Medela did not manufacture it's babyweigh scales. They are manufactured by Tanita and branded by Medela. So complain to Tanita. If you can find an older version Tanita, you will see it is the Babyweigh 1 scale. We have the BAbyweigh 2 scales and I agree, they take longer to stabilize. But - if you put your padding on the scale first, before you turn it on, and just leave it there, it will tare out the weight. I have created scale pads that are comfortable, fit the scale and washable between babies. Babies are less wiggly on these and I put them in prone position, if they will go there, to do the weights, which helps. I like the 2 scales because they DO memorize the weights and will give you consecutive accumulated weights if you are doing weights between breasts. I often do 4 weights during a consult to discover whether a baby improves milk transfer with change of positions on the same breast etc. Yes, I know, babies get more milk in the first latch-on - but doing this I've found that sometimes not to be the case if a baby has a weak suck and one side is weaker than the other. This finding has caused me to not do just one weight before and after to determine milk transfer. By doing this, I've discovered moms who have significant but not obvious differences in milk volumes or babies that transfer milk only when lying on a certain side.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Margaret Sabo Wills
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 8:09 AM
Subject: baby scale
And Medela's older "Babyweigh" scale is a great product -- I've been dragging mine in and out of a car trunk for home visits for years and have rarely had to re-calibrate it. Great, reliable, easy to use scale. I really hope it holds up, because I don't like the product that has replaced it.
I use the new "BabyWeigh II" at a workplace, and all the consultants really hate it -- it has a bigger footprint (less convenient in some home-visits) and, worse, it takes a long time to lock in a weight with a moving baby, and it seems very sensitive to the baby's movements -- if I weigh the baby a couple of times in quick succession, the weights aren't always the same. And tenths of an ounce are important in some consults. It doesn't hold the reading for very long, if you don't lock it in immediately, and the control buttons are less intuitive to use.
The instructions say to tare out the weight of a swaddle blanket and then swaddle the baby for weighing. This would be very cumbersome in a time-pressed consult where you want the baby skin-to-skin, and especially if one wants to do several weights across the feeding to get a sense of the baby's progress. Yes, one could just just put the baby back on the scale with the blanket, but then the movement issue comes in. I just find it hard to trust the readings on this scale.
The re-calibration routine also requires the purchase of *two* of the calibration weights, which are not cheap.
I wish Medela would keep offering the older model -- kind of like "Coke Classic"
Margaret Wills, IBCLC, Maryland
***********************************************
Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome
***********************************************
Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome
|
