Suburban Reviews

I have found a great new product designed to make giving medicine to your baby easier.  It’s called ReliaDose and it’s a bottle/syringe/medicine dropper combination.  It’s meant to be used as a medicine delivery system for babies who fight taking medicine or for medicines that don’t taste good. 

Even when I first looked at the design, I knew it was a terrific idea.  ReliaDose is a bottle with a syringe in the middle.  To give your child a liquid medicine, you simply fill the syringe and place it in an opening in the middle of the bottle.  When the baby sucks, you slowly press the syringe, administering the medicine.

I attempted to use ReliaDose to give my daughter her Prevacid solutabs.  Unfortunately, Prevacid solutabs do not completely disintegrate and it’s granules became stuck in the nipple of the bottle.  However, when I used a liquid medicine in the syringe, it worked like a charm. 

I was really impressed with the design of this product.  It was extremely easy to use, is dishwasher safe, and was invented by a Mom.  ReliaDose retails between $8.99 and $11.99.  This medicine delivery system can be purchased online at cvs.com.  For retailers, visit the ReliaDose website at reliadose.com.

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Let me just spill the details quickly and get it over with.

I have a severe sweating problem.  In my pit region.   And I’m not referring to any perspiring or glistening problem.  I’m talking about SWEAT. 

There, I said it.

While pregnant, my problem got worse, much worse.  Like change-my-shirt-three-times-a-day-because-of-icky-pit-stains worse. No need to fear, however, I have the problem under control.   Although this is something I probably should have discussed with a medical doctor, I was too embarrassed.  (Funny how I’m sharing my sweathogedness with the entire internet.)

Anyway, I saw those commercials for Secret Clinical Deodorant and decided to give it a try.  It is marketed as “prescription strength” deodorant.  The directions stated that it should be applied at night, before bed.  It even said that it wasn’t necessary to reapply in the morning, even after showering.  I was incredibly skeptical, but I was surprised by the results.  Instead of sweating buckets, my pits stayed dry for the whole day.  On particularly hot days, or should I say, days that I actually left the house and endured the heat, I did sweat.  However, it wasn’t in copious amounts that caused the need for frequent shirt changes.

The only problem I had with this deodorant was that I had trouble remembering to put the stuff on every night.  After years and years of applying deodorant in the morning after my shower, it was an adjustment to remember it before bed.

Secret Clinical Deodorant is easy to find at most drugstores, grocery, and discount stores.  In my very unscientific review of prices, I found it priced between $7 and $8.50.

I highly recommend this product to all other sweathogs, like me.  Can I get a “hell ya” from all my sweaty peeps!?

When Greetingflix contacted us about doing a review on their new e-card service, I wasn’t sure what to expect. They claimed they had a whole new concept for e-cards, and what more could be done with pictures and music?

I have to say now, I was pleasantly surprised. Much like other photo sharing sites, you upload pictures into albums and make projects from them. Unlike other sites, you get to choose from cool,  ready-made templates that offer music and narration, and are actually really cute! There is a very short learning curve, and pretty soon you are off making inbox goodies on topics that range from birthdays to graduation to new baby announcements.

One thing you have to expect, the templates they offer are a *little* cheesey. Cute, but cheesey. But on further reflection, I realized these are absolutely perfect to send to relatives who may not be quite so computer savvy, and may like a little multi-media experience to go with fabulous pics of the grandkids. My own family would love it, I would recommend it because they will get such a kick out of them.

Overall, a much better idea than I initially expected. Very easy to use, cute (if slightly silly) templates and excellent customer support make it a site worth checking out!