Where to get a baby weighed

Hi

We have just moved here and I was wondering is there anywhere we can go to get babies weighed???

Surely you could get on the scales twice, once with baby once without then subtract the latter from the former.

Tch, stop being so sensible.
But weighing babies is a questions of 20 - 40 grams or so, you want a very precise scale. Pharmacies used to do it (back when Haggis Junior was in diapers and Germany had just won the World Cup in Italy), give your local a try.

Just go to your local butcher shop and ask them to pop junior up on the scales.

Yeah, I think pharmacies still offer that service. I remember seeing one somewhere sometime anyway.

Self-service at Hit or Edeka. The veg scales generally go up to 20kg. You get a print-out plus a sticker that the kid can play with. Press the Granny Smith button so you can tell everyone you got the sticker because your child is the apple of your eye.

woof.

If you need to weigh your baby regularly, you can rent a set of baby scales at the pharmacy...

You could always try these:



Edit: $17.99

Cute idea. But somehow I don't think people would be so amused if someone placed a naked baby butt on the scale where they were going to place their food.

In case you don't want to fork out as much here is an alternative:



Edit: $5.99

or just go to your local paediatrician...

thanks - we are only here for 8 weeks, and the unit we are renting does not have normal scales. I will try the chemist.

Thank you

Unlike the crap you'll rent from a pharmacy, supermarket fruit/veg scales are accurate to 0.47g or less by law, print out the exact weight for you each time, and they cost nothing.

And if that isn't enough, they allow you to make crap puns all day long. It really is the pear-fect solution.

woof.

Don't most people put their fruit/veg in one of those plastic bags before weighing?

No, they don't want to pay for the plastic bag!

I sometimes do, sometimes not (sometimes I weigh it first, then put the sticker on the bag, then put the fruit in the bag, easier to put the sticker on, and with some fruit, you can also put the sticker right on the fruit, not everyone puts every single fruit in a plastic bag). Regardless, I don't think people (i.e. store personnel) will let her do this. And she would also have to undress and dress the baby in the grocery store, so it's not like it is only a matter of 2 seconds. (Unless she weighed the dressed baby, but then the number would be pretty useless.)

Baby-walz...

You can rent baby scales at the pharmacies (insanely cheap) and most have them on site that you can use.

Presumably this cryptic comment refers to the mail order website, baby-walz.com.

They have baby weighing scales, but the cheapest is 59 euros so not really ideal for someone who's only staying 8 weeks.

Both alternatives I found were cheaper!

HA HA! That reminds me of Raising Arizona.

That's a peachy idea indeed.

Someone has a set of baby scales For Sale here on TT. Follow his link then click on 'Childrens Items'. They're only 7 euros.

Berry much so.

Orange ya glad I made that suggestion? I mean, sure you could buy the scale that's available on line but isn't the celery-ly hiding if he's letting it go for only 7 yo-yos? This thread isn't terribly sub-lime.

woof.

I'm sure it's bean done but artichoke to see a naked baby butt on the nice clean scales.

Enough with the joking already - my wife is in stitches reading this - literally, she had a caesarean section last week, and the stitches hurt when she laughs!

Anyway - we were wondering the same question, and decided that the pharmacy would be the best bet if the midwife didn't bring along some scales with her to the house visit.

I hope the baby doesn't take a leek when it's on the scales!

Or has diarrhea. That would not be so grape.

Just let it go with the flow.

And lettuce think of some butter puns.

We've bean there before!

Don't squash my enthusiasm, I've only just logged on!

Make sure you turnip prepared to clean the scales afterwards!

Maybe she doesn't care a fig.

If olive to be a hundred I hope to get a few more laughs from this!

A hundred? That's nothing, you're still a spring chicken at that age!