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Dear Lactnet Friends:
Susan and Laurie and others have made an important point; that a weight is a
snapshot of a moment. Using one weight to guide practice is not best
practice. Two weights may not be enough either. In my work as a home
visiting nurse, seeing dyads at home in the first week after hospital
discharge, I can't remember how many times I had only 2 weights to use: the
birth weight, and the weight on my scale at the visit. Without knowing the
discharge weight, I didn't know if the baby had started gaining or was still
loosing weight. Of course, I would be assessing infant output and behaviors
and skin turgor and feeding frequency and signs of MER and a host of other
variables to evaluate breastfeeding. Knowing the weight trend would have
been helpful; one needs at least 3 points to get an idea of the slope of the
growth trajectory.
warmly,
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Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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