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If you read our blog, you know that we have struggled with ear issues, and ear infections with our small boy, over the past few years. (He has also had grommet inserted via a surgical procedure and sees a specialist ENT surgeon. He no longer has grommets, they fell out, as is normally expected, after a few years)
I am always on the watch for an ear infection cropping up, as it’s something we now know he is prone to. Thankfully in the past few years, they have got less in frequency and we think he is finally growing out of them.
Protecting his ears as much as possible, is important. He doesn’t like getting anything in his ears and areas like bath-time and swimming are a bit of a nightmare because if he gets water in his ears, it can potentially lead to ear infections. When he is at home with me, in the bath, we are careful not to get water in his ears and when he goes swimming with me, we use earplugs to stop the water going into his ears. He hates wearing them though and refuses to wear them for his group swimming lessons that he attends with school.
There are some schools of thought that say that water in ears doesn’t cause a problem, but from our personal experience, with our son, it does, and because we don’t want to risk ear infections if we can really avoid them, a solution to prevent them if we can, is always helpful.
SwimSeal is something we use.
Prevention is better than cure
Will give this a try once we’ve confirmed the grommets are out, he can’t hear very well with hi son earplugs in.