Ear tubes - what age?

Izabella22 · June 2013

What age did your LO get tubes? Our pedi was on the fence, though ds has has 6 infections and 8 rounds of abx this year alone so he sent us to the ENT. ENT of course wants to do it as the pedi said he would, but he also said that they don't like to do them at this time of year because we are coming out of cold/flu season and by next year he'd probably "outgrow" the infections... then of course the ENT tells us 5-6 is when they outgrow the infections. I am so confused.

stanfordt04 · June 2013

We had tubes done at five months old... I am so happy we made the decision to get them. :

amandafisher · June 2013

DD#1 had them at 14 months ( in Apr) and it was the best thing we ever did...such a different kid!

cltk12 · June 2013

DS got tubes at 11 months. Like pp said, we're very glad DS got them.

Like you, it was April and pedi said the ENT probably wouldn't do the tubes since it was the end of cold/flu season. ENT said he would defintalty do tubes in our child as kids still get colds in the summer. Our son has a terrible cold right now with thick, green snot. In the past, he would have gotten an ear infection, but this time he's been sleeping great.

memali26 · June 2013

DD1 was 14 months, DD2 was 10 months. I don't regret the tubes for a second, they were absolutely the best decision we could have made for their health. Neither of the girls has had a single ear infection since.

DD1's tubes were in May. The ENT did say we could wait it out and see if the chronic infections stopped after cold/flu season, but as not a single one of DD1's ear infections was ever preceded by a cold the ENT was comfortable giving us 99% odds that the infections would not stop, so we went ahead with the tubes.

CLL1001 · June 2013

DD just got tubes put in last week. So 20 months...

Mrs.SMiller · June 2013

DD had them at 9 months and DS had them at 6 months. Very glad we did it with both of them. Haven't had ear infection trouble with either of them since.

jayeennnt · June 2013

DS is scheduled to get tubes on the 12th. The pedi also told us we could wait it out. However, were choosing to go ahead and due tubes. He's 14 months and has had 8 ear infections. Ear trouble also runs on his fathers side of the family. Hoping this will cure most of the ear infections!

Chargersgrl33 · June 2013

We had the first set at 10 months and just recently at 17 months had to have one replaced because it was blocked with blood.

Kristinmo · June 2013

DD had them at 8 months old for recurring ear infections.

DS never really had ear infections but he had them put in at 17 months old because he had fluid that wouldn't clear. He had a slight speech delay and that is a big contributing factor.

yepyepsms · June 2013

we got them at 7 months...changed his whole life...he started babbling, hitting milestones, etc. Prior to tubes he was one big consistent ear infection and miserable, didn't sleep, etc.

kmz885 · June 2013

16 months (this past April) and we have seen a huge difference in her language development. We recently started keeping track of her words and it went from 2 words pre-tubes to about 20 post-tubes. And no ear infections since (she had had ear infections constantly from October to April).

unm00red · June 2013

We got them for LO at 15 months and really wish we'd done it sooner. We're dealing with speech issues now that may have a lot to do with the constant fluid he had in his ears prior to surgery.

PsyDr04 · June 2013

DS had tubes put in 6 days before he turned a year old. As many PP have said, best decision ever.

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