baba got waxy ear

[biglips]

baba is 16 weeks old and i looked in her ear and there is orange wax coming out of her ear (the reason why i look in her ear alot coz DP and his family inc his DD suffer from very waxy ears)

what can i do?

[Lonelymum]

If baby is otherwise well, I don't think this is necessarily a problem is it? You should not poke anything into baby's ear but anything easily accessible can be removed.

[biglips]

i havent touch her ear yet as wax is just abit dripping itself out

[Lonelymum]

Dripping? Literally? You mean it is runny?

[SPARKLER1]

my dd had a really waxy ear once and was very unwell too. It was a nasty ear infection. Is DD wel otherwise???

[Twiglett]

DD gets visible wax too (and so did DS)

if its not excessive (ie not an infection)

then when she's in the bath, take a corner of a cloth dipped in the warm water and just wipe downwards gently .. do not ever be tempted to use cotton buds

[biglips]

lonelymum - thats the word i couldnt find - it is runny . and baba is well too. ill give her a bath tmrw and gently clean her ear with a warm water cloth... as i wasnt sure whether i could use cotton buds but now i know

[BadHair]

I use cotton buds on the outside of the ear, just don't ever put them into the ear canal.

[dinosaur]

biglips has she been unwell? This recently happened with my DS3, and it turned out he'd had a middle ear infection, his eardrum had burst and the stuff that came out of his ear was pus, not wax!

[Lonelymum]

Yes i would be worrying if the stuff coming out was runny. Usually ear wax is just that - waxy.

[biglips]

yes baba is her usual self and not crying etc. so poss only waxy ear or otherwise she be screaming wouldnt she?

[fairyfly]

Could you ring NHS direct, that the best idea and then at least you wont be worried all night.

The thread title sounds like a dance remix to me though, quite like it

[biglips]

[KathH]

with ds1 he always had runny ear wax and constant ear infections - gp said because the infections hot it can melt the wax - dont think i've explained very well but hope you understand what i mean. having said that though, when he had ear infections he used to scream (and i mean scream!)all night and have temperature. i'd get checked out by gp as may be mild infection.

[KathH]

just had a thought - did you post somewhere else that baby has just had a cold/cough? Apologies if it wasnt you (brain must be getting frazzled) but ds1 always got ear infection after a cough or a cold and still does now.

[biglips]

yes i did and she still got her cough but docs said its not on her chest just in the back of her throat.

[KathH]

bless her - hope shes better soon.