My son is 16 months old and mostly a happy baby. He has been having cold on and off through out this severe winter. For the past 10 days he has been having another bout of cold & cough. His cough seemed to be getting better and he has been sleeping better through the night for the past few days. But this morning he woke up really fussy and cried in pain for more than an hour tugging at his ear and hitting his head. He did not have a temperature but I still feared ear infection and took him to the doctor. As suspected, both his ears are red inside and showing some swelling. He has been prescribed antibiotics. As we all know the side effects of antibiotics, I am very concerned about diarrhea followed by rash etc. He has a sensitive stomach and with every teeth, we have gone through the diarrhea-rash-no appetite-crankiness struggle. Just the thought of it is giving me nightmares. Currently, he is playing, being his normal self, so I am thinking of waiting to start the antibiotic and use tylenol or mortrin to relieve pain as he is not yet running a temperature. The doctor said I could do it as some early detected ear infection in otherwise healthy kids have a chance of curing on its own.

I am still concerned and confused and hoping that I am taking the right decision. Has anyone consciously waited on antibiotics for ear infection? Thank you for any input.

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