Hydrogen peroxide for ear infections

[cartersmom]

I would like to try this on my son, but I'm not sure if he will let me as he is only 14 months old!

Do I dilute it? I would be using the stuff from the store. How many drops?
Does it have to sit in the ear for a while? I usually try and do ear drops when he is nursing on his side, but he usually won't stay still that long and he sits up and the stuff dribbles out.
He has has a chronic double ear infection...redness and tons of wax and stuff for about a month. Since it is not going away Im thinking it is allergy related but Hydrogen peroxide is something I have not tried and figured it can't hurt.

[magical1]

No it won't hurt...

Just get it down to 3%. so if you get a 6% then dilute it 50/50% with distilled water. Put in about four drops

Can you make a game of it to tell him to tell you if it fizzes??? which it will! He really needs to lie on his side with it in till the fizzing stops for it to be effective. Tell him it's a magic trick or something!!

You know him best so you will find a way I'm sure for him not to freak out and not to move.

When he is ready to sit up put a cotton wool ball to catch the wax and excess on the outside of his ear. You may be amazed at how much comes out. repeat everyday till no more wax comes... then do it once a week.

If nothing else it will break up the wax.

[cartersmom]

No it won't hurt...

Just get it down to 3%. so if you get a 6% then dilute it 50/50% with distilled water. Put in about four drops

Can you make a game of it to tell him to tell you if it fizzes??? which it will! He really needs to lie on his side with it in till the fizzing stops for it to be effective. Tell him it's a magic trick or something!!

You know him best so you will find a way I'm sure for him not to freak out and not to move.

When he is ready to sit up put a cotton wool ball to catch the wax and excess on the outside of his ear. You may be amazed at how much comes out. repeat everyday till no more wax comes... then do it once a week.

If nothing else it will break up the wax.


I wish I could reason with him but he is only 14 months old and can't tell me anything yet!! I did try this and he doesn't like it! It actually interferes with nursing as well. He stops and starts whining and crying and clawing at his ear and then won't latch back on. I guess he is too youung yet. I can't explain to him that the fizzle is "magic" or anything like that as he doesn't understand yet. I will keep trying to figure out creative ways to do this, but it may have to be something we try when he is older!

[magical1]

I imagine to a little ear the fizzing could be extremly weird!!

One to keep on hand in a couple of years perhaps.