https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:40:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007427 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:02:43 +0000 SeptMomma12 2007427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: We did it on a Friday, but he definitely could have gone back the next day. He came home, slept for a few hours and was totally back to normal by afternoon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007422 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:00:14 +0000 lawbee11 2007422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: Same as @Smurfette:--LO went back to daycare the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007421 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000 SLR 2007421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: She was back the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007420 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:59:36 +0000 Charm54 2007420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: oh wow - Awesome ! Thank you ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007411 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:43:24 +0000 Smurfette 2007411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: she went the next day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007408 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:41:34 +0000 Charm54 2007408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: @lawbee11: @GrapeCrush: @SLR: @Smurfette: </p> <p>Thank you ladies!!! Reading your stories has calmed me down substantially (my dh thanks you :p ) I'm glad you all had positive experiences. My Dr is really hesitant to refer for tubes and prefers the "wait and see approach" - but she's been in pain for so long it was a relief when he said he'd refer her. He was probably sick of us coming in every week, LOL.</p> <p>If your LO was in daycare, how many days did they need to stay home after the procedure?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007340 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:57:33 +0000 Smurfette 2007340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R got them the middle of Dec at 21 months. She couldn't eat or drink before. But she did great with it. Got there at 7, surgery was at 815. Doctor was running late so it got harder to keep her happy without having anything to drink, but she did great. They allow one parent to go back when they put her to sleep. DH went, said he laid her down and the put the mask on her face. He was gone maybe 2 mins. Doctor came to talk to us like 7 mins later. Then while talking to him, the nurse brought her out. I just held her while she drank her water. We left 10 mins later. Once we got home and she ate, an hour later she was running around like a crazy toddler. Took a 3 hr nap, but that was the only odd behavior.</p> <p>You have to put drops in the ears for a week after. We go back the middle of this month for her post check up. I am going to ask about swimming. The sheet they gave us said she doesn't need plugs for swimming but friends said their LO did.</p> <p>Not even two weeks after tubes, she has ear drainage. But drops cleared it up in 3 days and she didn't need antibiotics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007315 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:47:11 +0000 SLR 2007315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter got them around 18 months. She had been averaging an ear infection every six weeks or so. She has had one infection since they were put in about 5 months ago. The procedure itself was quick and easy but she was pretty cranky for a little while after coming out of the anesthesia. No ear plugs for the bath or swimming; we are to just use caution with how much and what kinds of water she is exposed to (i.e. swimming in a lake).</p> <p>The only complication, if you can even call it that, is one tube that tends to get blocked or kind of scabbed over. When she did get an infection after tubes, the one ear had lots and lots of draining but the blocked one obviously wasn't doing its job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007309 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:45:02 +0000 GrapeCrush 2007309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS had his tubes put in at 14 months. Best thing we did for him! He was getting constant ear infections and the tubes have helped immensely. Since the tubes he's only had 1 ear infection, and that was when he was really sick with pneumonia. </p> <p>It was a quick procedure. He was away from us for about 10 mins. They just gave him some gas and out the tubes in. After he was done we went to recovery and left about 20 mins later. He was tired and a little extra clingy, but by the end of the day you'd never guess he had any procedure. </p> <p>No restrictions on what he can do. Just some drops for a few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007300 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:36:22 +0000 lawbee11 2007300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. LO got tubes when she was 10 months old. It was an outpatient procedure. They gave her some medicine to calm her down before the procedure (she wasn't upset but it makes it so that they don't freak out when they do the mask with anesthesia). There was no IV involved. From the time they took her back to when we were in recovery with her was probably 10-15 minutes. We were able to go home right away. There were no restrictions for baths or swimming. We just had to put drops in her ears a few times a day for a few days. It was easy peasy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007298 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:34:59 +0000 SeptMomma12 2007298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, LO had them put in a few days before his first birthday because of chronic fluid. Honestly, it was probably the best thing we have done for him in his 2+ years. The actual procedure was very simple. It was done at an outpatient surgical center and he was only separated from us for about 15 mins before the doctor came out and said everything went well. (Saying goodbye to him pre-surgery and waiting for the doctor to come out obviously sucked, but it was really very quick.) We were home about an hour after that. And the only after care we had was drops for a few days. That's it! The tubes made such a huge difference in his life. Within days, he was talking and crawling and hasn't had a problem since. Good luck :goodluck:</p> <p>ETA: LO is put under for the surgery. The doctor gave us the option to stay to see him put under, but the nurses really did not recommend it because they said it's very hard for parents to watch. He was very young and didn't know to be scared or anything (and has never had any separation anxiety issues), so we did not stay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-ear-tubes#post-2007288 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:28:42 +0000 Charm54 2007288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd has had a constant double ear infection since Nov 20th that 4 rounds of antibiotics haven't been able to shake. Our doctor has said that the next step are tubes in her ears and he referred us to the specialist - I'm hoping to get in within the next week or two.</p> <p>Until then, did anyone's LO have tubes? What's the process like - put to sleep, hospital stay, etc? </p> <p>What about the after care? Do you have to be careful in the bath, wear ear plugs in the pool?</p> <p>At this point I just want her to feel well so if she needs tubes to relieve the pain I will gladly (albeit nervously) get them put in. The internet has so much conflicting information! </p>