Hard wax in toddler's ears

[sirenz]

Yes olive oil is ok to use, not sure how useful it will be though as it will only soften the wax, not dissolve it. Do not use it if your dd has had a perforated ear drum.

warming it a little may help too.

good luck hope she is feeling better soon

[LimeSlice]

Go to the Chemist. You can by ear wax softener. Then when it is softened after a couple of days go back to a DECENT GP you can communicate easily with and they will syringe her ears to remove the blockages with warm soapy water.

[Alan]

I agree. Warm olive oil can be very helpful. The wax will soften and probably come out on its own.
Also just to state the obvious do not poke anything in the ear to try to remove the wax

[cheekyfrog]

My doctor told me not to put anything in my DS's ear as he wasn't sure whether the ear drum had perforated due to the infection. Started on antibiotics on Wednesday afternoon for ear and chest infection. I also gave him dymadon and nurofen (alternately, four hours apart) to help with the pain and the fever. No fever now but DS has crunchy wax sitting in the outer ear. Will be taking him back to the doctor next week. Good luck with DD's earache. It's traumatic seeing them in pain!