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I've done my first at home microneedling session and it went fine except that, afterwards, my face felt a bit like it was on fire (I did start with low settings of course). I remember it feeling the same way when I had it professionally done until the soothing cream was applied. I did use a sterile HA serum for the procedure at home and I applied more after but the burning sensation persisted. What is the best serum/cream to use at home immediately after that is available in the UK? Just to reduce the burning sensation and the initial tight feeling.

My 3yo (will be 4 in 3 months) seems to have become very emotional in the past few months. I've been gentle with him, whenever he hurt himself I would do the usual - acknowledging his feelings etc. But without overreacting. However, recently his reactions got so over the top that I find it really hard not to tell him 'oh just get over it, nothing happened'. He literally dropped a little stickle brick on his head and cried. Or told me 'you scratched me so hard!' when I was readjusting his pillow in bed and barely made contact with his hand (it was so light that I didn't even realise I touched him!). When he takes a bath with his little brother (or even when he's on his own), if a droplet of water goes in his eyes, he gets so upset! I used to take him swimming when he was little but had to stop at some point and now, when I take him to the pool he's so unwilling to do something other than just hold onto me the whole time (he still wants to go and enjoys it and I really don't force him to do anything).

Is there anything I can do to teach him a bit of resilience? What is the reason for why he suddenly became so sensitive? And what's the best way to react as I don't want to be mean to him and fully dismissive but I really don't have it in me to pretend like something major has happened when he's clearly fine and it was something minute that he blows out of proportion.

My 3yo (will be 4 in 3 months) seems to have become very emotional in the past few months. I've been gentle with him, whenever he hurt himself I would do the usual - acknowledging his feelings etc. But without overreacting. However, recently his reactions got so over the top that I find it really hard not to tell him 'oh just get over it, nothing happened'. He literally dropped a little stickle brick on his head and cried. Or told me 'you scratched me so hard!' when I was readjusting his pillow in bed and barely made contact with his hand (it was so light that I didn't even realise I touched him!). When he takes a bath with his little brother (or even when he's on his own), if a droplet of water goes in his eyes, he gets so upset! I used to take him swimming when he was little but had to stop at some point and now, when I take him to the pool he's so unwilling to do something other than just hold onto me the whole time (he still wants to go and enjoys it and I really don't force him to do anything).

Is there anything I can do to teach him a bit of resilience? What is the reason for why he suddenly became so sensitive? And what's the best way to react as I don't want to be mean to him and fully dismissive but I really don't have it in me to pretend like something major has happened when he's clearly fine and it was something minute that he blows out of proportion.

I've just read the post requesting a recipe for the proper pizza hut pan pizza dough from 00's and I'm very keen to try it out. However, my favourite topping was always their spicy pork. I tried once with a recipe I found online but it was far from the original. If anyone knows how to make it, please pleaae share!

A bit of a random question but I bought a second hand mask and... It smells weird. The smell is so strong that I cannot use it right now. Having partially lost my sense of smell from covid a few years back, I find it hard to identify what the smell is! I'm not sure if it's simply the mask off-gassing? Is it possible at all - has anyone had that issue with their mask or is it more likely that it hasn't been properly cleaned. I realise this is an odd question but I thought maybe others who had the mask can tell me whether it could be normal.

I realised that it's been a year since I took my little guy swimming and he's grown and changed a lot in that time! He's very verbal and I feel like he would be 100% able to make a comment about someone else's body if he sees something he's never seen before... There is one family changing room at the gym that gets very, very busy during family swim times so, ideally I would like to use the ladies changing room - is it still acceptable at this age? Personally, I wouldn't care if a buy that age saw me naked and was curious etc. But I want to be respectful towards others using the facilities so I'm curious what other parents think / do in this situation!

*Thank you everyone for your replies! I assumed it would be fine but just wanted to check :)! Some of your replies made me laugh and they are exactly the reason I'm scared of what he might come up with if he sees someone's body with features different than mine 😅. Will see tomorrow 😄!

My 10.5 mo has always been difficult sleep-wise. Sleep training didn't stick the first few times we tried (with age-appeopriate ww etc.). It finally went well recently and we had a 1.5 week stint of 2 wakes every night (which is so much better than 10+ as before).

He's currently on 3.5/4/4.25 with ca. 2h naps total. Bedtime aroubd 8:15-8:30, awake normally around 6:20. I even managed to get him to go down for his naps independently (he usually wakes after 30 mins and I have to rescue but 30% of the time he would actually sleep).

Our lucky streak ended when his top incisors started coming in. Painkillers weren't helping and he would just scream after waking up at night. I tried leaving him to self-soothe but he was clearly suffering so we co-slept for a while (he was still going down independently for naps and at bedtime). His teeth erupted on the same day as he got a stomach bug or whatever it was (Monday). As if two days it's impossible to put him down for a nap independently (even if I try to sleep him on me he wakes up immediately). He also started waking up more often at night and wouldn't go down without one of us. I do not want to leave him for longer than 30 mins as from previous experience it seems like he's either susceptible to be ST and he then cries for 25 mins tops, or it just doesn't work and I need to try again in a few days.

However, right now I have no idea what's happening - could it be that despite no proper gastritis symptoms something is still bothering him after 5 days? Is there a sleep regression at this age? He also wakes around 5 am, as opposed to 6:20-30 like he used to. It's odd that he still goes down fine at bedtime (but starts waking 2h later) but, apart from that, he just lost the ability to go down independently. I'm sorry for the chaotic message but I'm just very tired and I'm also not sure if I should stick with ST or if it's one of those times when I need to wait it out and it will get better. Before, we never had it that he would go down fine at night but be hysterical later. He would either scream at all times or go down at bedtime and wake less frequently and most of the time self-soothe.