Today, children’s ear pain is treated with antibiotics, because usually ear pain is the result of an ear infection. However, before prescribing antibiotics, doctors have to wait up to 72 hours. So, how can you wait for 3 days before your child is starting to get antibiotics that will help with ear pain? Will you really make your child go through all that pain?

Fortunately, there are a number of home remedies that can ease ear pain. These are gentle, safe and effective remedies. Below you’re going to find a list of 6 homemade remedies that will help you ease your child’s ear pain

6 homemade remedies for children’s ear pain:

1. Use warm olive oil as ear drops; put one or two drops in each ear.

2. Use onion juice as ear drops – again, one or two drops in the child’s affected ear.

3. Use a warm compress and put in next to the affected ear. Make sure it’s not hot. A safe alternative is warm bottled water. Keep the compress for about 10 minutes.

4. Warm a cup of salt or rice in a large sock in the microwave and place it on the child’s ear for about 10 minutes.

5. Give your child small sips of water frequently as this will help to open the Eustachian tube.

6. Make sure to elevate the mattress as this will help drainage.

Use either one of the aforementioned remedies to soothe and offer relief for your child’s ear pain if the doctor can’t prescribe any antibiotics for the moment. Keep in mind that these are reliefs and not treatments and that the best way to treat an ear infection is with antibiotics that were prescribed by a physician.