I've been keeping close watch and besides the tugging at the ear and fussyness she has no fever and shesbsleeping and eating just fine. I'm low on cash and a doctors visit in my budget. But obviously I'm concerned. I noticed this problem on Monday and decided to watch her temp and see if the symptoms got any worse which they haven't.
So that's my question if she did have an ear infection from Monday to Friday I'm assuming shed be miserable and such. But this am she's up all smiles playing with her toys.
Opinions?
I did DD to the doctor that day. And I was right she had no infection & the doctor said by 10 months you know who your daughter is and what she's like. So use that as your guide to when to call the doctor(and of course if theres a temp and other obvious signs)
That made me feel better. he also says that with modern vaccines they are seeing a huge reduction in ear infections.
So thanks moms!
No you would not. My 4 year old had to go back to his ped to retake a hearing test on Monday. He failed in both ears and when the Dr examined his ears after the test she found both are infected. My son did not have a fever, was acting completely normal, eating normally, playing normally etc. Some have a higher pain tolerance than others. I never would have guessed he had an ear infection and I am glad we caught it when we did.
Both my daughters had chronic ear infections. I never noticed ear tugging. When I knew they had an ear infection was when they started waking up in the middle of the night crying, because my kids were always good sleepers. If she has no changes in her sleep, I wouldn't worry just yet.
No, you may never see any symptoms. My next to the youngest grandson ended up being deaf from non healed ear infections.
That sounds odd but I don't know how else to put it.
He was always going to the doc just like any other newborn, you know how it is, there is a well baby check up every month or two and then if they are actually sick. He had been treated for ear infections a couple of times and taken all the antibiotics.
I had told my daughter I thought he couldn't hear. She thought he could. When he went into foster care the foster mom got them to send the baby to an ENT right away, he got tested. He didn't even respond to a bass drum being hit right behind his head.
The doc thought tubes might help, they often allow excess fluid to drain out and that allows the kids to hear. He went in to put the tubes in and found debris from past ear infections that had not been treated. This baby had been to the doc regularly and had taken meds a couple of times. The infection was just too deep or too resistant to that med.
So, my point is, even if the doc does not think there is an ear infection there may be infection deep inside that a medication may even miss. If the baby is acting like they are sick or in pain they need to see the doc.
With you keeping an eye on her you will notice the first time her fever goes up, that's when you need to call.
is she cutting her one year molars?
My DD only had fever with one of her ear infections. I always knew that she had one by the way she was acting. She would scream when I tried to lay her down. She never tugged her ears either.
Nope, I never knew my son had is first ear infection. He was fussier, but no other symptoms.
Every time he had unexplained crabbiness, I took him in, and sure enough, ear infection.
My 7 year old, which never gets them, just complained that her ear her a little, turned out to be double in ear infection.
You wouldn't necessarily know. And sometimes they ear tug for other reasons. My kids tend to cry out at night even while still asleep if they have an infection, but I have been wrong. I would call the nurse and describe the symptoms and see if they want you to come in. I don't know how much it costs, but it might be worth the peace of mind to go in and then you'll know either way.
No need for the doctor just yet see how it goes. Trust your instincts always. Ear infections are not life threatening and it's very rare to get permanent hearing loss from one. My son has had two and I received the scare tactics about hearing loss and what a bad mom I was for even questioning giving him antibiotics but I have done a lot of research on ear infections since and I am currently studying natural medicine so now I know better. The statistics are 75% of ear infections are viral so that leaves only a 25% chance that it is bacterial if in fact it is an ear infection. I wouldn't risk compromising my child's immunity with antibiotics for a 25% chance. I make my doctor perform an ear swab and test whether it's bacterial or not. If its not bacterial let the virus take its course and manage wIth home remedies. Studies show ear infections last 4-10 days without antibiotics and 3-6 days with but is it worth it. My son had antibiotics the 1st time before I was better informed and nothing once I was informed except for some homeopathics and he has never had one since. Treating with antibiotics makes you less resistant to future infection which explains repeated ear infections. Check out Dr Sears link to see the real symptoms of ear infections and to determine If its just teething or not. My daughter pulled at ears from teething. All the best. http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/childhood-illnesses/ear-...
The vicious cycle of poor nutrition and the overuse of antibiotics works to place a tremendous disease burden on the future health of our children. We bring our young (improperly fed) children to physicians with their first ear infection. At this point the majority of these infections are viral, not bacterial. Nevertheless whether it's viral, bacterial, fungal, or some mixture, a healthy child has no problem recovering from an ear infection without antibiotics. In the United States almost all these children are routinely given antibiotics. Taking the antibiotic kills off the beneficial bacteria and promotes the colonization of more disease-causing strains, and now the next ear infection has a greater chance of being bacterial, not viral. Viral, bacterial, or a mixed infection, it matters not, because at the next visit your kid gets another antibiotic anyway, starting the cycle of infection after infection, antibiotic dependency, and impaired immune function.
Depends on the kid. Some little ones get ear infections and are miserable. Others don't seem as bothered and don't get fevers. Could she just be teething?
my daughter at 8m never showed signs of an ear infection. but when i took her in to the dr because of a nasty cold she did have one going. take her in to be safe. children can have hearing loss if ear infections go untreated
yeah if she's fussy and tugging at her ear, you've got a leg up. mine was when i took him for his checkup and found out he had double ear infections in both ears. i thought he just had a runny nose. never acted out of sorts at all (yes, i'm a "lucky" mom...rme) talk about feeling like the worst mom ever.
It's quite possible to have an ear infection without acute pain. If untreated, these CAN lead to permanent hearing loss. Sorry, I'm sure this isn't what you want to hear from a financial standpoint, but you need to get this checked out.
Not necessarily. My youngest had infections and I never knew. I finally clued in to the fact that he always got infections during allergy season (Spring). I started giving him Claritin right at the start of allergy season and the ear infections stopped.
He once had an ear infection so bad that his eardrum ruptured. He didn't even complain.
If you can find a decongestent for babies, I'd suggest getting it and giving it to her. That can greatly help to clear up the ears.
My daughter only had one ear infection, but it was a bad one in both ears. She never tugged her ears. What she did was wake up crying over and over, since when she laid down, the pressure built up in her ears. She also had a fever.
I would watch your daughter's temperature closely. If she develops a fever, it should be looked into. If no fever, then I don't think it can be an infection.
