I accept that for some practitioners, test weighing is seen as a useful
'tool' alongside all the other things, and used appropriately, you feel it
can be valuable.  But when you do test weights, those of you who do them,
what are you looking for?  Are you comparing the difference you find
between before and after with a specified range of 'normals' or
'acceptables'? And how do you account for the fact that the weight of milk
does not  reflect calorific value?  And how do you extrapolate the intake
from that one feed to the intake over 24, 48, or whatever hours?

There are ways of seeing if a particular feed is typical in terms of
behaviour and  'feel' - just ask the mother about what happens the rest of
the time. But she can't tell you whether the calorie content felt
different, or the same.....

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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