In & out all day long...

As many of you already know Faith has been wearing her hearing aids since she was 10wks old. It became a part of her routine everyday that they were put on in the morning when dressed and removed at night before bedtime or occasionally during the day for certain reasons like feeding or swimming. Every appointment we went to we were asked if she was tolerating them and we always said that she wasn't fazed by them. The only issue we had was stopping them falling off so we were recommended the headbands which are fantastic in keeping them in the right position. 

Now Faith is 9 mths and she has gone from being a constant wearer to one who hardly wears them much to my dismay. I have tried everything but nothing is working...she constantly pulls at her ears, rips them out within minutes of me putting them back in! We have had some scary moments were she has managed to get the ear mould into her mouth and choked. I have to watch her like a hawk and if we are in the car she can no longer wear them as its not safe. I keep being told to perservere but its becoming a joke and taking over our daily life!! One day I tried counting how many times she removed them and of me to put them back on... I got to 48 times in one morning and gave up counting!!! She is a stubborn wee monkey...I'm not sure if its just her age or if she genuinely doesn't like the feeling of them. Every time I put them back in only for her to take them out I kept thinking of the hokey cokey song for some reason as it feels like I am doing that dance every single minute of the day! If the song was to be related to our day it would go like this : 

Put your left hand on

Put your left hand off

Put your left hand on

And take it all out

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

Now put your right hand on

Put your right hand off

Put your right hand on

And take it all out

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

That's what its all about

You put your head down

You put your head up

You put your head down 

And shake it all about

Do the wiggly dance 

And shake yourself about 

That's what its all about

Let's do the wiggly dance

Let's do the wiggly dance

Let's do the wiggly dance

That's what its all about

Now put your mould in

Put your mould out

Put your mould in 

And chew it all around

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

Pull on your hearing aid 

Pull on your headband 

Pull on your hearing aid again

And taste it all over

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

That's what its all about

You throw your aids down 

You throw your aids up

You throw your aids down

And laugh about it

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

Let's do the wiggly dance

Let's do the wiggly dance

Let's do the wiggly dance 

That's what its all about!

You watch me sign "no" 

No no no no no 

You watch me sign "no" 

And give me a big smile

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

I bend to pick them up

I stand up and look

I bend to pick them up

And your eyes follow me

You do the wiggly dance 

And shake yourself about

That's what its all about

On your ears they go

This way, that way

On your ears they go

And you give me a frown

You do the wiggly dance

And shake yourself about

That's what its all about.

Lets do the wiggly dance

Let's do the wiggly dance

Let's do the wiggly dance

That's what its all about! 

Get those things of me!!

If anyone has any idea on how to get her to tolerate them I would be eternally grateful if you shared it with me!!