Hey K.,
Trust me...if anyone feels for you, its me. From 6 months to 10 months, my son had 8 infections. We would go on an antibiotic to clear up one side, and while we were treating that side, the other side would get infected. It went on back and forth for months! We went through every antibiotic we could throw at it. And we did the Rocephin shots. OUCH!! The shots are bad. There is actually lidocaine in the shot because they are so painful and the medicine is so thick!
Anyway, our pediatrician would not even do the shots unless we agreed to make an appt. to go the ENT. I will tell you the shots were the only thing that did work...at least for a little bit. My 10 month old got tubes on March 7th. AND I'M GLAD WE DID. The very next week he got some kind of upper respiratory virus. You should have seen the fluid (paste like stuff actually) that poured out of his ears from that. We took him back to the ENT b/c we thought something was wrong. He told us that the tubes were just doing what they were suppose to do, but if my son didn't have tubes, we would have had a massive infection on our hands. After seeing what I saw come out of his ears, I will never regret tubes!! No wonder the ears get infected when all that backs up in there!
Also, we did try chropratic care to see if it would help. That was a big waste of money. It might help a child who's ears were not as bad as my son's, but it did nothing for us.
So, to make a long story short, I would definately check with your ped. about an ENT visit. It saved our lives!!