Homeowner -You crack me up. I’m in regular medicine, but I don’t think Dr. 80 was talking about conventional -probably alternative. Hopefully he will clarify his post. Even though I’m on the conventional band wagon, before I gave my kid tubes I went to Dr. Zahler in B.P. and got natural and herbal meds. It got rid of the problem.
Achosid- I first would try feeding the kid upright, not supine like most parents do. I wouldn’t give any milk based foods or drinks including formula. Go to a naturalist, and if that doesn’t work try a good chiropractor (one with experience with ear fluid). And if these don’t work then go for the tubes. But this is controversial even amongst conventional docs; I’ve heard 25 years ago an argument between two physicians on the radio – one said not having the tubes put in will cause hearing loss and the other said you will cause more hearing loss with tubes than without! Nothing is clear cut even amongst regular docs. So I would recommend tubes only as a last resort. Don’t fault old time doctors, they were trained nothing in alternative medicine works, but now they train us to practice with considering alternatives as an option.