Spryte Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 What does the tooth fairy bring at your place? Is there anything else s/he does? (Answer or leave letter and notes, leave little glitter trails, that sort of thing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I think whatever the tooth fairy can afford - both financially and time-wise. We've known people who have a wide range of what the fairy leaves and does. We did minimal money and nothing else (except once we left a note, but that was because of the situation). But my kids are in college now. Whatever we did or didn't do did not seem to have any lasting impact on them. IMHO, glitter is evil and never gets all cleaned up. Just no. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 What I've done for all of my kids is when they lose their first tooth they get to pick any toy they want from the store (with my guidance so it's not the $300 lego set). That's it! I don't "do" teeth. 🤢 I think some of my friends are up to $1 per tooth!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippiemamato3 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We did $5 per tooth, with more for the first tooth. It came sprinkled with tiny paper hearts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We went to the bank and got golden dollar coins (Sacajawea and President coins) for the younger two. I kept them in my jewelry box. So they got $1 but it was a special $1. I remember when my now 19 year old came flying down the stairs shouting "gold! The tooth fairy brought me GOLD!" I dont remember what we did for Oldest but it was probably about $1 too... But the rate my have adjusted for inflation. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ashfern said: What I've done for all of my kids is when they lose their first tooth they get to pick any toy they want from the store (with my guidance so it's not the $300 lego set). That's it! I don't "do" teeth. 🤢 I think some of my friends are up to $1 per tooth!! Don't toys cost more than $1? This is very equivalent to what we do. My husband has a "Tooth collection" -- he pays for the kids teeth ($2 each I believe, but if it came out particularly traumatically and we have more cash they have been known to get more) WE weren't comfortable with the Tooth fairy. Edited September 21, 2020 by vonfirmath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 31 minutes ago, ashfern said: What I've done for all of my kids is when they lose their first tooth they get to pick any toy they want from the store (with my guidance so it's not the $300 lego set). That's it! I don't "do" teeth. 🤢 I think some of my friends are up to $1 per tooth!! With inflation, $1 per tooth is just not that much. Even if you have ten kids, that money spread out over their combined childhoods really shouldn't break the bank unless you're always close to the wire. When the kids were little they got either two dollar bills or dollar coins. If they got bills, I folded them into hearts. But we only did "pretend" tooth fairy - quite aside from my serious questions about the ethics of "fun lying", I'm actually no good at it, so the kids always knew the tooth fairy was the adults. The older one is about to get their wisdom teeth pulled - even though they're nearly an adult, I might slip something under their pillow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippiemamato3 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 42 minutes ago, ashfern said: What I've done for all of my kids is when they lose their first tooth they get to pick any toy they want from the store (with my guidance so it's not the $300 lego set). That's it! I don't "do" teeth. 🤢 I think some of my friends are up to $1 per tooth!! A dollar per tooth is very little. I'm very confused how a toy would be cheaper... Edited September 21, 2020 by hippiemamato3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 LOL. Our tooth fairy was super cheap. She left 25¢ to 50¢ per tooth. First tooth got a dollar, iirc. Same for last. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, hippiemamato3 said: A dollar per tooth is very little. I'm very confused how a toy would be cheaper... She's probably thinking she bought one toy per kid. So long as that toy retails under $20, she got a bargain. Which, fine, you do you - but it still seems a little silly to make horrified faces at the idea of spending a whole $32 per child, spread out over six-ish years. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippiemamato3 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tanaqui said: She's probably thinking she bought one toy per kid. So long as that toy retails under $20, she got a bargain. Which, fine, you do you - but it still seems a little silly to make horrified faces at the idea of spending a whole $32 per child, spread out over six-ish years. I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 $1 per tooth. They know the tooth fairy is me and they always have, but it's still fun to pretend she's real and get money under your pillow 🙂 The tooth fairy has been known to be forgetful around here and sometimes needs a reminder or two to do her job. The first time it happened D'S wrote a cute note explaining that he should get more money for having to wait and she gave him an extra quarter and a note in return saying he got extra this once for ingenuity but not to expect it next time 😆 The tooth fairy has also been reminded who sleeps on which bunk (top or bottom). 