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Post by zibazinski on Feb 22, 2015 15:49:13 GMT -5
Gack. I'm the weirdo who actually has both kids baby teeth in an envelope in my jewelry box.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 16:26:01 GMT -5
Gack. I'm the weirdo who actually has both kids baby teeth in an envelope in my jewelry box.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 17:35:57 GMT -5
Zib, sounds like there are TWO of us weirdos LOL.
When my DS2 was in kindergarden, he lost a tooth at school. His teacher wrapped it up for him but of course he lost it. He asked if we could write a letter to the tooth fairy explaining that he had lost it, and could he please have payment anyway? His big brother (6) helped him write the letter. I still have his letter ... the Tooth Fairy gave him partial payment. LOL.
My kids couldn't understand why they had the Tooth Fairy, and the French kids all had the "Tooth Mouse". So DH (a graphic designer) left a printed letter under their pillows after their first tooth, explaining that since they were American, their parents could choose between the Tooth Fairy and the Tooth Mouse, and that they had opted for the Tooth Fairy. The French kids all leave cheese under their pillows too, we let ours do that, but only Babybel or La Vache Qui Rit (individually wrapped).
We kept this up for over 15 years!!! The going rate here was a 5 euro note for the first tooth, and then a 2 euro coin for the rest. I finally had to create a Secret Stash of 2e coins and either Babybel or La Vache Qui Rit. in ALL those years, I only forgot once ... and then I told DS3 he hadn't looked carefully enough, and there was the envelope, on the floor, under his bed. I developed great sleigh of hand, kissing them goodnight, and taking their envelope and leaving mine.
Once my DS1 (now 28) asked me how the Tooth Fairy got the money to leave for the teeth. I told him, you silly boy, she goes to the ATM just like everybody else. He said, but the coins are nearly half her size. How does she transport them? LOL.
I deserve a prize for having kept it up for over 15 years LOL.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 17:48:18 GMT -5
Singlemom, why do you find your kids' teeth so gross? I don't get it. They don't exude any bodily fluids.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 17:54:00 GMT -5
Singlemom, why do you find your kids' teeth so gross? I don't get it. They don't exude any bodily fluids. because they just are....why would I want to save them? what is so special about them? did you also save the umbilical stump when it fell off? do you save your own teeth if you get them pulled?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 18:02:55 GMT -5
I don't look at those things the same way.
Yes, I saved my kids' baby teeth. No, I did not save their umbilical stumps. And I recently had my wisdom teeth pulled (3/4 since July), and no, I didn't save those either. I had no desire to, but they didn't gross me out either.
But having teeth pulled as an adult is significantly more painful than losing baby teeth, and I didn't get anything for it except a bill from the dentist LOL.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 22, 2015 18:04:59 GMT -5
I gave mine $1 each.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 18:07:03 GMT -5
I don't look at those things the same way. Yes, I saved my kids' baby teeth. No, I did not save their umbilical stumps. And I recently had my wisdom teeth pulled (3/4 since July), and no, I didn't save those either. I had no desire to, but they didn't gross me out either. But having teeth pulled as an adult is significantly more painful than losing baby teeth, and I didn't get anything for it except a bill from the dentist LOL. what is so special about their baby teeth?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 18:09:53 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't know. But, they were not "gross" to me, and I did not feel the need to throw them out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 18:11:29 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't know. But, they were not "gross" to me, and I did not feel the need to throw them out. I don't keep things that have no special meaning or usefulness.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 18:13:25 GMT -5
I don't keep things that have no special meaning or usefulness.
They had a special meaning to me, although I admit I don't know why. I agree they are not useful.
But it's still not the same as finding them "gross".
The French have a ton of kids' books about what the "Tooth Mouse" does with the teeth she gathers. Generally, she builds things with them.
