Cleaning Out Baby Ears

Stubborn earwax is sometimes scraped out with a tool called a curette.

Cleaning out baby ears.

Wipe behind and around both of your baby s outer ears. To dry ears after a bath or a shower instruct your child tilt their ear to one side against a towel and then tilt their head to the other allowing water to drip out on its own. It may sound painful but doctors do it gently so baby doesn t get hurt. If baby earwax drops and warm washcloths don t work when it comes to baby ear cleaning doctors may opt to use an infant earwax removal tool.

Follow these simple steps. Ask pretty much any pediatrician and they will likely tell you the best way to clean baby ears is with a washcloth. This method is not for cleaning the inner part of the ear. Remember not all baby earwax is harmful.

Clean baby ears using a washcloth. You can also use a q tip for this. Wet a clean washcloth with lukewarm water. Repeat this process for the other ear as well.

Squeeze out any excess water from the washcloth to prevent moisture from entering the ear canal. To clean baby s ears. Use the lukewarm washcloth to gently wipe away any ear wax build up behind your baby s ears. Gently wipe behind baby s ears and around the outside of each ear.

While cotton swabs are out most experts agree that it s safe to use a washcloth to clean the outside of a child s ears. Instead it will just remove some of the excess wax or dirt sitting on the outside. Use a cloth or tissue to wipe away any wax that has migrated out of the ear canal.