Failure to Thrive?

In ,
Chookie wrote:

*In article ,
* "Dagny" wrote:
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* Pumping is not a way of checking baby consumption or whether there is a
* "supply" problem, but getting a very accurate scale into her home and
* weighing the whole baby right before and right after feeds is.
*
*No, this is not correct. Test weighing can be very unhelpful: a baby may take
*a small feed or do a large poo, and the numbers are therfore meaningless. If

I disagree that the numbers are meaningless.

If I put the baby on the scale and he weighs 10 lbs, and then he nurses,
and I put him back on the scale and he weighs 10 lbs 4 oz, then he has
taken in 4 oz of milk. This is undeniable. It makes no difference if he
has urinated or defecated - he's wearing a diaper.

Certainly, if I weighed the baby, and then changed his diaper, and fed
him, and changed him again, and then weighed him, the numbers might not be
useful, but - I wouldn't do it that way!

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