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Post by 973beachbum on Feb 23, 2015 9:41:16 GMT -5
I kept all my kids baby teeth also. They are in an envelope in a box with other things like a lock of hair from their first haircut. Kind of funny now when I look at the hair because it was such a different color then than now but I don't find it gross at all. With DD I did the tooth fairy for all her baby teeth. It was just a dollar each. I didn't realize that the first one was more expensive. DS is a whole different person! DD explained the tooth fairy to him when he lost his first tooth. She was all excited for him. He just thought it was the creepiest thing he had ever heard! He asked if he could just hand it to me and not have the strange person come into his room at night when he was asleep. So after that he would just bring the tooth to me after it fell out. and I don't think it is because it wasn't enough money either. He made that decision before he knew what amount it would have been.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 9:58:37 GMT -5
I kept all my kids baby teeth also. They are in an envelope in a box with other things like a lock of hair from their first haircut. Kind of funny now when I look at the hair because it was such a different color then than now but I don't find it gross at all. With DD I did the tooth fairy for all her baby teeth. It was just a dollar each. I didn't realize that the first one was more expensive. DS is a whole different person! DD explained the tooth fairy to him when he lost his first tooth. She was all excited for him. He just thought it was the creepiest thing he had ever heard! He asked if he could just hand it to me and not have the strange person come into his room at night when he was asleep. So after that he would just bring the tooth to me after it fell out. and I don't think it is because it wasn't enough money either. He made that decision before he knew what amount it would have been. yeah, I also didn't save hair from their first haircut.....I'm thinking that when you (general you) die and your kids are cleaning out your things, they're going to toss those teeth and hair without a second thought.
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Post by 973beachbum on Feb 23, 2015 10:00:18 GMT -5
I kept all my kids baby teeth also. They are in an envelope in a box with other things like a lock of hair from their first haircut. Kind of funny now when I look at the hair because it was such a different color then than now but I don't find it gross at all. With DD I did the tooth fairy for all her baby teeth. It was just a dollar each. I didn't realize that the first one was more expensive. DS is a whole different person! DD explained the tooth fairy to him when he lost his first tooth. She was all excited for him. He just thought it was the creepiest thing he had ever heard! He asked if he could just hand it to me and not have the strange person come into his room at night when he was asleep. So after that he would just bring the tooth to me after it fell out. and I don't think it is because it wasn't enough money either. He made that decision before he knew what amount it would have been. yeah, I also didn't save hair from their first haircut.....I'm thinking that when you (general you) die and your kids are cleaning out your things, they're going to toss those teeth and hair without a second thought. I think your right. But I also think they will keep their own kids teeth and lock of hair.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 23, 2015 10:24:40 GMT -5
Gack. I'm the weirdo who actually has both kids baby teeth in an envelope in my jewelry box. Mine aren't in my jewelry box but I've got them all. Labeled too because Mom's got a bunch of baby teeth in her dresser drawer and no idea which tooth came from which kid - there's 5 of us. So her biggest thing was "LABEL THEM!" I think we did $5 for the 1st tooth. We're at $1 for all teeth now. Cabe lost his 1st two last fall and Keira's lost got a couple of canines left, then molars.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 23, 2015 10:29:09 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't know. But, they were not "gross" to me, and I did not feel the need to throw them out. I don't keep things that have no special meaning or usefulness. It's another "First" for the kids. For me, it's coming when I'm not depressed, not exhausted from bfing or rocking a baby 1/2 the night, then going to work. So for me, it's a "better" memory than the nightly puking by DS. I didn't do baby books for either kid (I knew damn well I wasn't going to be able to keep them up) and this is 1 thing I can do. So it's more for me.
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Post by trippypea on Feb 23, 2015 12:13:04 GMT -5
We did $2 a tooth. I made the kids put them on the dresser by the door so I could reach a hand in, grab the tooth, and drop the bucks in its place. On a couple of occasions, the tooth fairy forgot to put the money up there and we had to say she was probably over-scheduled and would be by the next night, lol...
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Post by shanendoah on Feb 23, 2015 13:40:23 GMT -5
Pop Tart gets $2.50/tooth. Cupcake will get the same.
We do not put teeth under the pillow. (Pop Tart sleeps too lightly). Teeth go in a glass of water. In the morning, the tooth is gone and there's an envelope with money (usually 2 dollar coins and 2 quarters). Pop Tart, in 5th grade, now knows the truth about the tooth fairy, but she still gets her money. And she knows better than to ruin it for Cupcake.
When I was a kid, I got $0.50/tooth. My best friend (who lived next door), got $1/tooth AND a pack of gum, so I was prepared for questions about discrepancies. We explain that each family has their own tooth fairy, and that the parents do get a say in what the kids get.
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Post by raeoflyte on Feb 23, 2015 23:23:29 GMT -5
My SIL was telling me about her boss' grandson (who lives with boss) who received $100 and a lego set for losing his first tooth. I know they're loaded, but wth?!?
