Stand on the scale. Register your weight. Write it down. Ideally, use a scale that can measure in tenths of a pound. This method is less precise than a baby scale but is cost effective.


1/10 of a pound is 45.36 grams or 1.6 oz

, Preferably hold your child while she is naked. This will ensure a more accurate reading. If you prefer, you can hold your child’s clothes while you weigh yourself so that only the child’s body weight is added when you weigh yourself with a dressed child.
 Register the weight. Write it down. Subtract your single weight from your combined weight. The result is your baby’s weight.


For example: if you alone weigh 140 lbs. and you and the baby weight 149.8 lbs., then your baby weighs 9.8 lbs. on his own.
Weigh yourself.
Pick up your child.
Weigh yourself and your baby.
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