I wanted to second what Laurie said about the inaccuracy and 
inappropriateness of weighing babies with any clothing on.  I actually 
just went through this with my own baby, who is small compared to her 
sisters and has been growing happily on the "slow" end of normal for 
months.  At a sick visit, unbeknownst to me, it appears she was weighed 
with clothes on.  At her next well visit it appeared that she had lost 
weight, and after having another visit before that where her weight gain 
had been questionable (following a gastrointestinal illness), we were very 
concerned.  Luckily my husband, upon questioning, thought he remembered 
that she had been dressed when the nurse weighed her; still, we suffered 
needless worry and extra visits to check her weight after this to reassure 
us all.  Now, I am an experienced mother, doctor, LLLL, and I knew she was 
okay - looked great, nursing great, diaper counts great - but the numbers 
fooled me.  Please undress the babies to weigh them!

Karen Pogge, MD, LLLL
(who rarely posts because someone is always nursing and does not like the 
sound of the keyboard clickity-clacking

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