Perry Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I'm on a cleaning frenzy. Will I be sorry if I toss the baby teeth? Somehow they all got mixed together, and I don't know whose is whose. I think I'm having a midlife crisis. I want to toss everything and start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 At our house, we like to stick them somewhere where they won't get lost, and then forget where that is and never see them again :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 At our house, we like to stick them somewhere where they won't get lost, and then forget where that is and never see them again :). Hey, that's what I do! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I saved them for a while and then realized...."WHY?!?!" They look so disgusting. So, I tossed them. I know someone who gave them as a white elephant gift!! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Like Mindy, I saved the kids' baby teeth. Then I got a grip and tossed them. I asked the kids if they wanted them, and everyone resoundingly declined. RC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I'm on a cleaning frenzy. Will I be sorry if I toss the baby teeth? Somehow they all got mixed together, and I don't know whose is whose. I think I'm having a midlife crisis. I want to toss everything and start over. The tooth fairy exchanges them for cash, then I bin them. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 We toss ours, too. I can't imagine ever looking back on their childhood and thinking, "Boy, I wish I had saved their baby teeth." And we move too often for me want to have extra stuff to keep track of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Yep...only the really impressive one that my baby had pulled that had huge roots and looked terribly painful has been kept. Old teeth are yucky. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I throw them away as soon as they fall out. So far I've had no regrets. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSMP Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I saved them for a while and then realized...."WHY?!?!" They look so disgusting. So, I tossed them. I know someone who gave them as a white elephant gift!! :-) That's a good one! When they lost the teeth, the tooth was placed in a baggy along with name and date. When I would exchange the tooth I would just toss the tooth in this one drawer I have in my dresser. I didn't realize until I went and checked that I have every baby tooth accept for the ones that were swallowed.....:lol: in my drawer. My kids thought it was funny so to gross them out I said I was waiting for Robbies last 4 baby teeth then I was going to make a necklace with matching ear rings and bracelet. If you could only hear them right now....you would be rolling.....:smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I wanted to save them, but dh made me throw them away. I'm afraid I haven't missed them (yet). ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I throw them away. When we went through dh's parents' things after they died, there were teeth included. It was gross and I don't want my kids to encounter that in our stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I stick them in baggies in a sock drawer and them forget whose teeth are whose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needleroozer Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I actually have all of them in two little boxes in my bedside table. Each kid has a box that has locks of hair, special baby clothes, etc, in them, that they don't know about. My plan is to give them each this box when they move out. Don't know if they will be weirded out or not, but that is the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Teeth go in the compost. They'll break down. Eventually. I only keep the placentas. :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 *cough cough* Tooth Fairy takes them *cough* (they get thrown away immediately or uncomfortable questions are asked when they are found - not that it has ever happened *cough*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I have my son's teeth in my jewelry box (I think, lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I stick them in my jewelry box. At random, we have taken them and used them for science experiments. It's rather fun to see just how long it takes different liquids to eat into the tooth. Coke is disgusting. It makes you think twice about drinking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camibami Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 This is kind of cheesy and embarassing, but I scrapbooked them! I did one "losing teeth" page, and made a flower shaped shadow box to put on it. Only, instead of glitter or beads or something, the shaker box has my DD's teeth in it! DH thinks its gross. I just couldn't think of what to do with them! Its only the wee baby teeth- my oldest has been losing molars and they are too big and groddy to keep. But both girls have a tooth shaker box lurking in their scrapbooks.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 When I inherited my mother's things, I found a whole pile of baby teeth she'd been storing in her jewelry box. I'm afraid teeth fall into the category of medical waste for me, and I threw them away. My dw's grandmother's "box of hair" - first curls from several generations of babies - is legendary in her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I'm going to see if I can find a baby tooth that I missed throwing out. That Coke experiment would really make an impression on the kids. RC I stick them in my jewelry box. At random, we have taken them and used them for science experiments. It's rather fun to see just how long it takes different liquids to eat into the tooth. Coke is disgusting. It makes you think twice about drinking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in the Kootenays Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Teeth and placentas - two things I've never considered keeping - ever :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 My husband, aka the Tooth Fairy, has kept all the teeth so far. Each one in an envelope and neatly labeled with the child's name, date, and location of the tooth. I told him I think its crazy to save them. He won't let me throw them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 ...tossed the whole mess in the trash! My husband was disgusted that them (which is a lot for the man who just cleaned the tapeworm the cat hacked up). But, being a loving husband, he just dutifully moved the container aside as necessary and tried to ignore them. But one day, I was cleaning and realized that I had NO idea whose teeth were whose. I looked over them one more time and admired the tiny little teeth and tossed them in the trash. No, I haven't regretted it much. It falls into the same regret category I have for not going to the zoo enough when they were little or taking time to color when they were little. But, there's never enough time to do every thing and I decided I couldn't be a perfect mom or go back to change the past. Teeth gone; good move! I say, "Toss 'em". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 My mom just gave me a box of all my old schoolwork and art. Guess what else was in there? Oh yes, my baby teeth. I can say, if you're holding them for your kids, don't. They won't want them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I've imagined making necklaces or something, but... that's a little...cannibalistic-looking, isn't it? Surely they're good for *something*? They're so small & sweet! (says the mom who's only collected 3-4 so far) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in FL Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 The "what to do with baby teeth" posts always wants me to post what not to do with them . . . . Do not save your son's baby teeth and then try to give them to his fiancee!! I had no problem saying, "No thank you!" to that offer!! I let the kids decide - oldest son - throws them away. They have given him enough grief for the weeks and months he lets them hang by a thread in his mouth (yuck!). DD saves hers in the little change purse that she puts under her pillow when our "non-existent" tooth fairy visits. 5 yo? Don't know yet - but I'm not saving them!! Here's an idea - you could get one of those stepping stone mosaic kits and add the teeth into the design! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I stick the ziploc baggie with the tooth in my underwear drawer. Then at some point, when I clean out my dresser, I come to my senses and throw them away. I don't have any of my oldest's anymore, but I have a lot of my middle child's. I probably need to sort out my dresser again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 . . . you can do a nice science experiment/public service announcement with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I gave the kids full control over their teeth. I have two DDs that have little boxes for their teeth and keep every single one. DS has his scattered about his room in various envelopes and such. I don't want to keep track of them. The tooth fairy leaves the tooth with the money at our house.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I have them in a little cup thing on my desk. The cup also contains some coins, paperclips, etc. Kind of yucky now that I think about it! Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Throw Your Tooth on the Roof! :001_smile: Actually, it's a really fun & interesting book for kids that discusses the different tooth-saving (or not) traditions from around the world. We really enjoyed reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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