My 2 month old flinging her ear, normal?

Question

For like the last week my baby has been messing with her left ear and sometimes right. When I am feeding her, she will repeatedly run her hand by her ear over and over. Kind of like flinging her ear. When I took her to the doctor, I mentioned it to him and he said her ear drum looked fine. If she had an ear infection, what would she be like? fussy? fever???

Answer 1

My son has done this since a few months to current and he is 3. He does it when he is tired :) I doubt its an ear infection. Soon enough you will pick up what it means.

Answer 2

her ear is fine. its her going "hmm whats this thing sticking out from the side of my head??" my baby is 8 months and likes to rub right behind her ear, I think its a comfort thing

Answer 3

My 9 y.o had ear infections starting a 4 months old. She had fevers and would wake-up screaming in her sleep. Or at the sound of loud noises.

When she was almost a year old we learned she was allergic to cats & dogs. Which caused post-nasel drip and then the ear infections.

If the doctor looked and said she was fine I would go along with it. Next time have the doctor show you her ear drum (you can look in the ottoscope too). So you can see healthy and unhealthy.