Why I'm Afraid of Stomach Aches. And medical intervention.

Katie Couric Media
Nov. 10, 2026

After four years of my daughter not sleeping through the night — four long years of all versions of cry-it-out, of hours-long bedtime routines of rocking and singing, four years of rearranging nap and snack times and white noise and crib-side slideshows, of my husband and me losing our already fragile minds — our pediatrician suggested that we have a specialist examine her airway.