At the markets, treating a child with Glue Ear is one of the most rewarding clients to do.
The children come in usually quite scared, but not always. They have usually never seen ear candling before and are like some adults have concerns about a flame above their head. We have to explain that the flame goes up, not down, that heat raises.
So in order to persuade the child into trying something new we have to get Mum or Dad to do ear candling first and we sit the child down next to them to watch. The old monkey see, monkey do, works about 80% of the time. Within about 5 minutes of watching Mum or Dad, we've got the child on the table doing ear candling.
In the small amount of cases where this hasn't worked. Parents have taken a pair of ear candles home. Played with their child in the back yard or been on a long walk and worn them out. They then have laid them down on the couch with the TV going and then done ear candling. Remember it's really easy to do ear candling at home and comes with instructions and heaps of free advice. Also taking a photo makes ear candling a little special event.
Parents have told us that their child concentrates better at school and the TV isn't so loud and they are just a happier person
The children come in usually quite scared, but not always. They have usually never seen ear candling before and are like some adults have concerns about a flame above their head. We have to explain that the flame goes up, not down, that heat raises.
So in order to persuade the child into trying something new we have to get Mum or Dad to do ear candling first and we sit the child down next to them to watch. The old monkey see, monkey do, works about 80% of the time. Within about 5 minutes of watching Mum or Dad, we've got the child on the table doing ear candling.
In the small amount of cases where this hasn't worked. Parents have taken a pair of ear candles home. Played with their child in the back yard or been on a long walk and worn them out. They then have laid them down on the couch with the TV going and then done ear candling. Remember it's really easy to do ear candling at home and comes with instructions and heaps of free advice. Also taking a photo makes ear candling a little special event.
Parents have told us that their child concentrates better at school and the TV isn't so loud and they are just a happier person