SALTER Electronic BABY and Toddler Convertible SCALES $65AUD (US $68) inc Delivery

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Llousy on 20/01/2013 - 23:49 amazon.com (153 clicks)
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I was looking up items for bubz and came across this Salter baby and convertible toddler scales.

I thought it was a decent deal based on the brand and the price of baby scales in Australia.

Item details:

Salter 914 Electronic Baby and Toddler Scale

Weighs up to 44 pounds (20kg) by .5 ounce increments (10g)
Hold function to give you accurate reading even if baby is moving about
Extra large 1.2 LCD readout
Baby tray removes to turn this into an accurate toddler scale
5 year warranty

Order summary
Items: USD 40.19
Shipping & Handling: USD 27.90
Total before tax: USD 68.09
Order Total: USD 68.09

(Ensure to click on "switch currency" if Australian dollars are shown, because Amazon's exchange rates are poor)

I couldn't find the same model for sale in Australia, but the Salter webpage had a couple of baby scales:
http://www.salter.com.au/Categories/Baby-Scales-450.aspx

There were other cheaper alternatives on the market such as the one below but did not seem to offer a toddler conversion:
http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/the-first-years-soothing-baby-…

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  Ace on 21/01/2013 - 01:40

  +7

  Real OzBargainers weigh their babies at the butcher shop

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    llama on 21/01/2013 - 03:16

    +2

    I'm trying to work out why anybody would buy this thing for personal use

    Babies get weighed at the Chemist or the doctors, during the regular checkups. There is no point weighing them daily.

    Toddlers can use a normal bathroom scale.

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      voteoften on 21/01/2013 - 04:51

      +2

      I agree. I was tempted to look into one of these as my daughter was 2.95kg at birth - that's 6 pounds 8 ounces. It was so hurtful how everyone kept saying on about how tiny she was. These were other mothers in my mothers group and baby professionals. It was very stressful at the time. That is exactly how much I weighed at birth and was much bigger than we feared she would be based on scans. When she was born, my then hubby and I looked at each other and said in unison, "She's SO big", to which everyone in the operating suite said, "No, she's not!"

      Getting these scales will just make worried parents obsess on something they should not obsess about, providing that their baby is gaining some weight. As long as things are going in the right direction, everything will be okay.

      Weigh your baby elsewhere and don't worry about it in between.

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        dan76n on 21/01/2013 - 09:26

        +1

        I agree, as a new dad I too looked into buying a set of scales so we could monitor at home. Although they would of been very convenient I most likely would of weighed my daughter 24 times a day if I had.
        The local chemist has them so we just went over once a week on an evening when they were quiet. Turns out my daughter is a little porker and drinks like a sailor but to begin with I was still worried she wasn't getting back to birth weight quick enough. If she was born tiny and wasn't feeding well I would of probably bought these.

  • 

    GregFiona on 21/01/2013 - 07:21

    +2

    or use the Salter luggage scale (only $12) from a previous deal LOL

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    SBOB on 21/01/2013 - 07:31

    +3

    or do some basic maths and weigh themselves on regular scales with and without holding the baby…
    accurate enough for basic weight tracking

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      dan76n on 21/01/2013 - 09:24

      +4

      Doesn't quite cut it with a newborn. Your looking at grams at this stage and I don't know of any bathroom scales that are acurate to the gram.

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        SBOB on 21/01/2013 - 09:28

        If you need to know the weight to the gram then you either neurotic or should be constantly visiting a midwife/doctor/nurse etc..

        Most home scales would be accurate between 0.1 or 0.01kg depending on how fancy it is, which should be more than enough for basic weekly/fortnightly weight tracking to ensure your kid is actually moving in the right direction

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    chillipaste on 21/01/2013 - 11:15

    "I want my baby back, baby back, baby back ribs"

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  itsasteal on 21/01/2013 - 08:48

  +2

  Baby scales including delivery….Man they do everything for you these days. Wonder if they cover c-section?

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  save my dollarydoos on 21/01/2013 - 10:52

  Perfect for those not knowing exactly how much time it should be in the oven before it starts to dry out.

  • 

    llama on 21/01/2013 - 11:58

    +1

    Also ideal when selling them based on a price per kilo

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  m1nh on 21/01/2013 - 14:14

  +1

  I wished I had one of this when my child was young. We wanted to know how much milk she had taken after feeding. We bought a postal scale but it didn't work very well. Good luck with the baby, OP.