7mth old and tubes in his ears??????

My son is 7mths old and has his 6th ear infection. I have worried myself sick over this each time he gets one. He got his 1st infection when he was around 6wks old and has had one a month every month since. We went to his doctor this morning cause I was pretty sure he had an ear infection and I was right. He had a double ear infection and this made his 6th ear infection. He refered us to a ear, nose, and throat doctor and we have to go next week on Tuesday. My sons doctor said that in his opinion he thought that he needed to have tubes put in. I didn't think they did tubes on children that were under 12mths old. I am a little confused and scared to death. I know that this is a simple procedure but he is my baby and this scares me. But at the same time I don't like to see my little man in soo much pain.

What are your opinions? Any one have anything that could help??

BTW.... Preston has 2 teeth now. They both came in at the same time. It is sooo cute! I can't believe that my sweet baby boy has 2 teeth and is crawling. : )


Please help me with the ear thing....

[Cheyenne_08]

My son had tubes put in at 13 months....the rule of thumb is that any child can have them if they have had 4 infections in a year or 3 in 6 months. So your son would definatly be a candidate for tubes. My son's surgery went SO fast...it is amazing how fast they can put tubes in. The doc was in and out in 5 minutes. Ashtyn was awake when they took him back to the OR and he was awake when he came back to Recovery, so they are only out a max of 10 minutes. It really has helped him in the month that he has had them....at least he is not digging his ears all the time anymore. I really think that tubes a re a good thing because chronic ear infection can cause hearing loss, so I would do the tubes:)

Good Luck, and don't worry, it is common to not want to see your little man go through something like this!

[romme80]

Thank you sooo much! I just hate the ideal of seeing my little  man in pain. But i know it is better to get it taken care of now. One day of pain verses weeks and months of pain. I have just never heard of babies this little having tubes and it kinda worries me.

[michelle_rusty]

i know exactly how you feel. my son is 7 1/2 months and has had 9 ear infectons .. they never went away. medicine after medicine. then his dr was not happy with the fact that they just wouldnt clear up. he would have single ones and doubles ones.. it was like living in heLL at times..lol.. but when he was almost 5 1/2 months he had tubes put in . and i couldnt of gotten a better gift, he has had NO ear infections since the surgery,. it has worked a miracle for him . and the surgery went great with no complications at all.. and the ENT was a lil worrried about doing surgery on him cause they like to wait until at least 6 months of age but he didnt want him to have any more infections ccause he ears was bad off.. so he did it and everything went well.. he now checks him every 6 months until the tubes fall off... i wish you all the luck dont be scared. it can be what is best for him ... Good Luck

[Cheyenne_08]

also, they give you antibiotic ear drops to put in their ears for 1 week. Ashtyn was a little cranky when they first woke him up after surgery, but he was back to normal in less than an hour. It really did go smoothly!