Te rongoā whakairo whai muri i te kōrero mo ngā pēpi me ngā mahi a te wahine whānau he mea nui, he mea iti rawa ngā huringa. Ko ngā pēpi ka noho tonu ki runga i tētahi whenua kino i roto i ngā wā e hirara ana, nō reira me whakaae kia ora ai te rongoā i whakamahia hei whakapae ki a ratou. Tūtonu atu ko te mea tuatahi, ko ngā rongoā whakairo mō ngā pēpi ka hangaia hei kore - taumaha. Kāore rātou i ngā rerekē hirahira, ā, kāore hoki i ngā huinga rerekē o ēnei mea, pērā i ngā kōpū pūngao, arā, ko te pū, ko te karaka, me te merikuri, ā, ko ētahi atu huinga rerekē pērā i te fomalidehi me ētahi tae. Ka tirotiro haere ngā rongoā nei ki ngā whakahaere here kiko katoa o te ao, pērā i ngā whakahaere here a te Komihana Whakahaere Taonga Hoko (CPSC) me ngā here a te Rūnanga o te Ēropi mō ngā Ataenga (REACH). Ko te mea iti noa anake kei a raro i te whakarite i te whakapae kia kore ai te whakawhitiwhiti. He whenua iti nui ngā pēpi, ā, kāore i te itinga rawa te mate ki te whakapae, ka whakaiti te manaaki, ka whakapae te kiri. Ka hangaia ngā rongoā mō ngā pēpi hei whakaiti i te uiui o ngā whakapae whakawhitiwhiti. Ka whakaritea rātou ki ngā momo whenua pai, kiri - manawa, ka whakaatuhia he kore - whakapae i ngā tirotiro dermatology e roha ana. Nei pea te mea pai, ka taea te whakapae i ngā rongoā mō ngā pēpi ki te pai rawa. Me whakaae kia pai ai te whakapae ki ngā whenua pēpi, e hīnā ana i te hāngai - whenua, ko te uaua - whenua, me ngā papa plastic. Me hanga te rongoā hei whakapae pai ki te whenua, kāore i te whakapae i te pai rawa rānei o te pēpi, pērā i tōna uaua rānei, ki te pai rawa. Ko te whakapae pai nui rawa mo ngā rongoā pēpi. E hirara ana ngā pēpi ki te wai, ki te mimi, me ngā rerekē hoki i te hokiwhitiwhiti. Me whakaae te rongoā ki te kore - mōhio, ki te kore - whakapae, me te kore - whakapae i ēnei wā. Ka hangaia ngā rongoā whakapae mō ngā pēpi ki ngā pūngao me ngā whakapae pai hei whakapae i ngā rarangi whakapae, ngā tohu, rānei, ki ngā pēpi hei whakapae pai ki runga i te wā o te hunga pēpi. Nō reira hoki, me whakaae ngā rongoā mō ngā pēpi ki ngā huringa pai. Ka whakamahiia ki te hanga i ngā rarangi pai e kitea ana e ngā mātua, ka whakapae hoki i te taonga ki te hunga pēpi. Ki te ū tonu te take, ka pai te whakapae i te take. I te wā e whai ana, ko te hanga i ngā rongoā mō ngā pēpi he take nui, he whakapae i te ora, i te pai, me te pai ki te hunga pēpi me te hunga whānau.