Nakia Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 when they lose them? Keep them or toss them? And if you do keep them, what do you plan to do with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 but they multiplied too fast with 5 kiddos. I have no idea where they are. The children probably kept the ones the dentist took out (he gave them little plastic cases), but I tossed all the ones that were wrapped in tissue and put under pillows. All the ones I found, anyway. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jenny Flint Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 After they started to dry out and crack, threw them in the trash. The last few my daughter lost went straight into the trash. I am not generally too sentimental, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaT Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 We threw them out, something about saving teeth is sort of gross to me. We do have a locket of hair from their first haircut in their baby book though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Toss them. Except for the last 5 my ds lost. He's keeping them for some weird reason. Shudder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeFe Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I've saved them but they are starting to add up and somehow have gotten mixed up in my jewelry box. I have no idea whose is whose. It's starting to give the heebie-jeebies but I can't throw them away for fear of being a unsentimental mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I have every single one of them in a Ziploc bag way back in my underwear drawer. i don't know why or what exactly I'm planning to do with them . . . but since you asked . . . that's where they are. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Plant them in the garden, hoping to save on future dental bills. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherMayI Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 and the tooth fairy puts the teeth in the jar after she takes them. The kids love racing to the jar to see if the tooth fairy left the tooth in their jar. They also love looking at and counting their teeth. My parents kept my teeth- and I remember checking them out frequently. Strange?! Maybe- but it works for us:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moni Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 What do you do with your children's baby teeth ? Toss 'em. :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needleroozer Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I have every single one of them in a Ziploc bag way back in my underwear drawer. i don't know why or what exactly I'm planning to do with them . . . but since you asked . . . that's where they are. :lol: I have my two kids' teeth in two boxes. I was planning on giving them to the kids when they turned 18. Does seem weird now, but seemed nostalgic at the time. Not sure what they will do with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebalm Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 You know you're a homeschool mom when......you save baby teeth for science class. I taught a coop class using Blood & Guts. The kids were fascinated when we put a few baby teeth in a bottle of cola to see the effect of the acid. They'd race in each week to see the grisly results. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticamethyst Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Funny you should ask. Up until this morning they had a spot in my jewlry box, one spot for each child. Was cleaning my box this morning and saw them and they were just broken and all mixed up, so off to the trash they went; not even sure why I kept them now .:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 You know you're a homeschool mom when......you save baby teeth for science class. I taught a coop class using Blood & Guts. The kids were fascinated when we put a few baby teeth in a bottle of cola to see the effect of the acid. They'd race in each week to see the grisly results. :ack2: Good idea. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in FL Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The boys toss theirs - daughter keeps hers. I have no intention of keeping them. My MIL tried to give me dh's when we were engaged - I said "No, way!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 My husband saved them. In neat little envelopes labeled with the child's name, the date, and which tooth it was. He keeps dropping the envelopes into the "Baby Momentos" box in our bedroom closet. I'm going to throw them out, someday, when there's no little one taking a nap in my room and the children that the teeth belonged to aren't home to see me putting envelopes in the trash, then racing to the garbage can to read them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) I remember finding my baby teeth in a little container in my mom's jewelry box as a kid, so I naturally started keeping my kids' baby teeth in little containers in my jewelry box :) My dd recently found them in my jewelry box and it was really a special moment for me :001_wub: and I shared with her my story and how we now share similar memories :) Edited September 15, 2009 by babysparkler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I've saved them but they are starting to add up and somehow have gotten mixed up in my jewelry box. I have no idea whose is whose. It's starting to give the heebie-jeebies but I can't throw them away for fear of being a unsentimental mom. :iagree: There were some, though, that I knew belonged to my son, so I used them in his scrapbook - I put them in a shaker box. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now it's kind of icky. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Tossed in the trash :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Well, my kids put theirs' in zip lock bags before putting them under their pillows. I always had to do a middle of the night switch-a-roo with the money so I would just stash the zip lock bag in the nearest, convenient, safe, hidden spot. I am still to this day finding zip lock bags of baby teeth that I know had to have come from several children ago. God forbid there is ever a crime scene at my house. It would keep the forensic people busy for who knows how long just researching the teeth. When I do find them I secretly put them in the garbage just like I did with the catfish which no child has noticed missing yet. :001_smile: I am not particularly sentimental either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 my children kept theirs in little baggies in the lock box. I know my son's last one sat on the bar forever, and I think it was eventually tossed. Maybe all have since been tossed? I don't know. They are their teeth so they can do whatever they please with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Throw them away. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Right now I stick them into individual plastic baggies and label them with the child's name, date the tooth was lost, and what position the tooth was in their mouth. However, we only have two teeth lost right now since my oldest is only 5. So we'll see how long I keep it up LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 My kids haven't lost any teeth, yet either. My oldest is 6.5, but the dentist says he thinks the 5 yo will lose teeth first. We shall see. I will probably save the first of each of their lost teeth for their momento boxes. And I really like the idea of showing the kids what acid can do to teeth. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 My dd swallowed her first tooth :lol: I didn't bother trying to save that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 My dd swallowed her first tooth :lol: I didn't bother trying to save that one! That would have been quite a challenge, huh? This is definitely an enlightening thread. I want to throw them away, but I don't have the heart for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I have them in a little pottery jar that has a little cork stopper, which I now keep on my dresser. When they were little, and believed in the tooth fairy, I kept it in my drawer. Of course, I have no idea whose teeth is whose. lol But after four kids, there are lots of teeth in there. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 All mixed together. I never saved any hair from their first haircuts though. Maybe it's an ancestral memory/superstition type thing. Then again, we'll probably save any of the puppy's teeth too if we can find them when they fall out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The kids each have a little box to keep them in, somewhere in their bedroom. They didn't want to surrender any teeth to the tooth fairy. I suppose someday they'll decide what to do with their baby teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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