u/Fit_Change3546

I’ve had my ears pierced three times. They always get infected and close up. The third time, my left ear was fine but the right kept getting a big ugly lesion in the back of the piercing; I had it drained and such as urgent care like twice before I finally gave up and took out the surgical stainless barbells that I’d had in since they were pierced. I THINK I’m allergic to many materials, apparently including surgical steel. My left love piercing is still open and I’m determined to get the right re-pierced. What are some metals that tend to work for people with very sensitive skin?

SOS laundry pros! How do I de-stinkify my shirts? I use Dove Clinical antiperspirant (20% aluminum) and I think it's been clogging up the armpit fabric of my shirts. There is NO staining or visible/texture differences in the fabric. I put them on and 20 minutes later I stink like BO even if I'm totally clean and unsweaty. It's driving me completely nutty. I have a 4 year old front loader Maytag, use Tide Powder, a little Borax for hard water, wash my normal laundry loads in warm-hot water; everything gets beautifully clean (including my cloth diaper loads!!) with my current routine EXCEPT my underarms of my shirts. I'm switching to non-antiperspirant soon to help mitigate this, because what's the friggin point if this stuff makes me MORE stinky... but

How do I get rid of the buildup that has already occurred? How do I undo the stinky damage that has been done? 😞

I have Tide Powder, Kirkland Brand free and clear liquid, Oxi powder, borax, and an enzyme solution at my disposal. Help me be free of the stinky!!!!

My very healthy 75%ile height/weight 10.5 mo girl is less and less interested in bottles. She was EBF her first 6 or 7 months and circumstances made us go to formula after that. She’s never been super attached to the bottle. Never needed it to fall asleep. Loves her straw cups and open cup and 360 cup and will drink water or formula out of any of them. LOVES food and is a great eater, three large meals a day with maybe a snack, too. The past few days she’s just had 6 ounces of formula with each meal and maybe another few ounces in a straw cup or bottle once more if needed. At our 9mo appt we mentioned she was only drinking like 16-20 ounces of formula a day even then, but a great eater, and our ped was totally unconcerned. We figure if she doesn’t miss the bottle, may as well wean her off it mostly and go to straw cups most of the time now. A couple of my friends with similar age babies have given me odd looks about it, like they think I’m rushing her or something. Is it really that bizarre a choice?