Susan in Berkley makes some good points about the drawbacks and 
benefits of having a wt scale at new mom's groups.

Having done a new moms group for several years without a scale, then 
doing a *Breastfeeding mom's group* with a scale for several years, 
seems to me that the benefits outweigh the negatives ....1) moms where 
I live want to regularly, and maybe too often, weigh their babies, and 
they will find a way to do so, ...for some moms that is what gets them 
to group regularly where they get so many other benefits, they figure 
this out ... 2) when a baby does not gain, other more experienced moms 
in group usually know just what to say, or you can guide them to what 
they need to say to a worried mom, this may head off an un-needed 
panic later in a ped office, or nip a real problem in the bud, most 
often the newer mom just needs and gets lots of comforting 
reassurance, ... 3) moms learn how to correctly weigh a baby.


Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC

In the Fairfax County Virginia suburbs outside the Washington DC 
beltway

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