Growing up has lots of challenges! For young children, there are new hurdles to overcome at every turn tying shoes, distinguishing b from a d, not gagging on new foods, and getting earaches. Teaching your child to tie his shoes or how to write her letters is easy. Curing those earaches is not. But there is a solution!

Otitis media-inflammation in the middle ear-occurs most frequently in children. In fact, earaches rank second to the common cold as the most common health problem in preschool children. By the age of one year, half of children have had at least one episode. Over one-third will have repeated episodes between one and three years. And, for school children, an estimated 5 million school days are missed every year due to otitis media.