"Good morning, my name is Chris. My wife Melody and I were told by the pediatrician at our 1-week appointment (8 days old), to reach out to a local plastic surgeon for their ear splinting procedure called E** W***. We found out this process would be $3,600 USD. To that, I turned to google searching alternatives and also considered not doing anything.
I ran across EarBuddies and presented the idea to my wife. We were hesitant and scared to do anything DIY with our new baby. We are first time parents so the stress level of this decision was quite high. The detailed instructions on the website made us a bit more comfortable. We placed the order and got EarBuddies first placed on his ears at 3.5 weeks old. We kept them on for a full 4 weeks. We are really pleased with the results.
Lop Ear at birth
At 8 days old
Day 1 of EarBuddies
Splint in place
Day 4 of EarBuddies
After 28 days of EarBuddies
You can see from birth to day one of EarBuddies there was some self-correction happening, but with the EarBuddies we were confident in adjusting the "lop" of his ear to a more "corrected" position by splinting. We ended up taping both ears, but only one ear had the lop. Thank you EarBuddies for providing a GREAT solution for this baby boy of ours. We might have cried (out of stress) in placing the splints on the first day, but by the 3rd-4th splinting we felt really comfortable. Thanks again!!"
