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Over at least 90 days of data collection, the prospective group had a median of 12 weight changes compared to 4 in the retrospective cohort (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u2009.001). The Parent Satisfaction Survey (n\u2009=\u200917) revealed 94.1% preferred to weigh their child at home with the Weigh Easy Scale compared to commuting to a publicly available scale and 88.2% would recommend the \u201cWeigh Easy\u201d scale to their friends and family.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Providing parents of infants with CLP with the \u201cWeigh Easy\u201d scale identifies feeding and nutritional needs more quickly than standard weight checks.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10556656251317594","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,2]],"date-time":"2025-02-02T23:41:41Z","timestamp":1738539701000},"page":"838-843","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["\u201cWeigh Easy\u201d: Use of an At-Home Weight Reporting System to Improve Weight Monitoring in Infants With a Cleft"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-3967-6110","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karthi","family":"Murari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Steven","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ashley","family":"Sherman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City"},{"name":"Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shao","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City"},{"name":"Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0588-6889","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meghan","family":"Tracy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-2766-5543","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hannah","family":"Bergman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center"},{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City"},{"name":"Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeffrey","family":"Goldstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City"},{"name":"Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","article-title":"Feeding interventions for growth and development in infants with cleft lip, cleft palate or cleft lip and palate","volume":"2011","author":"Bessell A","year":"2011","unstructured":"Bessell A, Hooper L, Shaw WC, Reilly S, Reid J, Glenny AM. 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