In a message dated 7/18/2005 6:39:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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I do  appreciate the idea that a "rush to judgement" might possibly mean  =
unnecessary formula usage. Inaccurate scales could possibly be a problem  =
but hopefully the IBCLC has an accurate one!



Kathy when you wrote the above statement, you and I are talking about  
different things.
When I talked about problems with weighing and scales I was talking about  
the hospital and then onto the pedi's office.
Babies are weighed many times in the hospital, sometimes more than once a  
day.  This data in of itself does not tell you anything.  What one  needs to do 
is to take the whole picture: how often is the baby feeding, is  there 
swallowing noted, is there any separation of mother and baby, and if there  is 
separation how much, how many wets and stools is the baby having each  day?  There 
are many more again, I am talking now about the newborn.
I liked what Jay said on his sight.  I am concerned with the clinician  who 
looks only at the weight gain and loss.   Weighing the baby has a place but it 
is not the only thing that should be looked  at.
Ann Perry, RN IBCLC
Boston, MA

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