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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 21, 2015 23:34:36 GMT -5
How much did you give your kids for the whole "toothfairy" thing?
did you do anything special?
My kids is super excited about the whole thing, so I don't want to squash that, but I never even heard of this toothfairy business until I was in my 20s. So, I don't get why kids get paid for the teeth!!
Anywhoooo, tell me your stories so I can make an informed decision.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 0:13:55 GMT -5
I tried doing the tooth fairy thing with older son, but it ended up kind of half-assed because he knew darn well it was a hoax and didn't care much about money either...he just wanted his teeth back! LOL He still has them in a Sucrets box. Every once and I while I run across them cleaning up and get freaked out. I can't remember what I left him, but it wasn't more than a buck or two and after the first couple teeth we stopped doing it entirely.
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Post by Formerly SK on Feb 22, 2015 0:26:47 GMT -5
We did $5 for the first tooth, $1 for subsequent teeth. That said, I have no idea if that is "normal" or not.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 7:16:19 GMT -5
I'm with SK, 5 and 1... I was a half assed toothfairy thought.
I i actually remember that for my first tooth my parents left a covered wagon wooden model instead of money. It made an impression, because it's one of the few things I remember from childhood.
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Post by swamp on Feb 22, 2015 7:42:04 GMT -5
$5 for the first tooth $1 after that.
One night my cousin had a load on and accidentally left $20 from the tooth fairy. He set a bad precedent, lol.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 22, 2015 7:45:20 GMT -5
LOL! Dayum! Talk about inflation! It must be really out of hand in fairyland! My kids used to get 50 cents for the first tooth and a quarter for all subsequent teeth. If my memory doesn't fail me, my brother and I got a dime for the first and a nickle for all following.
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Post by giramomma on Feb 22, 2015 8:16:02 GMT -5
We also did 5 for the First, $1 for the next. My oldest lost his teeth super quick. After loosing the 4th one in a couple of months, he figured out losing teeth was a good money making event. We had to remind him they had to come out naturally. We've forgotten a few times with the second. So she has a stealth fairy that comes WHEN WE ARE IN THE HOUSE!
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Post by Shooby on Feb 22, 2015 8:24:03 GMT -5
$5 for the first one. After that, I honestly just forgot to wake up and go put money under their pillow.
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Post by milee on Feb 22, 2015 8:48:02 GMT -5
I tried doing the tooth fairy thing with older son, but it ended up kind of half-assed because he knew darn well it was a hoax and didn't care much about money either...he just wanted his teeth back! LOL He still has them in a Sucrets box. Every once and I while I run across them cleaning up and get freaked out. I can't remember what I left him, but it wasn't more than a buck or two and after the first couple teeth we stopped doing it entirely. So glad to hear my kid wasn't the only weirdo who would rather have his teeth than the cash. He seemed really offended when we explained that if he left the tooth under the pillow, the "tooth fairy" would exchange it for $$$.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 22, 2015 8:53:14 GMT -5
Well, clearly, I am too cheap even for YM. We did $3. I didn't want him to loose this tooth, "somewhere" under the pillow, so I made him put it in the envelope and seal it. So, we replaced the envelope and put $$ in it. He thought that the toothfairy was able to put $$ into a sealed envelope and was super excited. If you ask *me*, he is a bit too old to believe in this kind of crap, but I am old and cynical, so, what do I know ? Also, since there is no Santa or Easter Bunny in our house, I guess it's nice he at least gets his toothfairy
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 22, 2015 8:54:11 GMT -5
I tried doing the tooth fairy thing with older son, but it ended up kind of half-assed because he knew darn well it was a hoax and didn't care much about money either...he just wanted his teeth back! LOL He still has them in a Sucrets box. Every once and I while I run across them cleaning up and get freaked out. I can't remember what I left him, but it wasn't more than a buck or two and after the first couple teeth we stopped doing it entirely. So glad to hear my kid wasn't the only weirdo who would rather have his teeth than the cash. He seemed really offended when we explained that if he left the tooth under the pillow, the "tooth fairy" would exchange it for $$$. Oh, I told my kid that I am keeping the tooth. I even wrote a big note to the toothfairy "do not take the tooth, but leave the surprise"! He was actually happy about it. So, now he has both - cash and tooth
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Post by Shooby on Feb 22, 2015 8:54:33 GMT -5
I could only pull off the farce for the first tooth. After that, I squashed the dream.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 22, 2015 8:56:08 GMT -5
I could only pull off the farce for the first tooth. After that, I squashed the dream. I have two more kids to go. My DS2 was already in tears yesterday that his teeth are not falling out. I have no clue how I will be keeping this going for the next 3-4 yrs
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Post by Shooby on Feb 22, 2015 8:59:06 GMT -5
You won't.
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Post by yogiii on Feb 22, 2015 8:59:06 GMT -5
I had the convo with DS recently as he's getting close to 5 and I lost my first tooth shortly before I turned 5. He did not like the idea of some strange chick coming into his room at night. He decided that when he loses a tooth, he'll leave it downstairs on the kitchen table for her.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 22, 2015 9:06:19 GMT -5
We got the dollar coins for the first tooth, and after that I think it was a buck or two. My kids enjoyed it.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Feb 22, 2015 9:14:24 GMT -5
$5 for the first $1 for all others.
