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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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.
Getting them to brush long enough.
doing and and doing it right
Mine actually love to brush their teeth…it’s flossing that is the real battle!
It’s a battle to get them to brush long and good enough. Plus, they still don’t want to spit their toothpaste out.
We struggle to get them to brush well enough. There’s always stuff still between their teeth.
they always say they have no time
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.
waking them up to go and brush!
my 9 yr old hates to brush in the night or after eating sweets which I insist.
getting her to actually doing it…needs about 10 reminders each time
My worst battle is getting my daughter to spend more time brushing her teeth right she wants to be in such a hurry.
This would be a great motivator for my DD!!!
Actually “brushing” instead of just holding the toothbrush in their mouth.
Making sure to do it every night
What a great idea! My 5 year old would like this!!
Brushing long enough & actually brushing the teeth, not just putting the toothbrush in the mouth!
getting them to brush thoroughly
my son hates brushing just hates i bribe and give him 50 cents each night no lie
my son does not like to brush his teeth have to force him
My son wi put toothpaste in his mouth but not brush
Finding toothpaste they like.
Getting them to actually brush well – they are 4 and 2. And letting me help.
Brushing long enough.
Getting him to do it before bed is always a fight, I don’t know why!
Getting them to floss
It is difficult to convince the kids to brush the teeth good and enough.
Brushing every morning before school!
The worst battle for us is getting him to brush at night…morning he is fine
Our biggest battle is getting them to brush long enough.
Brushing thoroughly and long enough.
Not brushing their teeth long enough!
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!
Like you said…it’s the consistency — must be brushed every night
getting them to do it for the proper amount of time.
Brush the whole set of teeth lol
To get them to actually brush their teeth without me standing over them.
My son gets distracted while brushing his teeth and doesn’t do a good job of cleaning them.
Brushing long enough and hitting all the spots.
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
Getting them to do a good job! They always have “stuff” left in their teeth afterwards!
to get my son to do even open his mouth so I can brush his teeth