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Brushing With Beam {Review and Giveaway}

June 7, 2013 by Teresa B

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5 Minutes for Mom contributor, Teresa, shares her insights on the Beam Toothbrush through this review and giveaway. We were compensated to write this review and provided a sample. All opinions are the writer’s own.

My children are not avid teeth brushers. I wish they were, but they are not. My son rushes brushing and really neglects his teeth. He is so fast I’m not sure how the brush even touches a single tooth. My little one asks me every night, “Can I skip tonight” and I have to tell her no every single time. However, she will let me brush her teeth without argument. My son on the other hand won’t allow me near his mouth. Sometimes I have to tell him to re-brush a couple of times. This is not the nighttime routine that I like to go through each evening.

On top of the ‘I’m-the-fastest-teeth-brusher-in-the-world’, he has braces and he needs to take his time brushing. He tends to get a lot of plaque buildup on his lower teeth and his orthodontist has called me in on several occasions to discuss his teeth brushing habits.

My middle daughter also now has braces, so in the evening I am inspecting many teeth. I have purchased water piks, electric tooth brushes, music toothbrushes and regular toothbrushes. I have an entire drawer full of flavored toothpastes as well. I can’t seem to get this “taking care of properly brushing teeth” down. Let me just say, brushing in my house is a dreaded nighttime routine!

I happened across this wonderful new iPod Touch app, Beam, and since my children are tech savvy little kids, I thought this would be the perfect solution to my brushing teeth headache. The Beam Brush is the first Bluetooth toothbrush that monitors toothbrushing habits and reports back to the app on each of their iPod Touch units.

I simply downloaded the FREE Beam app to each of my children’s iPod Touch units and synchronized the Beam toothbrushes with their iPod Touch units. It literally took me 90 seconds per toothbrush and iPod Touch. It was very easy, I even think my children could have completed this task themselves.

Nighttime brushing has become a delight now for my children. They actually are having brushing contests to see who is the best brusher. They are creating brushing games and goals using the Beam app for days of the week, longest brusher and best brusher. My son has programmed each iPod Touch with integrated music to play while each of them are brushing. The Beam toothbrush holds up to 49 brushes and the current goal is who can reach 49 brushes first.

The toothbrush app is a great visualization tool for my children. My children are able to review their progress daily and weekly, report to me, and compare with each other. It has been a huge motivating toothbrush app in getting my children to brush their teeth more often and become better brushers. I can’t wait to see what the orthodontist says in a couple of weeks. I can even email him the daily progress of their oral health habits ahead of time. I think he will be astounded!

Beam toothbrushes and the toothbrush app make brushing teeth fun! What toothbrush games do you think your children could use with the Beam toothbrush and toothbrush app?

Does your toothbrush have an app?

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3 readers are going to get their chance to win either a blue or pink Beam Toothbrush. Suggested retail price of these brushes are $49.99 each (with replacement heads running $3.99). Use the Rafflecopter form to enter this giveaway. New to Rafflecopter? Watch this 45-second video on how to enter!

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Teresa is a family lifestyle photographer who is happy homeschooling her three children in the Christian classical education theory in the suburbs of Chicago. You can find her on her blog Tiaras & Tantrums or on Twitter as @tiarastantrums.

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41 Comments

  1. Michelle Tucker says

    June 18, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    Getting them to brush long enough.

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  2. Erica Best says

    June 18, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    doing and and doing it right

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  3. Shari says

    June 18, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    Mine actually love to brush their teeth…it’s flossing that is the real battle!

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  4. Bluerose says

    June 17, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    It’s a battle to get them to brush long and good enough. Plus, they still don’t want to spit their toothpaste out.

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  5. Staci A says

    June 15, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    We struggle to get them to brush well enough. There’s always stuff still between their teeth.

