My dd has been pulling on her left ear since yesterday. Could she have an infection? She is 8 weeks today and also has acid reflux. I am suppose to get her vaccinations tomorrow. ZWill they still do it if it is an ear infection? It doesnt seem to be bothering her.

It could be an infection but at 8 weeks it's more likely she just discovered her ear and is exploring. I wouldn't worry about it untill tomorrow, when you can mention it to the doctor.

The doctor will look inside the ear to check if it's infected (the ear drum will be pink). Yes, she may have just discovered her ear. Check her temperature.

If she isn't breastfed or if you supplement with formula, she has an even greater chance of an ear infection since her body has less defense to fight off infection.

My DD had an ear infection when she was like 1 month old. What they did was look in her ears and then put her on an antibotic. We have gone throught alot of ear infections since then. My DD has never ran a fever with them. I know she has one because she has slept through the night since she was six weeks old. So when she wakes up at night scream bloody murder then i know something isn't right. She is usually sticking her finger in her ear or messing with it in some way. She (i don't know that it's true for everyone) will have yucky gross stuff coming out of her ears. From my experience get it checked. My DD has fluid sitting in her ears usually all the time. We are looking into getting tubes. We ended up in the hospital with pnemnia because of the drainage from her ears and she ended up with pink eye from an ear infection. An ear infection wasn't caught one time when we were at the doctors and it spread to her eye. She also has had reflux since since she was like 3 weeks old. They believe now that her reflux( since it's all connected) is cause the fluid in her ears not to drain. So she was off of her meds at nine month. Then after being off of it for about 3 months she started getting ear infections every two weeks. Let me tell you it hasn't been fun. I am really worried cause fluid and ear infections can cause hearing problems. My sister DS has some hearing loss due to ear infections. A girl i know her son had fluid sitting on his ear for six months and he can't talk very well at all. He can't hear things right. He can only say like 3 words and my 15 month old says like 20. When you talk to him he looks confused like he isn't understanding what you are saying. Sorry i keep talking. I think that i would have your ped look at her and just make sure nothing is going on. I always say i would rather pay the $10 copay instead of having some major problem end up happening. Let us know how it goes.

Well her ears are fine. It was just her exploring something new. Thanks to all that replied.

If she's not complaining or crying, or has a fever, it just sounds to me like she probably just has discovered her ears. Im sure the ped. will check anyway. My daughter will be 3 mos old on December 2nd and has been pulling on her ears for a while now, and at first I thought oh no she has an ear infection, but turns out she was just fine.

My baby is formula/bottle fed and has been just fine lately, no illnesses to speak of (knock on wood), yes breastfeeding is good, but its been known that babies that are breast fed also get illnesses too, not just formula fed babies.