My 8 month old daughter has been very cranky this week, and I suspected an ear infection, which is quite common in infants her age. So, after two hours in the Quick Care office, an exhasuted, screaming child had a doctor's advice that earwax the the reason for her suffering.
Gee, thanks. Not very helpful after the Dr. bill and no real solution. It has now been almost one week since that visit and my beautiful little girl has become more of a screaming banche than the princess she normally is. I want my little girl back.
So, I did some research. The pharmacist at Walgreens suggested earwax softner, but, being the kind person she was, steered us away from making an expensive $10 purchase for a .5 oz. bottle of softner when she pointed out the ingredient list: olive oil. After handing my husband a glass dropper, we headed home.
I'll let you know how the natural remedy works. Now, does anyone have any great ideas for getting an infant to hold still long enough to get the oil in her ear and then keeping it there? If you do, let me know!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
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For ear aches accompanied by an infection a dear friend of mine suggests garlic extract. Are you familiar with it?
ReplyDeletethey have to ear medicine at the co op for baby's teigan said it helped with the pain. in-tell we could see a doctor and get antibiotics
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