>I feel this weighing is an =
important part of my assessment.  <snip>   I find that it is a great
teaching tool to =
show Mom how much milk the sleepy baby is taking in and the importance =
of waking him up and keeping him feeding effectively.  Most of the =
babies I work with are still drugged from Mom's epidural and are not =
good feeders<

Seeing this post crystallised something which I think helps sum up much of
the debate we have had on this topic recently:  test weighing is part of the
'cascade of intervention'.  For some compromised infants it is arguable that
there may be a rationale for instigating the cascade.  For healthy term
infants, maybe it is just too hard to jump off the boat once you are
whitewatering in that cascade.

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Network, BfN, UK

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