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Post by Shooby on Feb 22, 2015 9:17:10 GMT -5
There is another easy way out. When they lose a tooth, say oh that's great and simply hand them a $1 or $5 and collect the tooth. Easy peasy!
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Post by yogiii on Feb 22, 2015 9:22:46 GMT -5
Maybe I should leave a receipt saying the tooth fairy made a 529 deposit
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Post by milee on Feb 22, 2015 9:30:31 GMT -5
So glad to hear my kid wasn't the only weirdo who would rather have his teeth than the cash. He seemed really offended when we explained that if he left the tooth under the pillow, the "tooth fairy" would exchange it for $$$. Oh, I told my kid that I am keeping the tooth. I even wrote a big note to the toothfairy "do not take the tooth, but leave the surprise"! He was actually happy about it. So, now he has both - cash and tooth You're a softie.
Mine was totally fine with the idea that if he kept the tooth there wouldn't be any cash. But it sounds like the cash I give wasn't enough to be interesting anyways compared to all the other Big Spenders on here. I gave one of those silver dollar coins for the first tooth that he allowed the fairy to exchange and then it was either 50 cent pieces or random change after that. I'm not good at this stuff.
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Post by yogiii on Feb 22, 2015 9:33:06 GMT -5
Oh, I told my kid that I am keeping the tooth. I even wrote a big note to the toothfairy "do not take the tooth, but leave the surprise"! He was actually happy about it. So, now he has both - cash and tooth You're a softie.
Mine was totally fine with the idea that if he kept the tooth there wouldn't be any cash. But it sounds like the cash I give wasn't enough to be interesting anyways compared to all the other Big Spenders on here. I gave one of those silver dollar coins for the first tooth that he allowed the fairy to exchange and then it was either 50 cent pieces or random change after that. I'm not good at this stuff.
Don't worry, I was planning on leaving two quarters, you aren't alone.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 10:47:08 GMT -5
Gee, no wonder some of you are such good YMErs. It was $1 per tooth when my kids were little. So if 5 is the usual age, 1982 or so.
My daughter would stay up later than I can "waiting" for the Tooth Fairy. So every time she could never find the money until Mom helped her search. It "fell" under the mattress a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 10:53:25 GMT -5
$5 for the first tooth, $1 thereafter....tooth went in an envelope under the pillow and the envelope went straight into the trash....finding someone's stash of baby teeth is straight out of a Criminal Minds episode.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 22, 2015 11:08:38 GMT -5
OK OK people, I am not planning to keep 60 baby teeth, just 3!
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Post by The Captain on Feb 22, 2015 11:28:54 GMT -5
$5 for the 1st tooth, $1 each after, except molars - those got $5
True story - after we left a $5 for one of DD's teeth she happily jumped out of bed, ran to the bathroom, and started counting how many she had left.
I didn't know if I should be worried or proud....
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 22, 2015 11:49:56 GMT -5
Proud!!!!
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Post by Sharon on Feb 22, 2015 11:53:42 GMT -5
Our first tooth fairy visit was a disaster. The tooth fairy left a nice crisp brand new $1 bill. DD comes out the next morning sobbing because a girl in her kindergarten had got $4 and she only got $1. With a little investigation it turns out the girl in kindergarten got 4 quarters. I offered to trade her the $1 bill for 4 quarters. She accepts it and then later is crying because I took her tooth fairy money and she didn't have it. I ended up giving her back the $1 bill that the tooth fairy brought her and let her keep the 4 quarters. We did the tooth fairy thing all the way through. She was laughing when I took her to the oral surgeon to have some teeth removed for pre-braces work. She told me to be prepared because she was going ask the oral surgeon for her teeth back and to plan on the tooth fairy coming (She was 11 at the time). That was her last and biggest payout. I paid $20 in tooth fairy money for the teeth that were pulled and several hundred to have them pulled. When I was growing up we would put our teeth in a glass of water by the kitchen sink and then the next morning there would be some change in the bottom of the glass.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 12:18:38 GMT -5
I always made them put them In ziplock.
Son learned to wiggle his out fast as he could... To get the cash, even after he didn't 'believe'....
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Feb 22, 2015 12:40:29 GMT -5
I had a toothfairy pillow and remember getting anywhere from a quarter to a dollar. Then I lost a tooth while visiting my Dad in Cali, we put the tooth in a shot glass and set it in the window sill. The Cali tooth fairy was awesome, I got ten bucks and a necklace! I will continue the tradition of the tooth in a shot glass for DS (six) when the time comes, but I'm thinking maybe five bucks a tooth. He is a saver so I don't mind.
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Post by tractor on Feb 22, 2015 14:02:07 GMT -5
I used to buy things for the boys and put it under their pillow. The first tooth they each got a Mickey mouse watch, after that it was match box cars. They never really said much so it stopped after their second or third tooth. I do have two film containers full of baby teeth, not sure what to do with them?
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