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  6. Michael Borgrud says

    June 15, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    they always say they have no time

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  7. Emily Mahr says

    June 14, 2013 at 9:15 am

    Just getting them to brush can be a battle some days. Also, getting them to brush long enough and hit all the back teeth is a problem.

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  8. Blessie Nelson says

    June 13, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    waking them up to go and brush!

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  9. heta s says

    June 13, 2013 at 10:11 am

    my 9 yr old hates to brush in the night or after eating sweets which I insist.

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  10. Tammy Sigond says

    June 13, 2013 at 10:09 am

    getting her to actually doing it…needs about 10 reminders each time

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  11. Christina Z says

    June 13, 2013 at 12:09 am

    My worst battle is getting my daughter to spend more time brushing her teeth right she wants to be in such a hurry.

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  12. Tara says

    June 12, 2013 at 11:16 pm

    This would be a great motivator for my DD!!!

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  13. Tamora says

    June 12, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    Actually “brushing” instead of just holding the toothbrush in their mouth.

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  14. Mel says

    June 12, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    Making sure to do it every night

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  15. April S. says

    June 12, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    What a great idea! My 5 year old would like this!!

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  16. K Brown says

    June 12, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    Brushing long enough & actually brushing the teeth, not just putting the toothbrush in the mouth!

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  17. Madonna says

    June 11, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    getting them to brush thoroughly

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  18. carol roberts says

    June 11, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    my son hates brushing just hates i bribe and give him 50 cents each night no lie

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  19. lana says

    June 11, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    my son does not like to brush his teeth have to force him

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  20. Theresa J says

    June 11, 2013 at 2:32 am

    My son wi put toothpaste in his mouth but not brush

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  21. Charlene S says

    June 11, 2013 at 1:58 am

    Finding toothpaste they like.

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  22. Natalie S says

    June 10, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    Getting them to actually brush well – they are 4 and 2. And letting me help.

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  23. Angel S. says

    June 10, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    Brushing long enough.

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  24. Stacey B says

    June 10, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Getting him to do it before bed is always a fight, I don’t know why!

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  25. Noreen says

    June 10, 2013 at 2:01 am

    Getting them to floss

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  26. Natalia says

    June 9, 2013 at 11:19 pm

    It is difficult to convince the kids to brush the teeth good and enough.

    Reply
  27. Patricia Wojnar Crowley says

    June 9, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Brushing every morning before school!

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  28. Christine W says

    June 9, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    The worst battle for us is getting him to brush at night…morning he is fine

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  29. Stephanie says

    June 8, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Our biggest battle is getting them to brush long enough.

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  30. Anne says

    June 8, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Brushing thoroughly and long enough.

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  31. Rachel says

    June 8, 2013 at 10:13 am

    Not brushing their teeth long enough!

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  32. Sindy Murray says

    June 7, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    I don’t really battle with my kids when it comes to brushing their teeth but they tend to much of the listerine for kids!

    Reply
  33. Lawanna says

    June 7, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    Like you said…it’s the consistency — must be brushed every night

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  34. Tabitha P. says

    June 7, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    getting them to do it for the proper amount of time.

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  35. Courtney Renee says

    June 7, 2013 at 9:53 pm

    Brush the whole set of teeth lol

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  36. DEBIJOT says

    June 7, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    To get them to actually brush their teeth without me standing over them.

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  37. Jessica To says

    June 7, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    My son gets distracted while brushing his teeth and doesn’t do a good job of cleaning them.

    Reply
  38. Karen Lynch says

    June 7, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    Brushing long enough and hitting all the spots.

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  39. Holly Messana says

    June 7, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    Trying to get them to actually brush for the full two minutes. They think that by just having the brush in their mouth that counts, but they spend the entire time talking and not brushing

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  40. Jeanna says

    June 7, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    Getting them to do a good job! They always have “stuff” left in their teeth afterwards!

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  41. latanya says

    June 7, 2013 at 11:48 am

    to get my son to do even open his mouth so I can brush his teeth

    Reply

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