No, I don’t mean “Is your toddler hungry?”  

They usually are.

And no, I don’t mean “Is your preschooler hungry?”

They often won’t admit it, unless they’re at the house of a friend whose mother isn’t nearly as good a cook as you.  Political prisoners could take hunger strike lessons from a preschooler who has figured out that what mom really wants is for her to eat the green things, too.

But enough about cutting the edges off grilled cheese sandwiches  <flashback shudder>  let’s get back to the real question:  Is your newborn baby really hungry?