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Reply to "8.5yo regularly waking at 1/2/3am hungry - growth spurt or habit? Should he eat or not eat?"
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[quote=Anonymous]+1 to no on the middle-of-the-night snack, and I recommend cutting out the "right before bed" snack, too. Given you're feeding him simple carbs, I'm sure his body is digesting them quickly and having a sugar crash, which then triggers a craving for more carbs. A 9 year old can get all the calories they need between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and the human body is designed to fast at night. Hunger is hormonal, as others have pointed out, i.e., our brain can feel "hungry" when there is no physical need for more food. Conversely, hunger may also be driven by a nutrient deficiency - is he eating a well rounded balanced diet, and do you have him on a multivitamin? [/quote]
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