Which weight weighs weightiest?

Last Wednesday they were weighed at the hospital at c. Iv: 7,14 & Vi: 6,00.  Bearing in mind that they are usually measured on the health-visitor's scales, we were not surprised to find that the girls had 'gained' more weight than was to be expected.

And so when they were popped onto the health-visitor's balance this afternoon, we were expecting a more sober measurement than taken last week.  Anyway, today Ivy was weighed at 8 pounds, 3, so she had indeed gone up, consistent with last week's reading.  Violet on the other hand was 5 pounds, 14.

Has she lost two ounces?  Probably not: we have certainly noticed a few more chins in the making and well, you've seen for yourself her attitude toward a good fry-up.  Are the scales different?  Of course - but to what extent?  And which one is true, and does this matter?  Does the NHS advocate a plurality of truths?, a subjectivity of reality?; are we to elevate the measurement over the measured?, the structure over the matter?, the signifier over the signified?

Anyway, so there you go.  Today, Violet is 5, 14 and Ivy 8, 3.

TTFN