> She said - "we all do our own weights in
lbs so I guess that's why we do it for babies".
But do they really ? I thought that people in the UK tended to use stones and pounds for their weight rather than just pounds. [Reminder to American readers than 1 stone is 14 pounds]. Even though one unit is common to both, it is effectively two different systems, one for adults (using a base 14) and one for children (using base 16).
The real reason they do it this way, is that they have always done it this way.
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