I have a question about weighing infants. There was a mother at a recent 
LLL meeting whose infant had "poor weight gain." She was weighed at the 
pediatrician's office. The test weight was without a diaper, and the 
infant had a huge bowel movement just before removing the diaper. Had the 
infant waited to have a bm after the weight check, he would have been 
heavier, right? In a newborn, I would think that the difference would 
significant, as their body weight is so small in the first place.

This puzzles me. I know that diapers weigh different amounts, but would it 
not be more accurate to allow the baby to wear the same kind of diaper for 
each weight check? The weight of said diaper (dry) could be subtracted 
from the infant's body weight at each weight check. Of course, the infant 
should not be wearing the diaper for hours before the weight check 
to "pad" the weight. If one is doing a test weight to check for milk 
transfer and the baby poops while nursing, I would think that removing the 
diaper and its contents would skew the results.

Am I missing something?

--Kellie Whitney, LLLL

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