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Not to have got my baby weighed AGAIN

43 replies

missknows · 27/04/2014 19:39

I attend a weekly stay and play at a children's centre which happens to co-inside with the health visitor drop in session so we can just nip out to get baby weighed without queuing. Sessions weren't on for the Easter hols so this was the first week in 3 that I have been.

Baby is 14 weeks old and her weight has followed middle line for weeks now (been weighed most weeks). This week my cousin said 'you getting baby weighed yea?' and I replied 'no, I can't be bothered'. The play worker was sat with us and said 'don't say that in front of me!'

I didn't mean it as in, I don't care about my baby's health, but as in, she is doing fine, her nappies are good and she is very smiley and content so I don't want to keep worrying about her 'numbers'. (Plus getting her undressed and dressed is a faff as she was asleep). Should I be getting her weighed all the time? The play workers comment has made me think I should have got her weighed.

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Greenrememberedhills · 27/04/2014 19:40

I agree with you.

WiseKneeHair · 27/04/2014 19:41

I got DS1 weighed religiously every week, until I went back to work. DS2 got weighed about half a dozen times. Ds3? Twice.
As your lo is doing fine, there really isn't any need.

makeminea6x · 27/04/2014 19:42

No you're fine. The recommendations are not to weigh that often if there are no concerns. I think you're next 'due' to have her weighed at 16 weeks but there's no law.

devoniandarling · 27/04/2014 19:42

YANBU.

Too much a faff!

Pagwatch · 27/04/2014 19:43

No,you are fine.
Dd was never weighed because she never saw the health visitor.

JimmyCorkhill · 27/04/2014 19:44

DD2 got weighed when the midwife came in the first week or two. After that.....never!

Chopsypie · 27/04/2014 19:45

I wouldn't worry. My little girl is two and was weighed at 6 weeks and 1 year. I know she's happy and healthy, so I don't need the reassurance

bbkl · 27/04/2014 19:46

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MsBumble · 27/04/2014 19:46

I only ever went with mine for the first few months. If you can see they are growing and they're feeding well there's no urgency to see exactly how much they weigh.

EyelinerQueen · 27/04/2014 19:46

YANBU.

It's all unnecessary nonsense.

DD was weighed once. I lost her red book within the first 6 weeks of her life and never got another.

If you know your baby is thriving then it's just not needed.

MotherOfInsomniacToddlers · 27/04/2014 19:47

The one I used to go to used to tell you off if you went too regularly, I had to have dd1 weighed weekly by order of consultant and they kept trying to turn me away!

bellybuttonfairy · 27/04/2014 19:47

Dd2 and ds1 never got weighed. If you can see your baby is growing and developing, as well as eating/eliminating ok - what is the value of obsessive weighing?

anotherbitofcake · 27/04/2014 19:48

Sure it also says in red book not to weigh all time as weight does fluctuate. Every month or so? Agree yanbu

gamerchick · 27/04/2014 19:48

I didn't bother with clinics.. this obsession with a line royally did my swede in.

onestepbeyond · 27/04/2014 19:48

Our hvs recommend only getting babies weighed once a month if they are under 6 months or once every two months for over six month (unless medically needed if course). They say that otherwise you can get obsessed and stressed about weight

thebodydoestricks · 27/04/2014 19:49

Fuck that for a faff!!

Dd4 never went near a clinic or a HV.

The play worker is a prat and quite rude actually. None of her business.

TheScience · 27/04/2014 19:50

You're only supposed to weigh monthly at most anyway.

I suspect the playworker was only being jokey.

callamia · 27/04/2014 19:50

If weight gain seems fine, I think we're recommended once a month until six months. After that, every few months/if you're concerned. The play worker probably didn't mean anything by it really.

PlentyOfPubeGardens · 27/04/2014 19:50

YANBU. DD was weighed far too often and I got really anxious about it. DS got weighed once after the MW signed us off and I had a much more relaxed time with him. I was glad I had him weighed that once though as I went straight from the clinic to a village fete where I won a 'guess the weight of the cake' competition because it weighed exactly the same as DS Grin

PumpkinPie2013 · 27/04/2014 19:51

YANBU - if baby is doing fine there is no need to get them weighed every week!

I go to stay and play at my children's centre which also coincides with the weigh clinic but I don't have my son weighed every week. Some weeks we just go to play.

My son is nearly 22 weeks now and I have had him weighed about every 4/5 weeks since birth.

MrsAtticus · 27/04/2014 19:52

YANBU the constant weighing of clearly healthy babies gets on my nerves.

tmae · 27/04/2014 19:52

I was told at 7 weeks that they were happy with his weight and that I didn't need to get him weighed anymore, but if I want to then do, I have to take him to get his head measured weekly so do it every other week just because after his jabs he didn't feed much so I wanted to check his weight was still on track, and I'm at the clinic anyway.

wonderstuff · 27/04/2014 19:53

People seemed to manage before the invention of electric scales! DC2 got weighed a couple of times. I stopped going with DC1 when the health visitor told me I needed to be stricter and tell her 'no' when she wriggled, she was about 4 months old!

tmae · 27/04/2014 19:53

Also, the HV said you don't need to get them weighed every week at baby massage last week when another woman asked about how often to get her baby weighed.

SueDNim · 27/04/2014 20:01

I remember going to a drop in with DD to ask a question about weaning or something and the HV said "so we'll see you again in 6 weeks". She seemed very happy when I replied that I wouldn't be coming back just to get DD weighed as she looked fine to me. Once they are over a certain age and don't have any issues, you really don't need to faff about getting them measured.