Tooth Trouble (sort of)

[TinkerBess_SnowTori]

I am looking for a little help from the tooth fairy.

My darling daughter has her first loose tooth.

At first she was a little scared, but now is very excited. The tooth is coming out in the next couple days at most, maybe even as soon as tomorrow.

Now here is where I need the help. What is the current rate for a tooth? Is there anything that you have done to make it more special or interesting (maybe money from another country - tooth fairy flies all over the world right?)

I know you are all so imaginative and I would just like a little help in the idea dept.

Thanks

 

[elgerber]

Originally posted by TinkerBess_SnowTori
I am looking for a little help from the tooth fairy.

My darling daughter has her first loose tooth.

At first she was a little scared, but now is very excited. The tooth is coming out in the next couple days at most, maybe even as soon as tomorrow.

Now here is where I need the help. What is the current rate for a tooth? Is there anything that you have done to make it more special or interesting (maybe money from another country - tooth fairy flies all over the world right?)

I know you are all so imaginative and I would just like a little help in the idea dept.

Thanks

How exciting. My youngest is 8 and only has one tooth left to lose, so this is old hat at our house. We don't really do anything real special. The going rate is $1. But, my dd prefers her tooth fairy loot to be Disney Dollars. She gets very excited when she finds her Mickey money in the morning.

 

[oogieboogie]

I'd like to know what the going rate is too.

What's a normal age for kids to start losing their teeth anyway? I've been patiently waiting for DS (6) to start and now instead his back molar is starting to come out.

 

[ElizK]

The Tooth Fairy usually leaves $1.00 plus whatever change DH had left in his pocket at the end of the day.

Younger DD had to have her bottom front four teeth pulled all at once (her 1st teeth out!). The tooth fairy left money and a small treat.

TF has left Disney pins several times, too, and silver dollars and half-dollars.

 

[gallaj0]

My son just lost his forst tooth yesterday. For the first tooth, we usually give a couple of dollars, depending on the level of "trauma" involved.

To make it special, I give the new Sacagawea gold dollar coins; it makes it pretty special, since you don't see them often, if at all. Once they get a couple together, it looks like they have some treasure.

If you can't get any at a bank, stop by a post office with a stamp vending machine, and use a $10 bill for some stamps, they give dollar change in Sacagawea's and Susan B Anthony coins.

 

[tar heel]

$1 gold coins at my house, too.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Keep lots of $1's handy - our DD7 and DS7 have been losing a lot of teeth but at the beginning the teeth always seemed to come out when the smallest bill available in the household was a $5, lol! (now we've learned)...

 

[TinkerBess_SnowTori]

These are some great ideas -- gold coins or disney dollars - I don't think the dollars would get here in time. Our Disney store closed a couple years ago

She went to bed very worried that she will keep wiggling it with her tonuge while she is sleeping and it will fall out and she will lose it OR swallow it!! :tonuge:

Quite a few tears and lots of reassurance from mom later and she went back to bed.

Great ideas - thanks for your help!