Has she got an ear disorder? Labyrinthitis?

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DTD1 (2) has ear infections ALL the time. Oozes pus. She's had antibiotics a couple of times and it clears, but then reappears in a month or so.

When you combine this with the fact she gets motion sickness, hates the swings, and is not anything like as steady toddling as her twin (and not just when her ear is visibly infected, this is constant)...could she have some chronic ear problem?

Trying to work out what to say to the GP tomorrow so we don't get sent away again (DTD bawls the second she sees him so I don't entirely blame the GP for wanting to process us quickly!)

I'm kind of a member of the wait and see school myself, and that these things clear...but I do remember reading something about someone losing part of their hearing because of an untreated childhood ear infection :(

Recurrent ear infections at this age I would be pushing hard for an ENT referral and I say that as someone who has hearing loss and who has a DD with hearing loss through infection. Mine was chronic multiple infections over 4 to 5 years. DD's was acute infection at 4 months that became a mastoid abscess the first reported case in 25 years, she is the reason NICE changed their guidelines for the under twos.

Blimey lonecat. Right. I will push. Tend to be good at that .

Ds had ear infections almost continuously from about 3 months to 20 months when he had his first set of grommets in. He has glue ear. I would ask for an ENT appointment. Say you're worried about her hearing too-often parents don't notice as they get very good at adapting, so, but it is worth checking that too.

Thanks dewe. More grist to the mill!

I'd push for an ENT referral, just to be on the safe side. If ENT can't find anything then you can look further into vestibular testing.

Well, thank goodness I took her. She's got a bloomin' perforated eardrum! I thought you only got that with loud noise/head injury but apparently it can happen with infection too.

The GP agrees that there's probably something amiss with her middle/inner ear and at the very least it may need draining so we've got our referral.