When your baby has an ear infection...?
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I have three children, and my oldest was prone to ear infections. What you can do to help is don't give her Motrin until she is at least 6 months old. Tylenol works fine for a little one your daughter's age. Just follow the dosing instructions on the bottle. Here's what really helped my daughter's ear infection pain: dampen a washcloth and warm it in the microwave (be careful not to get it too hot!). To make sure it's not too hot, press it to the skin of your elbow or just inside your wrist. It should feel warm, but not hot. Press the warmed washcloth onto the ear that hurts. Your baby's pain is actually just in front of the actual ear, but if you cover the whole area with the washcloth, you'll make sure to get heat on the sore area. The heat will help soothe the pain until Tylenol can help, or it may soothe the pain completely without having to use Tylenol. I always gave my children Tylenol before bed when they had ear infections. The pain seems to be worse when they're laying down.
Good luck!
using a hair dryer on a low temp really helps alot!!poor baby hope she feels better!
Try to occupy them.
Taking warm baths.
Walking them.
Pushing them in a stroller.
Give baby some tylenol to relive the pain.
make sure your house is free of dust and smoke. also give her moltrin.
Tylenol & warm compresses if you can keep them on her. See your pediatrician for antibiotics too. Ear infections are very, very painful! Good luck!
If you can take the time to do it, rocking her will help.
Also, please tell me your pediatrician has said you can use baby tylenol or infant motrin! If not, please ask if its ok to give.
And if this is the second one in less than a month she may need antibiotics... call your doc and schedule an appointment asap.
Put a warm washcloth in a bag and then put the bag over the ear area having a towel between the bag and their ear...make sure that it isn't too hot because you don't want them to get burned, but you want it warm enough so they get some heat from it.
I have this problem with my son. I give him motrin or tylenol for the pain plus his antiboitics.
Hats if you go outside, you know the wind will hurt her.
Theres not alot you can do besides comfort her.
Between illness and teething and ear infections, all of the symptoms are pretty similar. Ask your doctor what you can give for the pain; cooled chamomile tea and Hyland's Teething tablets (avoid Orajel when you get to teething) may also help; if she has trouble breathing (got mucus too?), you might want to try a humidifier. The antibiotics can irritate the stomach a lot and may be contributing to her discomfort. And, of course, lots of hugs.
The weather does not cause colds. Viruses cause colds. Also, most ear infections are viral so antibiotics do nothing. I would ask the doctor to determine if this is viral or bacterial.
Using a blow dryer on the lowest setting does help as well as warm compresses. My youngest daughter had 15 ear infections within her first year...unfortunately it was well after that that somebody told me about ear drops that you can administer that is kinda like ambesol.it numbs it. It also works great. I got mine from the doctor through a prescription but I do believe you can buy them OTC as well.
I'm so sorry, there really isn't much you can do but hold and love them, it's a miserable time, you feel like ripping your hair out, take a big breath, good luck, and remember it wont be long, three days or so until the meds kickin, make sure she takes them all even when she seems better or it will creep up again
ask your doctor for auralgan ear drops. They are placed directly in the ear and dull the pain. This in combination with infants ibuprofen (ask your doctor for dosing) helps with the pain so your baby can eat, sleep, etc.
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