Info on ear infections please

[HappyMumof2]

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[Aimsmum]

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[Prufrock]

Marina and HMo2, have you thought of taking them to see a homeopath. Recurent ear infections in children are an area where homepathic medicine can really help.
Bundle posted a really good link about antibiotics and ear infections in my recent thread

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Soya or rice milk??

Wysol formula???

Water

Juice[even bigger shock

[HappyMumof2]

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Hmof2 - ha!!!

Well that is quite telling. They apparently crave the things that they are allergic to. My DS will still go mad for cheese, if he sees it around (nightmare at parties)!

My DS doesn't eat meat - doesn't like animal meat - so don't force him. He will eat fish though. He's a strapping boy, very tall for his age and never ill

I give them calcium tablets when I remember! You can't buy them for children but I just give them half the adult dose (homeopath recommendation again)!

Baked beans and white bread are calcium enriched as are certain breakfast cereals. Any stalky veg is good for calcium - carrots, parsnips, brocolli, cauliflower etc. Nuts and sesame seeds and tahini good source also.

Apparently in many cultures children do not have dairy after they are weaned, so it is possible to cope without it. You do have to work harder at it

I think in your situation I would do it for 2 or 3 weeks just to see if it is the problem. Once you know then you can make the judgement as to what to do for the best

[HappyMumof2]

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Marina - not that I ever noticed

DD whi is the elder of the two, had severe dairy allergy - tried to feed her a bottle of formula at 8 weeks old and spent the whole night in A&E with vomiting, limp baby!

DS seemed fine on the other hand. Never crossed my mind

Funnily enough it was the first thing that the homeopath suggested. He never actually got as far as needing any homeopathic remedies it all cleared up so quickly!

You can have the York tests done (you send of a hair sample and they allergy test from that) they cost about £50 IIRC.

[Marina]

Gosh, Soapbox, that hadn't occurred to me (no history of dairy allergy in our family). Did your ds not have other symptoms such as colic or abdominal discomfort though?
HM2, you can buy it off the internet, or through health-food shops. It is quite pricy I believe (we just stoked ds up on Teetha and used the Boot's Childrens' toothpaste with the croc on the tube as it has xylitol in it).

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Hmof2 - it may well be related to a dairy allergy. A lot of recurrent ear infections are. The allergy results in excess mucus production which bungs up the ears and becomes infected.

My DS suffered very badly with ear infections and glue ear as a baby/toddler. We took him off dairy for 3 weeks at a homeopaths recommendation and he has never had an infection since. This was after almost constant infections!

His glue ear also cleared up in a matter of weeks and has never returned.

He does however have residual speech problems which may have been caused by having glue ear from such a young age and the sounds having been 'muffled'. It may have been something else that cause the speech problems so it is not entirely clear, even now.

I really would recommed that you try a dairy exclusion diet for a short period of time, it really did make such a difference to my childs quality of life.

BTW other signs of dairy allergy would be a constanly snotty nose and excess dribbling and drooling - nice

[HappyMumof2]

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[Helsbels]

We had grommits for our ds1 when he was about 18mths old - it was the best thing we ever did - no more pain no more abcesses - brilliant. (It was horrible on the day though - quite upsetting for us - not for him - he was fine!!)) If you need them - get them - can not recommend highly enough

[Marina]

We are facing grommets or adenoidectomy too HappyMum

[Marina]

Xylitol can help, a growing body of research suggests. It's a natural antibacterial derived from birch bark and a form of sugar (so tastes sweetish and pleasant to fussy little people).
It is contained in Nelson's Teetha powders and also Boots Natural Remedy Teething powders, and also in some children's toothpastes.
It worked for ds, who has barely had anti-bs in his life, but not for dd

[HappyMumof2]

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[Marina]

That is very interesting grumpyfrumpy, dd has just finished a course of amoxycillin and her eardrums went again within forty-eight hours. She is now on erythromycin...
hope it's not the same scenario for you happymum, and that she feels better soon. It really is getting us down, to be honest.

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