Is there any truth to this??

marsh1128 · March 2011

Does anyone know if there is any truth to the idea that milk consumption causes or contributes to reoccuring ear infections??

lildevil968 · March 2011

According to our pedi the anatomy of the ear causes reoccurant ear infections.

haleymay18 · March 2011

No. I have heard the causes being genetic, exposure to second hand smoke, teething, colds, lowered immune system but never milk consumption. I have read that BF babies get less ear infections because of the sucking motion but Grace was breastfed for 10 months and has had 9 fafillion ear infections. So I don't even believe that.

LauranBilly · March 2011

Never heard of that one. Beautiful siggy pic BTW.

Teacher10 · March 2011

I haven't heard that but for some reason I think that I have heard that milk can increase mucus production and maybe that would cause more ear infections. I really don't remember where I read/heard that so I could be completely wrong.

P.S. Your siggy pic is too precious!

shoeboxx · March 2011

Nope! I guess you're talking about cow's milk. Anyway, LO is BF and had a nasty double ear infection around 10 months that last about 3 weeks, luckily he has not had any others. My mom said I had lots of ear infections as a baby/toddler.

pink.dutch.tulips · March 2011

nope

if that were truly the case then dd would have perpetual ear infections .... she LOVES her milk !

marsh1128 · March 2011

LauranBilly:
Never heard of that one. Beautiful siggy pic BTW.

AWW!! Thanks!

rnfromtn · March 2011

Not sure about that, but I have heard that babies laid down with a bottle and left are more likely to have ear infections.

cherokeemomma87 · March 2011

Yeah, I havent heard anything about milk causing ear infections, what my doc told us was that using Q-tips was bad, even the baby kind that wont let you put them in to far. He said that Q-tips in general are bad, they dont get the wax out so much as they can push it in farther. Idk if that has anything to do with the infections.