻi o ke ola olakino. Nā ʻōlelo paipai mai ka hānau ʻana a hiki i ʻeono mahina. (Loaʻa iā ʻApelila 7, 2013). Ola Kanada. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca