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Kindly guide on baby's weight
My baby's weight was 10kgs when he was unwell,2days before, today I measured in different city Hyderabad it's showing 10.6kgs; can this much variation happen? He is 9month old
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Weighing machine can have variability
During illness slight weight fluctuations can happen
Kindly remeasure in one week
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Variation can occur in weighing machines as they are not standardized. Keep checking on the same machine to know the correct trend.
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Dr. Divya Nalamalapu
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Machine to machine variation, clothes, food intake, emptying of bowel and bladder.. all play their bit
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Dr. Anupama M Gupta
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14 yrs exp
Mumbai
In different machines ull get small differences.
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Dr. SK KJM Alisha
Pediatrician
10 yrs exp
Lucknow
Hi. Mild variation in weight because of different weight machine is possible. Also food intake before measurement has an impact
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