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Training Course on Child Growth Assessment WHO Child Growth Standards Job-aid – Weighing and Measuring a Child Weighing a child using a taring scale Be sure that the scale is placed on a flat, hard, even surface. There must be enough light to operate the solar-powered scale. Explain all procedures to the mother and enlist her help. Babies should be weighed naked; wrap them in a blanket or other covering until weighing. Older children should be weighed with minimal clothing. If it is socially unacceptable to undress the child, remove as much clothing as possible. If the child is less than 2 years old, do tared weighing. • To turn on the scale, cover the solar panel for a second. When the number 0.0 appears, the scale is ready. • The mother will remove her shoes and step on the scale to be weighed first alone. Have someone else hold the undressed baby wrapped in a blanket. • Ask the mother to stand in the middle of the scale, feet slightly apart (on the footprints, if marked), and to remain still. The mother’s clothing must not cover the display or the solar panel. Remind her to stay on the scale even after her weight appears, until the baby has been weighed in her arms. • With the mother still on the scale and her weight displayed, tare the scale by covering the solar panel for a second. The scale is tared when it displays a figure of a mother and baby and the number 0.0. • Hand the undressed baby to the mother and ask her to remain still. • The baby’s weight will appear on the display (shown to the nearest 0.1 kg). Record this weight. Note: If a mother is very heavy (e.g. more than 100 kg) and the baby’s weight is relatively low (e.g. less than 2.5 kg), the baby’s weight may not register on the scale. In such cases, have a li