Bombshell wrote: does this mean an end to swimming or does she have ones that will be ok with them????

It didn't for Andrew, he needed to wait a few weeks but after that he was fine. We did need to get ear plugs for him (we got the doc pro ones) and they were really good.

Yay for Emma Rose. I hope she is feeling better after her long sleep and that mummy had time for a rest too.

My mates son had them and he roared like a lion for literally 3 days as he was amazed at his own voice.
(he got them the day after Tyrell was born and they came into the hospital to see us, wee fella kept roaring at the babies ROFL)

We are onto our 2nd case of Glue Ear, no experiences to share...yet......

Katherine I will so be emailing you about my experience tonight.

Grommets are like little cotton reels that go in your ear to stop the fluid getting in the inner ear.

Well, the big day finally arrived -- Emma Rose got her grommets inserted yesterday morning. I'm writing a big article about the experience and its aftermath for our September newsletter, so if any mums would like to share their kids' experiences of getting grommets, shoot me an email at katherine@ohbaby.co.nz and I'll try to include your story too!

In the short-term, Em's hearing seems to have improved. She was alert and responsive soon after the surgery, and her interactions and play were very different once we got home. Now she looks when we say her name (before, she didn't really seem to know her name at all) and holds conversations with us, babbling at us until we talk back, and then "answering" with more babble. My husband noticed that she seemed a lot more switched-on last night, and was playing quite differently with her toys.

Today she's been clingy and grumpy, although still talkative and responsive. I'm wondering if yesterday was more stressful for her than I initially thought, and that is making her cling more to me than usual. I also wonder what effect hearing all of these new (and probably much louder) noises is having on her. But I suppose time will tell... At the moment she's having a looooooooong nap, so we'll just take it slowly for the next few days and see how she goes.