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miss Tick Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Spryte said: What does the tooth fairy bring at your place? Is there anything else s/he does? (Answer or leave letter and notes, leave little glitter trails, that sort of thing.) DH is the tooth fairy here. $1 per tooth, and the only special thing he does is occasionally forget to drop off the money and has to plant it during breakfast and then suggest people look again. So there is no secret at all, just some exaggerated winking. I like the Korean tradition of throwing the tooth over the house. No one wants those old teeth later anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Fun! I love reading these. DD has been writing letters to the tooth fairy for the last five teeth or so. It’s nice, but getting a bit tedious. 🤣 I can’t think of a way to nicely stop the habit, other than growing up. And thanks to DS watching some now-cancelled show before losing his first tooth, when he was small, ours leaves “trinkets.” Sigh. That show should never have made it into production! Gaaah. The trinkets are under $1 in value - for DD it might be something like a tiny bottle of nail polish or some special pencils. I just keep a tiny stash. I don’t do glitter, but we have a friend who does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We do $2 for the first tooth, and $1 for the rest. However, my older 2 both had “shark teeth” and ended up getting 4 baby teeth pulled to make room as their 1st lost teeth. So they got $8 the first time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, SusanC said: I like the Korean tradition of throwing the tooth over the house. No one wants those old teeth later anyway. Right?!? Old teeth. Ick! DS’s best friend once absolutely dissolved into screams while they were playing Lego. She found an old tooth in the Lego bin. Aaack! Edited September 21, 2020 by Spryte Apparently autocorrect doesn’t agree with me 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgo95 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We leave $1 coins. I think kids only lose 20 teeth, btw. So it's only $20. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 36 minutes ago, hippiemamato3 said: A dollar per tooth is very little. I'm very confused how a toy would be cheaper... She said she gets a toy for the first tooth, then does nothing for further lost teeth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I’m a traditionalist in that area. $1 per tooth and no extra fanfare. I think getting a special fairy to collect your tooth and leave cash is miraculous enough, lol. Also, the tooth fairy does’t pay past the age of ten. Yeah, we’ve still had believers and very lazy parents. We paid more when the girls had simultaneous failed root canals from a crummy dentist and had to get them simultaneously pulled. I don’t remember how much, but I felt really bad, so it was probably a good premium. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippiemamato3 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, theelfqueen said: She said she gets a toy for the first tooth, then does nothing for further lost teeth. Right. Kids lose 20 teeth...how many toys are less than $20? It just seems silly to me, but that's fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We did $1 per tooth. My kids are 18-29 now. I think I'd still do $1/tooth, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 DH was the tooth fairy and would type elaborate notes for them. He created themed stationary and went all out with his notes. They're fun to look back at now. I think each child got about $1/tooth and a coin from a foreign country. My grandpa collected coins from before WWII, so there were lots of coins. It was a good opportunity to bring a bit of history and geography into play. We would look up the emblems on the coins, try to figure out what the motto on the coin meant, which language it was in, etc. I enjoyed doing that with the kids. I wouldn't have done any notes for the kids because they were tedious and dh wouldn't have done the coins because... who cares?, so this was a good mix for both of us to participate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 My kids got a math problem. 😉 20 teeth x 6 kids x $1/tooth = nope. We knew early on that we wanted more than a few children, and I knew that it was something that I really didn't want to keep up with. We have never done the tooth fairy, but one of my kids found out that Grandma and Grandpa do. :) She lost two teeth at their house in the same weekend, and got $1 per tooth from each grandparent. Dd10 lost one of her teeth at church during our annual missions conference. When some of the missionaries noticed, several of them gave her a coin from their display tables. She has a coin each from Australia, Ukraine, and Brazil. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We did a dollar coin per tooth. The couple that were extracted for a retainer were an exception. I think those might have been 5 or 10 each. