Ear Wax?

pb_bride

Does anyone have issues with ear wax in their LOs?  Can you tell me what you've tried to get rid of the ear wax and did that help?

DS has a cold and has been super cranky, so I took him to his pedi to see if he's got an ear infection.  The pedi said both ears have lots of ear wax so he really couldn't tell at all.  He's suggesting us use Debrox 2x/wk for couple of weeks.  I haven't had a chance to get it yet; wondering if anyone tried it or something else?

ashiscute

Every time we take DS to the Pedi his ears are filled with wax and they usually clean it out for us with a little scraper thing.   We clean them with the baby q-tips but you can only get so much out that way.  Sorry I'm not more help.

fanofanne

lol i'm so glad you posted this!!  ds' ear wax drives me nuts too!  i'm so glad i'm not the only one!

hollygb22

Our pedi has cleaned them with a scraper as well at appts. We were advised to lay off the safety qtips after a couple ear infections. My pedi said it tends to push wax a little deeper in.

DD doesn't have a ton, sometimes I can see it and simply scrape it out or use a wash cloth.

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rockinmathchic

We use regular q-tips and are just careful not to push hard or too far.  I lightly move it around in circles in my sons ear to clean out the wax.  I do this about once a week.  Haven't had any problems like wax build up or ear infections.

pb_bride

I can't imagine using a qtip on DS!!! I can see that he'll be screaming bloody murder if I go near his ears. Even wiping his nose with a Kleenex causes real tears. 

Nita14701

We haven't had much success with Debrox, Lo's ear canals are really narrow so stuff doesn't drain out. So she's had to go through the scraping at the dr's office. I'm hoping as she grows, either her ear canals will get bigger or she'll start producing less wax.

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pb_bride

JandACoffee said:

pb_bride said:

I can't imagine using a qtip on DS!!! I can see that he'll be screaming bloody murder if I go near his ears. Even wiping his nose with a Kleenex causes real tears. 

DD actually screams and cries real tears when I wipe her nose, but she leans into the q-tip (big reason why I only do baby ones). I think she likes the way it feels crazy kid :P We've been doing it though almost every bath since she was a newborn so she may just be used to it also.

That's good to know.  Hmmm... I've never seen/noticed baby qtips.  Time to go hunt for some then.  Maybe we'll need some Debrox and then some qtips...

Litgirl77

Yes!! We have the same problem. Our doctor recommended hydrogen peroxide a while back. We were just in there today, and he checked LO's ears - it was the first time he hasn't commented on how much wax there was, so it must be working! 

I will admit - Sam hates having it done, but it's not too bad. I think he doesn't like the sensation of water in his ears and it makes a crackly popping sound (like pop rocks!) so that's probably weird too. We just do it once a week, and every day if he has a cold to try and ward off ear infections.

jnnfrrose6

I just use qtips on what I can see.  I try not to really get them too much in his ears so that I don't push anything back in.  Doctor did do the scraper one time when it was bad, but specifically said we shouldn't use qtips.  I've heard of using hydrogen peroxide, but haven't because the doctor hasn't commented on his ears being to bad yet.

SusanC111

I also use my pinky nail on the wax I can see. He loves it. He takes my finger and puts it back to his ear after I scrape it

baloneydisc

DD has horrible wax issues. It's mostly her right ear. The ped has tried to scrape a little out each appointment, but she freaks out and we don't really get anywhere with it. She had an ear infection in November (possibly both sides, one was impossible to see in because it was completely blocked). After we got that cleared up we were sent to see a pediatric ENT to have her ears cleaned out. They got a solid glob of wax about the size of a bean out of her right ear! The ENT said they don't really recommend using any drops in baby/toddlers ears because kids don't usually tolerate it well. We did try the Debrox before that visit and DD absolutely hated it. They also told us to only use qtips on the outside structure of the ear so we didn't push the wax deeper.

Wipz

You tube have some videos that show how to clean out ears using a syringe or bulb snot sucker to squirt and warm water in the ear to loosen it up.. also getting warm water in your ears during a shower/bath helps keep ears cleared out of wax.. maybe you could try that ?

I did it to my DH once when he had problems with build up that was affecting his hearing... worked a treat on him  but it all depends on your LO and  if you can get them to do it.

ah625

Ugh, both of my kids have super strong wax production skills. 

I lay my daughter down in the tub and let her splash around a little bit, at least 5 minutes. This generally helps it "melt" and come to the entrance of her ear canal and I'll wipe it with a cotton flannel square cloth I made just for this purpose.