Coconut oil for ear infections?

Sep5Bride

Has anybody heard of using coconut oil or other such things for ear infections as an alternative to antibiotics? DD has her 3rd ear infection in 8 weeks, and she keeps having to get the Rocephin shots because the oral antibiotics aren't clearing them. We take her in today to see if this one has cleared, and I'm just dreading being told she needs those shots again. I plan to ask the pedi about alternatives, but in general she doesn't seem to put much merit in non-medical treatments so I'm not expecting much.

Anybody have experience with this??

jobiann

I haven't had any experience with coconut oil but I have had a lot of experience with ear infections with J . I hope you find some good answers!

ambmama

I couldn't find any natural treatments that worked. Usually once you have 3 consecutive ear infections that won't be cleared by antibiotics they will start talking about tubes. I reallllllyyy didn't want to do tubes but DS's quality of life improved so much after them! He is now on his 2nd set and again he's way healthier overall and his pronunciation and speaking have just improved so much. So while I hope your LO is improved and doesn't get any more ear infections, I'd keep an open mind to their proposed solutions. I did really hate giving DS antibiotics all of the time.

jobiann

We too had ear tubes placed for J, and he was sooo much better afterwards.

Sep5Bride

Thanks for your responses, ladies. We saw the ENT and he wants to wait until she's had 4 or more ear infections, so if she gets another one we'll go back. Fortunately her ears have cleared this time (I couldn't believe it), so we'll just wait for the next one. Glad to hear you've had good experiences with the tubes though!!

ambmama

So glad to hear they cleared! I really hope she stays healthy!! Ear infections are the worst.

this decaf life

I've heard of using garlic oil.