Hi Gretchen, I'm sorry to hear your starter isn't responding well! There is another variation on the normal feeding routine that might help the wild yeast in your starter kick in. You might want to consider feeding once daily with whole wheat flour--saving 4 ounces of starter and feeding it 2 ounces of whole wheat flour and 2 ounces of water. The once a day feeding with the higher percentage of starter and the whole wheat flour should increase the acidity of your starter and help it start rising predictably. Once this is happening, switch back to feeding with the all-purpose flour and feeding twice daily with 4 ounces each starter, flour and water. The starter may not respond immediately when you switch up the feeding routine, but once it's rising predictably again with the all-purpose flour, then you should be good to go! If you've been storing your starter in a bowl or other wide container, you may also find it helpful to put it in a quart sized wide mouth mason jar that is taller than it is wide. It can be harder to discern the starter rising and doubling in size when it's in a wide bowl. I hope this helps! Let us know how it goes. 

Barb

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