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Post by Abby Normal on Feb 24, 2015 11:22:36 GMT -5
We did a dollar coin for each tooth. Except for the ones he had to have extracted. They wanted to pull 4 baby teeth hoping that his permanent ones would come in better. He was super nervous because they wanted to put him under to minimize the fear. Only the Oral Surgeon couldn't get the IV started so after poking him a gazillion times, they sent him down to the hospital to put the IV in. Hospital put it in, had to drive back to Oral Surgeon with the needle in his arm- a 15 minute drive- then have the surgery. He was such a trooper that the tooth fairy left him $10 a tooth. All in coins. He was 8 and it made quite an impression.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 24, 2015 11:24:29 GMT -5
My SIL was telling me about her boss' grandson (who lives with boss) who received $100 and a lego set for losing his first tooth. I know they're loaded, but wth?!?
So glad Gwen can't read yet. Don't need her seeing this.
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Post by cktc on Feb 24, 2015 11:36:24 GMT -5
My oldest sister used to run a tooth fairy scam. She left beads and said it was fairy money. She had a secret "in" to fairy land and would trade them in for us. She'd often come back with "fairy dinner" which were bouillon cubes. I'm thinking if there ever was cash for teeth she was pocketing it. My other sister and I still had fun with it. When I grew up and talked to my grandma about it, she said she always wondered why she was out of bouillon.
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Post by jeep108 on Feb 24, 2015 13:22:33 GMT -5
We did 4 quarters for her teeth and had her leave them on her dresser. I saved the first one and put it in her baby book. I'm pretty sure I threw the rest away. Since they're not in her baby book.
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Post by t-dog on Feb 24, 2015 16:45:23 GMT -5
$1 per - I going to have to pay up soon as DS is set to have another 4 baby teeth pulled next week. We are in the pre-braces phase and so far he has had to have (including the 4 next week) 9 teeth pulled. Once the adult teeth come in he needs 3 more pulled. Poor kid.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Feb 24, 2015 17:04:20 GMT -5
We did $2 a tooth. I made the kids put them on the dresser by the door so I could reach a hand in, grab the tooth, and drop the bucks in its place. On a couple of occasions, the tooth fairy forgot to put the money up there and we had to say she was probably over-scheduled and would be by the next night, lol... I once told a kid that the tooth fairy couldn't get in their room to try to find the tooth because it was such a mess.
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Post by Timberwolf on Feb 26, 2015 18:27:00 GMT -5
Gack. I'm the weirdo who actually has both kids baby teeth in an envelope in my jewelry box.
Zib, my mom did this, too. Years later we were rummaging through her jewelry box and found some little teeth. We were kind of grossed out by them until we kids figured out they were our teeth.
I once told a kid that the tooth fairy couldn't get in their room to try to find the tooth because it was such a mess.
Brilliant CL, what great incentive to get the kid to clean their room!
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Feb 27, 2015 15:34:48 GMT -5
Gack. I'm the weirdo who actually has both kids baby teeth in an envelope in my jewelry box.Zib, my mom did this, too. Years later we were rummaging through her jewelry box and found some little teeth. We were kind of grossed out by them until we kids figured out they were our teeth. I once told a kid that the tooth fairy couldn't get in their room to try to find the tooth because it was such a mess.Brilliant CL, what great incentive to get the kid to clean their room! Well, with a normal kid sure, but not my ADD one.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 8, 2015 10:49:28 GMT -5
So, my kid lost his second tooth a few weeks ago.
He wanted to have the same deal where we keep the tooth and he still gets the money.
Sure, we said. No problem, we said. We took the tooth, left him a dollar. All was good.
All was good, except.......I lost the tooth. My husband (the sentimental one in our family) is PISSED!! The kid doesn't know yet and haven't asked. Hopefully, he won't ask to see his tooth collection.....
Wish me luck!
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Apr 8, 2015 10:50:08 GMT -5
So, my kid lost his second tooth a few weeks ago. He wanted to have the same deal where we keep the tooth and he still gets the money. Sure, we said. No problem, we said. We took the tooth, left him a dollar. All was good. All was good, except.......I lost the tooth. My husband (the sentimental one in our family) is PISSED!! The kid doesn't know yet and haven't asked. Hopefully, he won't ask to see his tooth collection..... Wish me luck! ask a friend for their kid's tooth.
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Post by yogiii on Apr 8, 2015 12:16:26 GMT -5
If you still need one by the time my kid loses one we can do a hand off at the park
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