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 $1 per tooth. And I did not want to be scrambling for singles late at night, so shortly after each baby was born I went to the bank and asked for 20 crisp dollars which I keep in the back of my bathroom closet for Tooth Fairy purposes. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 32 minutes ago, wendyroo said: $1 per tooth. And I did not want to be scrambling for singles late at night, so shortly after each baby was born I went to the bank and asked for 20 crisp dollars which I keep in the back of my bathroom closet for Tooth Fairy purposes. I'm impressed that you planned ahead like that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 31 minutes ago, wendyroo said: $1 per tooth. And I did not want to be scrambling for singles late at night, so shortly after each baby was born I went to the bank and asked for 20 crisp dollars which I keep in the back of my bathroom closet for Tooth Fairy purposes. Brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 They got the dollar coins the tooth fairies husband brings home from work. Because this fairy never has any cash. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 At first, our tooth fairy was very inconsistent. One tooth might be a toy that I had pre-bought for Christmas or birthday. Another tooth might be a dollar. A third tooth might be four pennies and some pocket lint. And often she forgot. Then second child was super freaked out by the tooth fairy, so we had a ceremony and declared the fae were not welcome in our house. Really, a relief all around. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Our tooth fairy gave $1 per tooth, but was rather lax about delivery. Dc were told that if they were still awake when the tooth fairy flew by, she would skip our house and come back another time. She usually made her delivery the day I washed sheets. My children are night owls. I am not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We do $1 per tooth. I have been known to go into 11yo's room in the morning saying "time to wake up"--then I see the special tooth pillow--"JUST KIDDING, don't wake up yet, the tooth fairy definitely didn't forget to come last night, haha, just...um...keep your eyes closed for a moment..." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condessa Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Tanaqui said: She's probably thinking she bought one toy per kid. So long as that toy retails under $20, she got a bargain. Which, fine, you do you - but it still seems a little silly to make horrified faces at the idea of spending a whole $32 per child, spread out over six-ish years. I interpreted it as the time, not the money, she wasn't interested in using for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condessa Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 We do around 1 to 2 dollars -ish, based on what we have around and if the tooth came out in a tough way--also on condition. One tooth with a HUGE cavity only got 50 cents. It came out shortly after we discovered our son had, for some time, thought it was hilarious to go "brush" his teeth with the handle end of his toothbrush, without toothpaste, and then tell us he had brushed. The tooth fairy often takes a few nights to get here at our house. The kids don't necessarily expect the tooth to be gone the first morning. She is, after all, a very busy fairy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8ermaiden Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 They got $5 for the first one and $2 or 3 for the rest, I can't remember. I don't really do up the fictional gift givers, and I have ADHD, so DD11 figured it out really quick. Now she just asks me to buy Robux for her. 😄 DS7 still believes. He lost his first tooth at Yellowstone and the tooth fairy did manage to find us, even in a tent. 😁 One of the girls at my daughter's gym gets $50. Our best friend's sons get a chocolate coin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 $1 per tooth. The Tooth Fairy once gave me a $20 in 1987, but I’m fairly sure she was just randomly short on small bills. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 My oldest loved coins as a preK'er and that's when she lost her first tooth. So, Zelda, the tooth fairy (oldest only really wanted to know her name) brought 41 cents for every tooth (a quarter, a dime, a nickel and a penny). "Lots of circle money!" according to oldest. Giving only change worked for us since we have a big change jar so we always had change no matter when their teeth fell out. Zelda wrote a note for the first time thanking them for the tooth. Most kids around here got $5 for the first tooth and then $1 after. My niece and nephew got $20 for first, $5 for every one after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, happysmileylady said: $2 for the first tooth and $1 for each additional. Having said that, while my kids do believe in the tooth fairy.....it's just not a big deal for them because they just don't seem to be motivated by money. They don't really have a whole lot of wants lol. My oldest has lost four teeth since we’ve been stuck at home. She has nowhere to spend her money and no real concept of saving it and eventually leaves it on the floor somewhere. I swear we’ve given her the same $1 two or three times... