> This works fine with breastfeeding, but if
> you are bottle feeding (or cup feeding, BTW) and the baby is spitting a
> quantity of the feeding out, don't we have to remove the wet clothing in
> order to get an accurate weight (we would have to know the weight of the
> clothing without the baby, dry, then weight them, again off of the baby,
> with the spillage on them in order to figure out how much did not go into the
> baby). Otherwise, weighing the baby with the wet clothing will give us the
> false impression that the baby consumed more than he did, b/c the weight of
> the spilled formula will also be counted. Sounds like a lot of extra work to
> me....maybe we could stick to breastfeeding!!!

Well, that was my point...

BUT, the way around this, IMHO, would to be to put a blanket on the cold
scale (!), weigh Baby & blanket, take Baby (only) off, wrap in blanket,
feed, discard blanket (whether wet or not) and re-weigh baby on blanket
(that's still on the scale).  That way, Baby's only wearing his diaper
(unliable to get spewed with lots of milk), and anything like the
blanket or pyjama he could be dressed in AFTER the first weigh would be
discarded, so not weighed at all.

But that was my point...that it would be easier to bf. if one had to
resort to test weighing.

Though I must admit having soaked my daughter from head to foot on more
than one occasion during letdown, even with a cloth diaper between the 2
of us to absorb the letdown.  :-(

Fio.

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