ratherbeindisney
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- Feb 9, 2005
Can you tell me what earplanes are? My 6 yesr old still has such troubles.
you can purchased them at CVS or other drug stores...They are little plastic earplug type things that you insert into your childs ear prior to take off. They are supposed to regulate the pressure in the ear.
I actually found the "warm water in Cup Idea" in a product on Leaps and Bounds website last night. If you do a search for ear on their website they have a product that you just add warm water too to allievate the pain.
I bought two for our upcoming trip. Unfortunately, the earplanes didn't work for DD..They didn't actually work for me either... must be a genetic thing.
I actually found the "warm water in Cup Idea" in a product on Leaps and Bounds website last night. If you do a search for ear on their website they have a product that you just add warm water too to allievate the pain.
I bought two for our upcoming trip. Unfortunately, the earplanes didn't work for DD..They didn't actually work for me either... must be a genetic thing.
Thanks for this tip! I went on Leaps and Bounds and they sell both the Earplanes (for $6.95 for the pair) and the Ear Ease Pain Reliever (for $14.95 for one). But obviously you would have to buy 2 of those Ear Ease things for both ears, right? Water in styrofoam is much much cheaper! Considering I would have to buy 6 of those things!
I think if I had to, I'd buy the earplanes as I can imagine what a big project it would be to get my 2yo, 3yo, 5yo to hold their styrofoam cups on their ears during take off and landing
Anyway, thanks for all of these fabulous tips! I'm definitely going to use some of them next week when we go!
Last time DD didn't complain on the plane, but the next morning she was in tears, and off and on throughout our trip. I'm guessing it was from the plane, so I might try to find Earplanes for this trip. I'd also like to start giving her decongestant before we leave but I don't know if there are any good OTC ones anymore. First Aid at WDW told us we needed a decongestant but you can't get any in WDW that we could find!
Younger DD has tubes so she should be good!