Dear Diane, I think that explanation really makes sense!  Thanks for
enlightening us.  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

"I think I
> was assuring my future food supply in an uncertain situation," I
answered.
>
> Mightn't babies be doing the same thing?  To wait until their stomachs
are
> completely empty is to court disaster, if something happens that prevents
> them from eating *soon*.  By cruising the middle ground - never stuffed,
but
> never really hunger either - they're less likely ever to become
dangerously
> hungry.
> I think by nursing when they're
> "mouth hungry", babies ensure that they never get dangerously "stomach
> hungry."

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