I posted this in the Health & Healing forum and got no response so I'm going to post it here (with some updates) and hope for better.
My 8 1/2 mo DD has her first ear infection ever. Both ears got infected plus she had a fever and was in significant pain. The dr wrote me prescriptions for abx & ear drops, & dosing guidelines for tylenol. I went ahead & filled the prescription for abx (amoxicillin) because she did fit the guidelines for a serious ear infection, & I was afraid her eardrums would burst leading to hearing damage. (I know someone's kid IRL that this happened to.)
Well, the abx gave her bloody diarrhea
I know I should've known better than to resort to abx first off. Ped agreed we should stop abx & just "wait & see." I stopped by my local whole foods store on the way home & am now bewildered.
: Oil-based herbal ear drops... homeopathics... herbal tincture given orally... what do you all prefer and how have those choices worked for you?

My 8 1/2 mo DD has her first ear infection ever. Both ears got infected plus she had a fever and was in significant pain. The dr wrote me prescriptions for abx & ear drops, & dosing guidelines for tylenol. I went ahead & filled the prescription for abx (amoxicillin) because she did fit the guidelines for a serious ear infection, & I was afraid her eardrums would burst leading to hearing damage. (I know someone's kid IRL that this happened to.)
Well, the abx gave her bloody diarrhea

