The Ear Infections

Nathan was 6 months old when he got his first ear infection. I hadn't realized he even had one. The doctor discovered it at his 6 month well check. We were given an antibiotic that didn't work and he had to go onto another one. But that cleared everything up. I started to be more careful at propping him up more when he ate and putting in swimmers ear plugs into his ears at bath time. I really felt that this was working until we entered fall and winter. By November (10 months) Nate had gotten another ear infection. We treated this with antibiotics and it also cleared up. I started to think that we may be headed for tubes in the ears. I tried my best to keep water out of his ears but by now, he was actively teething (6 teeth at once). I feel that this and the cold he contracted in late February led us to our 3rd ear infection. This time the antibiotic that worked had become resistant and we had to once again try another antibiotic. The new one almost cleared everything up. Nate still has fluid on his ears and was given an antibiotic shot as well as another antibiotic to help finish clearing it up. We had our first ENT visit on Thursday and given a steroid to clear up some inflammation. If it works we may not need the tubes but I feel it may be better to get them. We'll see, our check-up is the end of April.