Ouch! Double Ear Infection

My son always had ear infections and lots of pain before we put the tubes in. Ask your doctor about motrin. I think it is okay after 6 months of age. It was much better for the pain than Tylenol. Also, the antibiotics usually worked within 2-3 days, so just hang in there. I know it is horrible.

Put a towel or something under the mattress in his crib to raise his head a little. Ears hurt much worse when lying down. Also, ask the Dr about drops to put in his ears. Some Drs give them to at least numb the pain until the antibiotics start working. My son had double ear infections recently and they said it would take a couple days for the antibiotics to make him feel better, but it only took a couple of doses to make a difference for him. By the 2nd day, he was much happier...not perfect, but much much happier.
Good luck.

Hi A.,
I feel your little one's pain;-( My nine month old boy has had a couple of these nasty ear infections as well and it is nver a pretty picutre to see them suffer. What i did, in addition to the antibiotics and tylenol, was to give him a bath with johnson & johnson soap that has some mentol/vicks in it...they sell them at target or cvs...that seemed to help him a lot as he was also congestioned.
Hope he feels better soon!
regards,
A.

The only other thing for pain is children's ibuprofen- it does work really well and will keep down fever like tylenol, but can only be given at 6 hour intervals instead of four. Don't worry much about food if he won't eat it, but definitely push the clear liquids. Otherwise, you're doing about all you can do- lots of love and patience!
Hope your little one feels better...

you can try pedialyte (they also make freezer pops he may like) and have you tried Motrin instead of Tylenol? My son responds to that better.

hang in there, the antibiotics really do work quickly. they may take a while to get rid of the infection, but they start to ease the pain usually within a day or two at the most. stick with the tylenol and raise his head if you can. if the tylenol isnt working, maybe ask the doc about motrin instead. the nightime is the worst. he might seem much better tomorrow morning, then might feel worse again later in the day, but should be considerably better than tonite. good luck.

Hey A.,

My daughter who is now 20 years old suffered terribly from ear infections. At a year old she had the tubes put in and fortunately only suffered a few infections here and there afterward. Times have changed so much since then because doctors back then would give Tylenol with Codine for pain (I know you are all probably flipping out) but it helped tremendously. I know now that is a no no but they also gave ear drops that would numb her ears to help with the pain. I am not sure if that is still an acceptable treatment but I would check with the doctor. There is no reason the little guy should suffer. Hope this helps. The idea about elevating the crib is also a good one. My daughter would be fine while she was up playing but once she would lay down she would scream in pain. Good luck!!

hi I bought homepatic ear drops in Cvs to help with the ear pain and it worked.Just ask the pharmacist where they.I have 2/12 year with a double ear infection right now .I put these drops in the first night and it helped