what are the signs of ear infection in a baby?

[lilsmum]

dd 10 mth, has not really eaten all week will have milk but not much, she keeps pulling her ears and hair and scratching at her ears too... now i know she has just cut a top front tooth so this could be the prob but what are the signs for ear infection? is there any way you can tell if that is the prob? she isnt sleeping well at all either.

xx

yes htats it

cods, what do you mean x

all that - and they get more uncomfortable when lying down, too, which accounts for the bad sleeping. I would take her straight to the Dr asap - call out-of-hours for a prescription if needs be - ear infections can flare up very quickly, and can be really painful. DS eventually had a perforated eardrum and pus coming out....

Yeah, second that. Get her ears checked out. There does seem to be a generic number of symptoms, but MNers should also be aware that it is possible to have ear infections and demonstrate no symptoms as we've experienced recently.

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when she does go to sleep she figets alot!! thing is what can i do now? its wkend and wont get appt till mon now.

xx

yes htose are the syptoms
IME any night waking that is about every hour is ears
a sn someone told me ( on here I htink) that if htey wont let you toucht heir ears thats it too)

Blu, oh bugger, I thought that was the sign of an ear infection! Both times ds has had one we knew what it was because of the puss pouring out of his ear! What a bad mum I am. It's nice when the eardrum does blow because the pain stops!

This time I also saw a watery liquid in his ear about 12 hours before it burst. And the first time it happened he crawled around crying with his ear held to the ground.

Lilsmum - sorry if I have panicked you. It might be worth calling your out of hours doctors number - if you talk to them and they think she has got an ear infection, they can sometimes fax a prescription to your nearest all-night chemist. Or come and see her, if you're in a really good NHS area. Otherwise, keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't get worse over night and take her first thing in the morning.

Fisil - oh, I know, I know - DS was tearing round beside himself with pain before the penny dropped with us.

fisil poh no! poor baby fis!

thanks everyone i have managed(a miracle!!) to get a appt at 5.30 so gonna go in a min thanks for the replies
will let you know what he says

xx

well went to g.p he said her ears are clear but she has a red throat which is prob a viral thing...so i guess it down to nasty teething.

thanks everyone, any advice on how to get her to eat would be a god send tho!!!

xxx

Phew - really pleased to hear she hasn't got an ear infection. Sorry for worrying you - but it's worth checking.

Don't worry too much if she doesn't eat (tho we all do), just keep getting fluids into her. Hope she feels better soon - she'll wolf down everything in front of her once she recovers, and regain her strength v quickly, honest!

thanks blu, im glad it isnt her ears (earache is so awful!!) and just hope she back to normal soon.. fingers crossed!!

xxx

How is she now, Lilsmum? Is she getting better?

Lilsmum - jelly is the answer in our house. make it with apple juice and chopped up fruit and some of that leaf gelatine rather than the sugar loaded stuff and its not that unhealthy. DS only eats this when he's suffering with ears/throat, everything else causes meltdown.

thanks blu yes she is back to her old self (thank god) it turned out to be a virus!! but she went off her food 1st she is finally eating well again, thing is she only vomited twice!! very strange.. no runny nappies or anything but sun night she ran a temp of 39.4!!

thanks for asking xxx

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Blimey - that's a high temperature. Is she over that now, too?

blu.. yes she over that now thank god!! it was horrendous!!

xx