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Re: frist weight
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Winnie Mading <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:27:38 -0600
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Gina writes:
Also, babies shouldn't be weighed at birth until well after the first feed,
IMO. There is nothing so important about that number that it should be
interfering with those precious first few hours together.

Unfoirtunately, in the view of too many, there is one thing more important - getting the baby's medical record started.  And at least where I worked, this could not be initiated without the initial weight and record that "eyes and thighs" (eye ointment and Vitramin K shot) had been done.  
Once again, policy trumps what is normal rather than the other way around.

Winnie Mading


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