XP: Pulling on Ears

robynlesley

No fever.  I'm pretty certain DS is cutting his bottom 1st molars as his fingers are constantly in his mouth.

That is common, right? Pulling on his ears?  Or could DS have an ear infection w/o a fever?

(I also posted this on Toddlers 12-24.)

Pesky

Yes, an ear infection without a fever is totally possible.  Mine don't tend to run fevers often so this happened a lot.  I tended to watch for other signs like fussy when laying him down for a diaper change (for teething that wouldn't make a difference but hurts like heck for an EI), refusing to drink a bottle (again, can hurt for an ear infection), etc.

BrideBuddies

It's also very common for teething, according my baby owners manual.

rsd12

My boys pull on their ears when teething.  It's when they don't nap/sleep well or refuse to eat & pull on their ears with or without a fever that I have thought ear infection.  Hopefully it is nothing!

dkays

My older DD had ear infections without fever. I would lean toward the ear pulling being part of teething. They can pull at their ears when their throat hurts so the molars are close.  GL!

Married2003

BrideBuddies:

It's also very common for teething, according my baby owners manual.

This is nice to know because T pulls his ears all the time and he has no ear infection...didn't know it.

ateytelb

Anything is possible. Call your pedi and describe the situation.

Piranha54

My pedi said ear pulling is also very common with teething - no ear infection - since the same "area" hurts.  Ellie constantly pulls and pokes at her ears and whenever we check, no infection.  OK, except the one, but in general she's just a poker, and it is worse when she's teething.  So that probably just muddies the waters even more, eh?