There is the same conservatism with babies birth masses in Australia. My opinion is that this conservatism is due to the need of new mothers to compare the mass of their new babies with the mass of their mother’s and grandmother’s babies – herself included.
In my opinion birthing suites in hospitals should be encouraged to convert the new grandmother’s (and great grandmother’s baby birth masses to kilograms.
One argument that you might use to support your views on this is that is in the clear interest of the new baby that everyone associated with it knows its mass in kilograms in case a strange nurse needs to treat it with a mass sensitive treatment. Does the new mother or the new grandmother really want a treatment (specified in milligrams of treatment per kilogram of baby) applied to her new 7 lbs. 11 1/4 ozs grandchild by a young nurse who has had no school experience or training in old units?
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Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
on 2001/04/27 20.18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a parents' magazine published in Canada. They have a web site and
send out an e-mail newsletter. One item featured birth announcements:
5. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
http://www.todaysparent.com/birthannounce/index.jsp
Welcome your new little bundle of joy online! Our Birth Announcement section
makes it easy to share your news by posting the date your baby arrived, as
well as details of the birth and a photo if you wish. Check out the Birth
Announcements currently online!
Curious, I went to look. (You have to register and log on to get there.)
The announcements were all in FFU. I went to the form. It had mandatory
entries for pounds and ounces (ONLY). For length, the default was inches but
you could select centimeters if you wanted. (No parent did.) It's been over
20 years in the True North Strong and Free. What gives with these parents
and the web sites and birth announcement systems that cater to them?
Carleton
