I gave a suggestion in the other thread you posted... mullein flower oil should be helpful.

"So before subjecting a child to elimination of a large number of items that are part of a healthy diet, it would be a good idea to look at other, well-understood risk factors first." Hmm, I disagree with this. There is nothing in dairy that is critical to human development and health that cannot be found in another source. My children, and this will probably blow your mind, have never eaten any dairy products. They also do not have any kinds of developmental issues. On the contrary, they are above average developmentally according to the regular visits with our pediatrician. They have also never had an ear infection and have never needed any antibiotics or medication of any sort. The only thing they have ever suffered from is mild colds or flu. While this is a small sample size it demonstrates, to me at least, that there are ways to grow healthy children without dairy products. As I understand it the benefit from elimination (or reduction) of dairy is to reduce the production of mucus. There are other foods that can increase mucus production as well (wheat for example). This can help when you get a cold, sinus infection, etc. from turning into an ear infection. Commonly, mucus will get trapped in the middle ear and become a petri dish for bacteria resulting in an infection. I think it is sound advice to recommend removing dairy from the diet as long as any lacking nutrition is compensated with another non-dairy source. This method was used by my parents and grand parents with everyone in our family. So, as far as I am concerned it works.

Yes,I went to the doctor and he said he wasn't sure what was causing this. He said that the amount of antibiotics that I had already taken should have knocked it out. So he gave me some prednasone (sp) and some ear drops. That was 9 days ago and today I went to have a hearing test done. I told them that my ear is no better and and my next appt isn't till the end of June. The doctor's nurse called me at home and set up another appt tomorrow at 9 30 to drain my ear agin and give me something else to take. I guess he doesn't know what it is either. I'm so tired of putting up with this. The hearing test tho said that when this is cleared up my hearing should come back just fine. I'll post again tomorrow after my appt and let you know what else he says. So far it has cost me 168.00 for the first appt. 186.00 for the hearing test and now an appt tomorrow. I'm almost out of money so I hope he can figure this out.

YES, milk allergy can definitely cause chronic ear infections. As a matter of fact, milk allergy would be the first thing I would suspect, especially since it is most often the cause, and it is so easy to test for & treat. I really need ot write this down & save it so I don't have to keep typing it out.... Milk allergy and lactose intolerance ARE NOT THE SAME THING!!!!!!!!! Do not, I repeat DO NOT confuse the two! Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest the milk-sugar lactose, which is present in all mammal milks. It usually develops in susceptible people around the 2-4 year mark (which means it is EXTREMELY RARE to have a lactose-intolerant infant), when the stomach stops producing the enzyme Lactase, which is needed to break down the lactose. Milk allergy, on the other hand, is a true allergic response. Sometimes (although not too terribly often), it can cause typical food-allergy reactions like swelling & hives. But most often, a milk allergy is of the "hidden" type, manifesting itself in symptoms like chronic ear infections, chronic runny nose, headaches, and bedwetting. To test for milk allergy, all you have to do is remove all cow's milk products from the child's diet. With the array of soy & rice milk-substitutes on the market, this is no longer a difficult thing to do - although you do have to be vigilant in reading labels, as milk is hidden in most processed foods. Look out for milk derivatives like casein (which is found, surprisingly, in soy cheese!) and whey, as well, as they will also interfere with the testing process. When the milk has been removed from the diet for about a week, the offending symptoms should be gone, or at least be lessened. The child should be kept off of milk until the symptoms go away. If they don't, the something other than milk is probably the culprit (or sometimes other foods in conjunction with milk). If they do, then introduce milk back into the diet for a day & see what happens. Usually the symptoms will return almost immediately. If an earache crops up that night, then you've found the problem. It's relatively easy to do, and SO much healthier than over-reliance on antibiotics. It's best to save those for treatable infections, when they are really needed.