Ditto - kg vs. lbs is our major roadblock. Pat in SNJ, who would LOVE to
use WHO charts.
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From: "Michelle Swanson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: WHO Growth charts
> We print off copies of the WHO growth chart and distribute them to
> attendees of our LLL Prenatal Breastfeeding Class. We encourage the
> parents to give them to their peds at their first visit and have their
> child's weight measured on that chart instead. The feedback that we hear
> from parents is that nurses don't like the charts because they are unable
> to convert from US pound measurements to universal metric measurements.
> Very few 'average' type folks are able to convert comfortably back and
> forth between the two. If someone would/could take the time to make a
> lovely WHO chart available in US pounds, then I could see it being more
> widely used in my area. The peds don't seem to care one way or another,
> but the nurses seem to.
>
> Michelle Swanson, LLLL
> Wyoming
> snowing and blowing here on this cold Monday
> :-)
>
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