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Why is she doing this???
It has just started, yesterday I noticed it and she's doing it today too.
I know it can mean tired or teething, well she was doing it right after I got her up after a sleep today with no other tired signs, she kept doing it on and off until I put her back to bed just now. Can't be a tired sign then?? Or can it??
As for teeth, well I've had a good feel and there's nothing sharp or anything in her mouth.
What else could it be? She's 4 months old.
Sometimes it is a sign of an ear infection.
Oh maybe she just found her ears and is having fun playing with them? My DS did it from time to time.
But keep an eye on her jic...
xo
DD has been doing this for the last week too!! She doesn't have a temp or anything, I don't think it's an ear infection. But she pulls them really hard sometimes, ouch!!
I'm starting to think it might be teeth bc she's very whingy at the moment and her sleep is TERRIBLE!!!!
My mum was worried about an infection... hmm, I might go check her temp...
Heaven - she does seem extra whingy ATM and her sleep is rotten too... our bubs are so similar :D
Maybe there are teeth but they haven't appeared yet???
Yeah, I can't see anything on DDs gums but I read that for a while before they actually come though they start to move around under the gums and this is what hurts them.
I have just discovered I have some Brauer's teething stuff here so I'm going to try that and see if it make a difference and if it does I will assume it's teeth.
Going to get an amber teething bracelet too!
They are very similar! I have just bought the no cry sleep solution book, I have had enough! I need sleep! Hope it works!
OP
hey hun boof has been pulling his ear for a few weeks as well. He pulled his ear so much one day that he actaully split his ear and it split away from his head! Had to put a bandaid on it for him-ouch
he is still pulling heaps at his right ear even now!
think its all normal!
hugs hun
DS does this when he's teething and it's also one of his tired signs, a big tired sign! He also likes pulling my ears too. He pushes my hair out of the way and turns my head and plays with my ear - fascination!
My daughter pulls her ears when she is a little distressed...I keep getting her checked out for ear infections but they are always clear. She pulls her ears right before she spits up/vomits. Then she stops. So maybe it's just a burp that needs to come out or they are feeling a little uncomfortable in the tum. Docs will say it's nothing to do with that and that they pull their ears as a developmental thing but I noticed in my own daughter that she pulls her ears just before she burps/vomits/spits up. Watch for any patterns developing when they pull their ears. Hope this helps.
omg OP last night I tried the Brauers teething relief and she only woke once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure if this is why but it was bloody fantastic. Usually she wakes 4-5 times!!
OP, L is doing this too! Only in the last week as well... He has been very irritable and clingy too, drooling and red cheeks so I just assumed it was teeth shifting/coming up. I hope it's not an ear infection :o