what to do when baby has water in ear?

Answer 1

Drop 2 drops of water and turn baby on the side to drain out ALL the water. Try it - it works everytime!

Answer 2

There is a thing that is a bulb type thing that resembles a turkey baster used to pull wax from a baby's ear. A gentle squeeze on something like that should pull the water out. If not, hold it to your shoulder and let it rest its ear (the side with the water) for a few seconds and let the water drain. If done right, it should come out as gravity does its work. If you still can't get it out, try taking it to the doctor.

Answer 3

How do you know the baby has water in his ear? Do you mean like you just took him out of the bath and he got water in there? Or that there is actual fluid in the canal that is impairing his hearing? IF it's the latter, then a dr should advise you. My little sister had to get tubes put in her ears.

Answer 4

Buy a little baby ear syringe at the local pharmacy and use it to suction the ear. If there is any possibility that the ear may be or become infected, you should see your pediatrician.

Answer 5

NEVER PUT A SUCTION BULB IN YOUR BABY'S EAR!
The blue suction bulbs are for sucking the snot out of their sinuses only. In rare cases for clearing their throats when they have colds and are to young to cough on their own.

WARNING DO NOT SUCTION THE EAR!
If you use anything to suction the ear canal, you run a very high risk of rupturing (breaking) the baby's eardrum. The tissue (the skin of the eardrum) is VERY FRAGILE and weak. It is not meant to have something 'suck' on it.

Do not use a nasal bulb to suction the ear!

If it's bath water (as in you just gave the infant a bath) then gently lay the baby on it's side (put the baby's side which has the ear with water in it down on the blanket) and simply let gravity take effect.

This means hold the baby (in your arms, or resting on a safe spot) with the wet ear aimed down towards the floor for 5 - 10 minutes. [[ Some people will put a drop or two of water or alcohol in the ear first, and then right away turn the baby on it's side (this basically is filling the ear canal up, and then tipping it like a cup to drain]] Be VERY careful if you try this. You could hurt the baby, or make it worse.

Next, gently lay the baby on it's back (for only the amount of time needed to do this) and take a cotton BALL or some balled up Kleenex or toilet paper (cotton ball size it) and dab the cotton ball against the baby's ear. You can also carefully swab the baby's ear with a q-tip but don't stick the q-tip inside the ear canal. Just swab the very outter opening to the ear canal.

Cupping your hands over the baby's ear and exhaling your hot breath gently into her ear can also help to dry the inside of the ear canal. Think of doing this in the same way you cup your hands together and exhale into them in the winter to warm them up.

If the water is from an ear infection (fluid in the ear, which isn't usually water) you should hold you baby in your arms, with the hurting/infected ear down. This helps take painful pressure off the inner ear.

You should take the baby to the Doctor in the morning if they are showing signs of an ear infection - such as a fever, red ear or hot to the touch, fluid leaking from their ear (even if it looks like water), don't want to eat, if they clutch or grab at their ear while crying or fussing.

Another home remedy for ear infection pain (and drainage/leaking), and regular water in the ear - is to run a blow dryer on low heat, and let it blow into the ear from a few inches away. You MUST be careful to not touch the blow dryer to the childs skin at all, or get it close to the child. Some people blow the warm air directly into the ear, I prefer (like others) to aim the blow dryer so the air blows ALONG the ear (past it, not into it).

More remedies for ear infection (fluid on the inner ear, or what you might call water in the ear) is to cup your hands over the ear and blow/exhale cigarette smoke into the ear canal a few times. While it can work, the second hand smoke is not healthy at all for the baby. That is why it's better to use the blow dryer on low setting.

Don't smoke around the baby if it has fluid in it's ear, go outside to smoke. Wash your hands before picking the baby back up, and keep your hair tied back. Your clothes, hair, and hands are covered in poison and toxic junk from the cigarette you just smoked. Second hand smoke is one of the biggest causes of childhood ear infections. :'( Rolling down the window in the car to smoke doesn't work either. Pull over and smoke if you need one. 70% of your smoke still goes into the back of the car, and into your baby's lungs and sinuses.

Put a warm damp washcloth against the ear, it helps a lot.

Have the baby suck on something (baby bottle, water or juice) sucking opens your ears drainage tubes and allows the fluid to drain more. You can also let the baby taste a pickle or lemon to make them *pucker up* which also opens the station tubes (what lets the fluid drain from the ear).

With the pad of your finger, massage behind the baby's ear. Right behind the lobe, you will feel a soft spot behind the baby's jaw bone. Rubbing / massaging that spot for 10 - 20 seconds every 30 minutes or hour helps drain the fluid. You are 'milking' the station tube. And remember to hold your baby up against your chest, or on her side with the bad ear down. Your sinuses, ears, etc drains when you are more upright (better) than when you are laying on your back (laying flat).

Answer 6

hold their head over & put a few drops of alcohol in . let it stay for about a minuet then tilt the head so the water & alcohol drain out workes for me
happy day old geezer

Answer 7

use vacuum cleaner lol just teasing

use Q-tips be really careful