BF growth chart.

Kota · Mar 16th, 2010, 15:44 PM

Am I right in thinking that the growth chart in the back of the red books and that the HV's use is a FF chart and that there is a different one for BF babies? I think I've read this a couple of times..
If thats the case, does anyone have a link of the BF growth chart so I can have a look see?

Thanks.

Lu28 · Mar 16th, 2010, 16:19 PM

Everyone seems to disagree on this one. I was told that I was given a bf chart instead of a ff one and it certainly says so on the top of the chart. Others have been told they have a ff one. I know ff mums who are under the impression they have a bf one!

Check the top of your chart to see what it says and there's a sticky above with bf charts

Lu28 · Mar 16th, 2010, 16:19 PM

Everyone seems to disagree on this one. I was told that I was given a bf chart instead of a ff one and it certainly says so on the top of the chart. Others have been told they have a ff one. I know ff mums who are under the impression they have a bf one!

Check the top of your chart to see what it says and there's a sticky above with bf charts

MandaAnda · Mar 16th, 2010, 18:26 PM

I give out red books (I work on a NICU), and they were based on formula fed babies. I knew that they were changing it to being based on breastfed babies but hadn't seen it before I left work (I was on sick leave, then annual leave, now maternity leave - since November 2009). When I was given Jack's red book, I noticed that the front looked different to what I was used to, and the midwives told me it changed March 1st. And in the growth chart section, it says, "The charts in this book are based on measurements of healthy breastfed children from several countries, whose mothers did not smoke. They represent the pattern of growth for healthy children, whether breastfed or formula fed, and of all ethnic origins. Babies come in all shapes and sizes and they do not all gain weight at the same rate, so every chart will look different when it is filled in."

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Kota Other BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: In a land down under.. Posts: 10,360	BF growth chart. Am I right in thinking that the growth chart in the back of the red books and that the HV's use is a FF chart and that there is a different one for BF babies? I think I've read this a couple of times.. If thats the case, does anyone have a link of the BF growth chart so I can have a look see? Thanks.

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Lu28 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 12,646	Everyone seems to disagree on this one. I was told that I was given a bf chart instead of a ff one and it certainly says so on the top of the chart. Others have been told they have a ff one. I know ff mums who are under the impression they have a bf one! Check the top of your chart to see what it says and there's a sticky above with bf charts
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MandaAnda Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coastal Kent Posts: 1,656	I give out red books (I work on a NICU), and they were based on formula fed babies. I knew that they were changing it to being based on breastfed babies but hadn't seen it before I left work (I was on sick leave, then annual leave, now maternity leave - since November 2009). When I was given Jack's red book, I noticed that the front looked different to what I was used to, and the midwives told me it changed March 1st. And in the growth chart section, it says, "The charts in this book are based on measurements of healthy breastfed children from several countries, whose mothers did not smoke. They represent the pattern of growth for healthy children, whether breastfed or formula fed, and of all ethnic origins. Babies come in all shapes and sizes and they do not all gain weight at the same rate, so every chart will look different when it is filled in."

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