Writing on the Better Health Blog, Dr. Harriet Hall has a good summary of the current recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) regarding when to treat, or simply observe, a child with a suspected ear infection.
As I've noted in a previous blog post, however, even the physicians at the AAP change their mind and a change in their recommendations of when to treat, or not treat, and ear infections was released.
Read Dr Hall's summary article at http://bit.ly/hxOSfk