5 Ways to Ease Your Baby's Ear Infection

This salt pack reduces the pain while drawing out fluid. Simply heat one cup of salt and put it inside a sock. When the heat becomes tolerable, place the pack against your little one's infected ear for five to 10 minutes.

Tilting your child's head helps drain fluid from the ear.

It may be a bad habit, but it's one that could help your child. Chomping and swallowing opens the eustachian tube, which helps relieve pressure and drain fluid from the ear.

OK, a spoonful may be an exaggeration. Mix equal parts apple cider vinegar and rubbing alcohol. Soak a cotton ball in the solution, and then place it in the outer area of the infected ear for five minutes. After removing the cotton ball, tilt your child's head to drain any excess fluid.

This trick requires a little more effort, but it's totally worth it. After giving your child his eardrops, grasp the lower part of the ear and begin stretching and massaging it. Then place your finger in the indentation just under the ear and behind the jawbone, and gently stroke the neck downward from this point. In doing so, you help the medicine reach the eardrum while also keeping your child calm.