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Hungry

It seems that I don't feed my children.  Ever.  They eat a meal and within 30 minutes of finishing that meal, they appear near death's door from hunger.  I'm not sure where they put it.  Ana has been especially hungry lately.  I definitely don't know where she is putting the large amounts of food she has been eating.  She must be getting ready for a growth spurt.  I do know that I am back into the phase of despising the words, "I'm hungry.  Can I have a snack?"  I hear them at least 30 times each day.  It seems that my kids would snack all day long if I would let them.  But I try to have times for eating/snacking and times to suffer from starvation/malnourishment (at least that's how they feel).  I do not want them to get into the habit of grazing all day long - it's a habit I've had to break myself from.  It's really easy to do when you are home all day long and spend lots of time in or very near the kitche...