I am not hospital-based so I don't know what the full implications would be  
of instituting 2nd day weight as standard.  You know studies  would need to be 
done, LOL.
 
I have seen many "inflated" babies.  Just a couple weeks ago I had a  
4-day-old infant referred to me by a pediatrician who received a panicked call  from 
a home health nurse who noted the infant, who had a birth weight of 8  pounds 
8 ounces, was down 14% from birthweight.  
 
When the parents came in with the baby they looked frightened (of  course!)  
But, the baby looked terrific.  He was alert, was  feeding well, was peeing 
and pooping appropriately -- everything about  him proclaimed "healthy baby."  I 
weighed him and he was down 14%  from birthweight, sure enough.  I asked Mom 
about her labor -- and she had  received many bags of IV fluids over the 
course of a 36 hour labor.  
 
I advised them to keep doing what they were doing and sent them home with  
nothing more than reassurance.  The baby has continued to thrive.
 
I am not anti-scales but I wish we had more faith in our eyes.  
 
Margery Wilson, IBCLC
 
 
 

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