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Michelle Conde said: I interpreted it as the time, not the money, she wasn't interested in using for this. Well, until and unless she comes back we'll never know, but the comment said nothing about time. It DID say: Quote I think some of my friends are up to $1 per tooth!! and with the double exclamation point I think most of us interpreted her complaint as being about the exorbitant cost of $1 per tooth. I will go on record as saying that I don't think that's very expensive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I used to give a dollar per tooth. At first it was fun, hiding it under the pillow like magic ... until that time it got lost and there was drama. One day I just got sick of it and gave my kids a buck for every tooth still in their mouths, and said that's it for the tooth fairy! I might be a grinch. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I think my kids each got a quarter for the first couple of teeth, and then I'd forget and they'd forget... it faded away. I do remember one of my kids told me that she was putting a special tooth fairy box (can't remember where she got it) and please don't forget to put a quarter in. IOW, the tooth fairy was a failure here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Sk8ermaiden said: One of the girls at my daughter's gym gets $50. !!!!!!!!! That's $1000 per kid! Not gonna lie, I'm judging that mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8ermaiden Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Momto6inIN said: !!!!!!!!! That's $1000 per kid! Not gonna lie, I'm judging that mom. I have thoughts. 😄 I try to keep them to myself. The tooth fairy rate is definitely indicative of how things go in that household in general. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrips Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 We always did $1 gold coin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrips Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Michelle Conde said: The tooth fairy often takes a few nights to get here at our house. The kids don't necessarily expect the tooth to be gone the first morning. She is, after all, a very busy fairy. Yeah, this house had a pretty forgetful tooth fairy as the kids got older 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTVKath Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 We've mostly done $3 a tooth - a gold dollar coin and a $2 paper bill. Nobody spends them and I think they are totally cool. The first molar gets a $5 bill and a 50-cent piece. We've just had a lot of fun doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 11 hours ago, marbel said: I think my kids each got a quarter for the first couple of teeth, and then I'd forget and they'd forget... it faded away. I do remember one of my kids telling me one time that she was putting a special tooth fairy box (can't remember where she got it) and please don't forget to put a quarter in. IOW, the tooth fairy was a failure here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I love all these tooth fairy stories. My favorite came late in the losing teeth stage. Ds was 11 and heard from a friend that they leave their teeth in a glass of water, in the bathroom, with a note for the fairy telling her what color to make the water. The note this fairy received said to turn it green with gold sparkles. Oh bother, I was not going to lose. haha I found the food coloring but the gold was a challenge. Glitter glue! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 6:45 PM, Tanaqui said: Well, until and unless she comes back we'll never know, but the comment said nothing about time. It DID say: and with the double exclamation point I think most of us interpreted her complaint as being about the exorbitant cost of $1 per tooth. I will go on record as saying that I don't think that's very expensive. Personally, I think that teeth are gross and saving them is disgusting. I wasn't complaining about anything just sharing what I did, an alternative as it were, without disparaging the people who "do" teeth and the tooth fairy. I'll share here that we don't "do" Santa gifts either. 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 10:03 AM, Spryte said: Fun! I love reading these. DD has been writing letters to the tooth fairy for the last five teeth or so. It’s nice, but getting a bit tedious. 🤣 I can’t think of a way to nicely stop the habit, other than growing up. And thanks to DS watching some now-cancelled show before losing his first tooth, when he was small, ours leaves “trinkets.” Sigh. That show should never have made it into production! Gaaah. The trinkets are under $1 in value - for DD it might be something like a tiny bottle of nail polish or some special pencils. I just keep a tiny stash. I don’t do glitter, but we have a friend who does. We had a phase where a ds liked trinkets. I found good stuff at Hobby Lobby—a ‘diamond’ on the jewelry making aisle, some other ‘jewel’, and some shells are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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