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Sometimes you can't prevent them. When I was little I had to get tubes in my ears because I was just like your LO. My ears just werent draining the fluid correctly. I still get ear infections almost monthly and avoid water in my ears like the plague. I would suggest talking to an ENT. Honestly, tubes were the best thing my parents ever did for me. I never had ANY problems because of them and they fell out a few years later.

Keep in mind there are horror tories about everything. Did you decide to not have a baby because of the horror stories associated with pregnancy and giving birth? Obviously not. So try to take them with a grain of salt.

Oh, and putting wax in my ears every time I was going to be in water also helped me a bunch.

We has frequent ear infections with DD (she ended up getting tubes and immediately fixed everything and it only took 10 min for the operation, it was really quite a good experience). We were vigilant with nose sucking to prevent mucus from backing up near ears and growing bacteria.