Need advice on getting my GD to let me clean her ears and put drops in them for ear infection...

[Chloe, Finley & Mama Shelley]

My 4 month old has had an ear infection for  awhile now. The vet gave me some ear cleaner and some medicated drops, but OMD, she freaks out when I try to do either one. She gets this panic look in her eyes, and wont let me hold her..Just the other night, I was trying to hold her down, and she reared up and head butted me so hard on my lip, I got a fat lip, and then after the swelling went down, it turned into a dark blueish red bruising..I looked like an abused wife..= (

I have tried doing it when she is calm, while brushing and petting her, even tried to sneak while she was asleep, and it ended up waking her and she jumped and ran..

I am afraid I might have to resort to a pill antibiotic instead..

Any ideas, advice, others with this same problem...?

 

[Mara, Sadie & Zoe]

Sadie had one ear infection and we had the ear drops and goo. We needed two people, one to hold her and one to put the stuff in her ears. As far as the ear wash goes with the cotton or gauze, I can do that on my own because she actually likes that.

[Chloe, Finley & Mama Shelley]

Thanks for all the advice. I tried the cotton balls wetted with the cleaning solution, and that worked pretty well, she actually let me rub around in there and so then I put the medicine on a cotton ball and squoze it in there! So far I have been able to get away with this for a couple days.. she still isnt happy about it , but at least I havent gotten anymore fat lips yet.! = )