Not enough sleep lately
Apr. 21st, 2026 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutWe’ve been getting to bed a little late, so we are behind on sleep. We started out okay, but were running 10 minutes late when we left the house. I called the front desk and warned them, and we actually rolled up about 5 minutes late so fingers crossed A. got up there before it was more than 10 minutes late.
A. continues to really hate teethbrushing, so I finally sat down and researched AutoBrush. The Amazon reviews are … a problem. A big chunk of the problem appears to be a quality control issue (brush does not work properly) that is invisible to the (new) user, but AutoBrush does not appear to be doing any obvious followup on that? So I went looking for alternatives, and found Willo. Not ADA approved BUT aimed at a population that has a lot in common with A. (and me, for that matter), and there was really interesting paper here:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11417133/
It’s roughly a case study, but reading it was _really_ a good experience. I liked the way the folks who put this thing together thought about things and dealt with issues that came up. And indeed, they had sample products they had to replace because they didn’t work, so I now know to allow for that possibility and actively pursue customer service if it does not work exactly as described.
I’ve ordered one for tomorrow, so fingers crossed the first one will not be a lemon and maybe A. will even like it. She does a great job brushing, but absolutely hates brushing AND hates going to the dentist, so it would be nice to fix at least one of those issues. I’m looking into getting her a woman dentist, because she thinks that would help her feel better about going to the dentist.
A. continues to really hate teethbrushing, so I finally sat down and researched AutoBrush. The Amazon reviews are … a problem. A big chunk of the problem appears to be a quality control issue (brush does not work properly) that is invisible to the (new) user, but AutoBrush does not appear to be doing any obvious followup on that? So I went looking for alternatives, and found Willo. Not ADA approved BUT aimed at a population that has a lot in common with A. (and me, for that matter), and there was really interesting paper here:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11417133/
It’s roughly a case study, but reading it was _really_ a good experience. I liked the way the folks who put this thing together thought about things and dealt with issues that came up. And indeed, they had sample products they had to replace because they didn’t work, so I now know to allow for that possibility and actively pursue customer service if it does not work exactly as described.
I’ve ordered one for tomorrow, so fingers crossed the first one will not be a lemon and maybe A. will even like it. She does a great job brushing, but absolutely hates brushing AND hates going to the dentist, so it would be nice to fix at least one of those issues. I’m looking into getting her a woman dentist, because she thinks that would help her feel better about going to the dentist.