How much does the tooth fairy leave your children?
My daughter lost another tooth yesterday. The tooth fairy made a visit last night and left her $5.00. When I was a kid I got a quarter for my teeth. What do your children get from the tooth fairy? Is $5.00 the average?
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Permalink Reply by Susan Milner on -
I only give $1. But now I feel like such a cheapskate.I just worried that if I gave too much that he'd pull his teeth out just for the $.
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Permalink Reply by Jonna on -
My son hasn't reached the "loosing teeth" stage yet, he's still trying to get all of his in. But when he does, I'm sticking with $1.00. I have this thing about giving too much money for events like that, I don't feel it's really teaching them anything to get an extraordinary amount of money for something like losing a tooth, I'd rather save the big bills for something more important that may mean more.
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Permalink Reply by Eva on -
I think $5 is good however I found a way around the $$. I give my daughter lip gloss with a $ tied around it or hair clips. My daughter enjoys the little surprise way more than the cash.
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Permalink Reply by Jerri Ann on -
The tooth fairy only leaves one dollar but it has this awesome fairy dust on it that makes it way more special than the other kids that get so much more. *fairy dust is glitter fingernail polish painted on the dollar*
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Permalink Reply by Anissa on -
A dollar is a good number, and a little extra if it is hanging around...if not, a dollar is a heck of a lot more than I got! :)
Anissa
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Permalink Reply by Desiree Stanley on -
Usually we leave .50 cents. But this last time I forgot to put any money under her pillow. Luckily she was spending the night at nana & papa's house so I tucked it under there just in time before she looked! I was in such a hurry that I grabbed $1 to put in place of the tooth. She was thrilled!!
I am shocked by some friends that are leaving $5 for the tooth!
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Permalink Reply by Beth Butler on -
Our boys who are now 19 and 16 used to get $2 max, usually $1. Our girl who is the late life baby, gets $5 for the difficult ones and mainly $2 for all others. Plus we use the Dream Pearls bracelet where each lost tooth produces a new little charm on Meg's bracelet.
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Permalink Reply by Terri Zwierzynski on -
I'm beginning to feel like a Scrooge! I don't plan to give my son a cell phone until he's going into high school (yes that's from another thread; read it just before this!), and we gave a dollar coin for first tooth lost, 50-cent piece for teeth thereafter.
Our toothfairy suddenly got a better memory when we forgot to leave money one night and she was VERY upset. Had to explain that maybe the tooth fairy couldn't see it and we needed to wrap it in a tissue...she still does that now!
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Permalink Reply by Laura Gawne on -
I got a quarter as a child too. My son gets $5.00 per tooth as well! Makes me feel a little old.
Laura
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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Moreland on -
Holy cow! $5!!! We gave a dollar except for on his first one when we sort of forgot about the tooth fairy so we gave three dollars because we felt we jilted him! But with the price of things now a days $5 isn't necessarily a whole lotta loot!!!
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Permalink Reply by Anne Mayhew on -
We give one of each coin up to the quarter. I think the molars will probably draw the dollar coin too!
Anne
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