Owen struggles to gain weight, so we need to keep a close eye on it. He is non weight bearing so cannot stand on the scales. Weighing him at the hospital on their wheelchair or chair scales isn’t great as all the departments scales weigh differently meaning we don’t get a consistent result. You can hold him, and weigh yourself and him together, then take your weight off but then you have to hold him until he is still and he gets very heavy. Hubby came up with the idea sit Owen in a heavy duty washing basket, pop the basket (and Owen) on the scale (you can used two people to lift the basket on and off), then take the weight of the basket away and you have his weight. He is now 13 and only just got too big to be weighed this way.
