Nikki pleaded:

>
>
>Look at the baby please. Newborns weren't weighed for 99.99% of human
history and somehow we survived.


Yes indeed.

I think weighing is important as *part* of the whole picture.

In a culture where birth interventions, separation of mother and 
baby, lack of HCP and maternal awareness of what effective 
breastfeeding even looks like, expectations in both HCPs and mothers 
that a well-fed baby sleeps a lot and 'settles' readily, then 
weighing can be an important safety-net , but it is only an element.

In any case, it is the weight trend that's important - a baby can 
show signs he has lost a lot of weight, but be healthy, feeding well 
and be ready to start gaining any moment now :)  But you only know 
this by looking at the baby and talking to the mother about what's 
going on.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK


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