Daughters ear!

[Chloe207]

hey, I’ve blurred my daughters face out for personal reasons!

anyway….. from the day she was born, her one ear had sticked out more then the other ear, as you can see on the picture, the midwife said it will look normal and go back into place by 6 weeks, her 6 week check up came and I brought her ear up in conversation asking if it’s normal/ok! So they did a referral over to the paediatric team, and they booked her in for a MRI scan, the paediatric lady said there is some swelling above her ear “she was touching around her head / ear” that’s why they said they would book her in for a MRI scan, but when we went to the MRI appointment it didn’t go to plan, my daughter wouldn’t sleep 🙈 so unfortunately it didn’t go ahead.
she’s been for 2 hearing tests and passed them, so I was wondering…. If anyone else had seen anything like this? What could it be? Thanks 🙏

Is there visible swelling now? Does she cry or flinch when you touch that area?

If not it's just a sticky out ear. Lots of little kids have them. On both or sometimes one. They often grow out of it and I don't think it means there's anything wrong with the function of the ear or brain or anything. If she's bothered by it when she grows up she could have it pinned.

You could try earbuddies which are used 0-3 months to help with ears that stick out.

Hey, I tried that when she was new born, it didn’t work at all, kinda disappointed as I paid a lot for the kit. X

If they can’t do an MRI, can they not book one under GA? Can they do an ultrasound in the meantime? If there is swelling there it does need to be imaged properly to rule out certain things before you work on the cosmetic side of things.

Hey, yes there is visible swelling, her hair does kinda cover it, the picture doesn’t do much justice sorry, it’s like a hard lump above her ear, around 3cm long, it doesn’t bother her at all she doesn’t cry or touch it, but the top of her ear does go red / purple at time. X

try again for the MRI

Hopefully the swelling will turn out to be nothing to worry about, but even if it is just cosmetic, please consider surgery to correct the ear that sticks out. It would be better done when she’s a child rather than as an adult, and may be available on the NHS when she’s older if it’s bad enough.

I had very prominent ears when I was little, one worse than the other, and my parents talked about having them done but never did. Apparently the doctor said they would probably get better as I got older but I would have been eligible for surgery. It never got better and I really wish they’d had it done! As an adult I have one ear that sticks out a lot, and is an abnormal shape at the top, and I have always hated it. When I had long hair the ear poked through and it really does look awful. Having it done privately as an adult would have been very expensive and possibly less effective.