Over the past week or two, I've noticed Nate had some hearing loss. It took me a while to decide it was hearing loss and not "selective hearing." Honestly, he really wasn't hearing me when I was asking him to do something or come to where I was or whatever. I took him to the doc today: ear infections, both ears. I'm going to start the prescribed medicine tonight and hope it clears up the hearing issue (scary). Nate just had an ear infection 6 weeks ago, and it seems like lately he gets one every time he has a cold.
Here's my question to you: other than buying an otoscope or taking your child to the doctor after every cold, how do you know he has an ear infection? Nate doesn't have pain for most of his ear infections (except the last one), so he can't tell us. My plan is to institute a garlic oil regimen every time he gets a cold now (and for 3-5 days following the cold) as a preventive measure, but what else should I do? (FYI: garlic is a natural bacteria-fighter and can help ward off infection. See here.)
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We have gone through the same thing. We are now taking Jonathan to the chiropractor every week to help open the tubes and allow drainage. Our ped recommended garlic oil drops (I got some other homeopathic ones at Mothers as well), eliminating dairy, and chiropractic adjustments. He is hearing much better, but we need to go back in a couple weeks (again) to follow up. Nice to know other people are going through something similar! FYI- Jonathan took antibiotics for the 2nd time in his life, and this time had a bad rash (it lasted for 2 weeks) that came out on the 7th day of the medicine. It did not help the ears and instead caused more problems we had to correct at our D.O. I am not against antibiotics completely, but in this case, it didn't help us!!
Brooke - So interesting! Lucy took antibiotics for the first time in her life in February, and she got the same rash (appears on day 7 of the medicine).
I didn't know about chiropractic helping... cool!
Eli had a nasty ear infection last year that took 3 rounds of different antibiotics to get rid of, I had no idea that he had an infection either. I now just take him into the doc to check his ears if he has a cold that lasts longer than 3-4 days. Poor Nate, good luck...
My kids always play with their ears a lot. Grabbing them, and won't leave them alone.
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