WFMW - Swimmer’s Ear Prevention
July 9th, 2008 by Toni
You’ll remember, of course, that we put up a pool this year. It has been wonderful for the children to swim on hot afternoons. Sister has taught herself h
ow to go underwater and do flips (front and back). She has also learned that you can open your eyes beneath the surface and that you only have to hold your nose if you want to. Brother is learning how to deal with all of Sister’s antics and how to give orders safely perched upon the ladder.
We learned about something else around here too - something not so wonderful. Swimmer’s ear. Sister complained of pain in her ear so we went to the doctor who prescribed heavy-duty ear drops to clear the infection - which they did. It was a somewhat unpleasant experience with crying and pleading and a few angry words (That was just me; you can only imagine how Sister took it.) so we are not keen on repeating the experience. To that end we put 2-3 Swim-Ear drops in Sister’s ears each time she gets out of the pool. I could have purchased some at the store to the tune of $4 per ounce but chose instead to make my own with equal parts rubbing alcohol and white vinegar and packaged them in this pretty container. Cheap solutions work for me.
For other great tips check out this list.
I love your bottle! I just had the same ear problem and oh my God was it painful. So I need to make myself a batch of this.
This really works. You are lucky to have a pool. We just recently got one…It is wonderful.
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My youngest daughter has had problems with this for the first time this summer. Thanks so much for this great tip!
Yup, we use a drop of alcohol to disperse the water, and if an ear ache begins we use a drop of peroxide–it has made all the difference.
Thanks for the tip! We have this issue at our house too! Where did you get the cute bottle from?
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Kim,
I ordered the bottle from specialtybottle.com. They have so many cute glass containers at good prices. Even so, I usually wait until I have a larger order to average out the shipping. (ie 1 item ships for 6.95, 4 items ship for 7.95)
~Toni~
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