Hello Jeanette,
I could not afford one of the made for test weighing accurate to 2 grams
scale so I settled for a baby scale accurate to 5 grams - does the triple
average thing also. It is a seca 334 and seca told me on the phone that I
can do test weights with it but I still have my doubts. What do you think?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanette Panchula" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 4:14 PM
Subject: Test weights and travel
> I have already clearly stated my conviction that the observation and
> evaluation of a breastfeeding by an IBCLC should include a weight check -
> this is not the ONLY item but a very important item - as long as the scale
> is an EXCELLENT one, and not one that is used for general infant weight
> checks. Our Public Health Nurses monitor baby's general growth and
> development with a "normal" electronic scale - when I must do a follow-up
> visit due to issues they have identified and been unable to correct with
> the
> usual interventions, I use the larger, more expensive and more accurate
> scale.
>
> For this reason, a scale rode with me daily for over 4 years, until now,
> when our Public Health Nurses' skills have improved and I am not needed
> anywhere near as much...AND I also have a different job 50% of the time
> However, despite the awful California roads and highways (I will not go
> into
> the politics of this, but believe me they are bad) AND the high California
> temperatures - the scale has remained amazingly accurate. I have needed
> to
> change the batteries once a year or even less often. (As the homes I visit
> often do not have safe places near plugs I use only batteries.) I check
> it
> monthly with a 10K weight and often weigh a baby right after the PHN has
> used her scale just so we each are using the scale we will be repeating a
> follow-up and avoid mixing up weights (dressed vs undressed, etc). My
> weights are always taken with a diaper, theirs are always taken naked.
> The
> differences in the weights are usually just the weight of the diaper - and
> if one is very different, we check the scales in the office and have
> ALWAYS
> found that it is THEIR scale that needs to be calibrated.
>
> Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC
> California
>
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