would wonder, “Should I feed him again, because it looked like
everything just came back up?” He remained on a two-hour feeding
routine for the first three months which wreaked havoc on his sleep
cycles, and mine! I was discouraged and anxious. I remember being
totally exhausted one night, crying at 2:00 A.M. thinking, “I’m never
going to get any sleep, and he’s never going to sleep! By the time he
stops spitting up, it’s time to feed again, and we’re going to start all
over!” I now began to realize that Forester probably had a similar
condition.Ross’s Story
Sally, Ross’s mom, recalls:
With Ross, our first son, we noticed from day one that he was a
spitter, usually spitting up part of his milk during and after feedings.
If I tried to hold him up and burp him or switch breasts, he would
spit up, sometimes soaking a burp cloth. He would spit up 15–20
minutes after each meal. At three weeks, we noticed Ross had
difficulty nursing and pulled off me, crying during feedings. To say
the least, feeding became a traumatic event for baby and Mom. Ross
would continually pull off, arch his back cry, try to nurse and then
pull off again. Although he slept fairly well, he was still waking at
3:00 A.M. or so at three months of age and had only moderate weight
gain.Caleb’s Story
Caleb’s struggles were even more distressing. His mom, Stephanie,
writes: