Sleeping Position & Sucking
When experiencing serious pain from earaches, you should avoid sleeping with the affected ear facedown on the pillow or bed surface. Sleeping on the affected year can worsen the pain and delay recovery. If you want to relieve the pain in your ear, you should sleep with the sore ear facing up.
Babies experiencing ear pain tend to relax when allowed to suck on something. This can bring relief by lowering the pressure in the eustachian tubes. Sucking on an object to combat ear pain isn’t only beneficial to babies. Adults can choose to suck on hard candy to relieve earaches.