With weights for newborns, young mothers first encounter in the hospital. It is known that the weight of a child is an important indicator of its development and general condition. During the first two years of life, the weight of the child is measured regularly during a visit to the pediatrician. Nevertheless, many parents prefer to buy scales for weighing newborns and carry out measurements much more often.
Naturally, scales for newborns are not an obligatory attribute of a child dowry. However, they allow us to compare the weight of the baby more often with the conventional table of weight gain in newborns. Many parents are interested in how newborns are gaining weight - the scales for newborns allow you to make sure that the baby is gaining weight or to determine the discrepancy from the first days.
Scales for newborns can be purchased at a pharmacy or a children's store. Choosing this product, parents will be useful to know about its varieties and basic functions.
Baby scales for newborns are of two types: mechanical and electronic:
- Mechanical scales for newborns. Mechanical scales for newborns probably saw everyone in the children's polyclinic, especially in Soviet times. Similar scales are rarely found on sale, but still preserved in many medical institutions. These scales are quite accurate in measuring the weight of children, but they are considered not very convenient to use.
- Electronic scales for newborns. Electronic scales for newborns are popular and are sold in many pharmacies and stores. Electronic scales, also, can be seen in some maternity hospitals and children's polyclinics. This option is more expensive than a mechanical balance. Its cost, in the first place, affects the manufacturer. The most popular are: Tefal, BabyOno, Momert, Malyatko, Gamma. Some models of electronic scales for newborns are equipped with the function of weighing a baby "in a diaper". This function alone gives the exact weight of the child, not taking into account the weight of the diaper. Very important is the function of remembering weight, but its availability makes electronic scales for newborns more expensive. This function allows parents to see the difference in weight of the child compared to the previous weighing. It is very convenient to determine how much the baby ate for one feed or scored in one day. When choosing electronic scales for newborns, attention should be paid to the size of the weighing pan. The ideal length is 55 cm. This length is enough to measure a larger child. The main thing is to put the baby on the scales in such a way that the center of gravity falls on the middle of the bowl. The cost of the scales is also affected by the discreteness of the scales. Modern scales produce with accuracy - 1 g, 5 g and 10 g. Higher accuracy also makes the scales more expensive. However, scales with an accuracy of 1 g are not needed for home weighing. Such devices are medical scales for newborns.
Those parents who decide to purchase a scales to regularly calculate the weight of a newborn will be interested to know that there are special models with a rostomer. Scales for a newborn with a heightometer when weighing a child give out at once two figures - the weight of the baby and his height. Knowing how much weight and height for a newborn is normal, every mother will be able to make sure of the healthy development of her baby every day.
A baby's scales are a useful acquisition, because even when your baby grows up, they can be used as kitchen scales.