Weighted feed
Also called weighted feeds, weighed feed, weighted feeding, test weighing
A weighted feed is when a baby is weighed just before and just after a feed, so the difference shows how much milk they took. Lactation consultants use it to see how much a baby gets from one breastfeed.
How it's said
What exactly is a "weighted feed"?
Could you have a weighed feed done with a LC?
I also went to a breastfeeding support group at my hospital and did weighted feeds there to see how much he was transferring.
Who says it
Where it came from
The clinical name is test weighing. Dutch doctors writing in Archives of Disease in Childhood in 2006 called it commonly used to estimate milk intake in newborns, and studied how accurate it was in everyday practice.
Weighted feed is the name lactation consultants and parents use. The Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington describes it as measuring the baby pre and post feeding, and says a typical home baby scale is not accurate enough for it.