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My little boy has been completely off his food and a little grumpy lately so we went to the GP and he diagnosed ear infection in one ear. He is also quite run down from having had an endless cough/cold.


GP prescribed antibiotics but baby is really not himself at all, very touchy and fussy especially when lying down. I have taken to napping with him so he can breasfeed himself to sleep. Is calpol or nurofen best in this situation? And how long does it usually take to clear up?

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I have always found the antibiotics kick in pretty quickly for this, and it passes in 2-3 days. I've found nurofen works best, or alternating the 2 if temp/pain really bad. It's obviously really painful for them, so whatever works (sounds like feeding in your case - we used a dummy lots during these episodes).

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