Scales can and should be calibrated. There should be very little difference 
between calibrated digital scales done at the same time. All weights should 
be done nude (I don't even subtract a clean diaper) and it is important to 
observe a baby's whole body if it is questionable how well he is doing.
I have posted before, and I have seen and proved to mothers many times, how 
inaccurate a dressed baby weight is. I have seen up to 9 oz of weight for 
the clothes!

A sling type scale is not precise. With a baby born at home and the 
lactation and feeding progressing nicely over the next days and weeks, I 
would not have a problem with nude weights done with this type scale. Once a 
problem is suspected (and Jen's case has lots of red flags) things need to 
change.

Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
Mississippi, s.e. USA

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