How much does the tooth fairy leave your children?
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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 GardenLiving on -
Our tooth fairy leaves dollar coins and a sprinkling of fairy dust all around the bed. The boys take flashlights in the morning to look for the fairy dust. I always make a big scene and complain that the fairy made SUCH a mess and NOW I have to vacuum. The boys giggle over that every time.
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Permalink Reply by Gail on -
Ours get £1 a tooth. The eldest doesn't believe anymore but still puts her tooth out and expects the money to be left
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Permalink Reply by Dawn Peterman on -
It's still a quarter in our house. I can't afford much more than that.
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Permalink Reply by Lara Fabans on -
Our daughter gets one Sacajawea coin.
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Permalink Reply by Mommy Bits on -
We gave $5 for the first tooth, and have given $1 for each tooth since. The first tooth was such a big deal. We wanted to make it memorable.
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Permalink Reply by Staci on -
Front teeth are a BIG deal, so they get 5 bucks. All other teeth are at the discounted rate of $1.
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Permalink Reply by Lana on -
My son said that the tooth fairy leaves twenties for him so I told my son that the tooth fairy by Josh's house is rich. The tooth fairy in our neighborhood isn't. So to answer your question, $5 is more than enough. Our tooth fairy leaves $1.00.
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Permalink Reply by Jacqueline on -
I think a dollar is enough, but I have 5 kids and not a lot of income!
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Permalink Reply by Willowbottom on -
Hi, April.
My parents never left money. They always left a small toy (Polly Pockets, book, Barbie clothes, silly putty, etc.). My dad would add to that a small poem that he would compose, ostensibly authored by the tooth fairy. The tooth fairy was always a different shape. So one year I was visited by the Oblong Tooth Fairy, as well as the Square Tooth Fairy, Circle Tooth Fairy, and Hexagon Tooth Fairy. This was one of the ways he taught me my shapes when I was little.
The final tooth fairy visit came when I was 20 and my wisdom teeth were extracted. My dad e-mailed my husband (then boyfriend) a poem which my husband printed out and put under my pillow while I was sleeping. It was from the most advanced tooth fairy yet -- the Isosceles Triangle Tooth Fairy, and it came with a freshly purchased copy of a Kurt Vonnegut novel that my dad knew I wanted to read.
I know it seems like this was a tremendous amount of work but it's not that hard -- I'm 30 now and still have all my poems. My dad is very old (I was a late in life child) and he's dying. I cherish the memories in a way that I never would have had I received "just" money.
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Permalink Reply by April on -
That is such an awesome gift your dad gave you! No amount of money could replace cherished memories like that. He is creative. My prayers go out to you and your family as you go through this difficult time with your dad.
Willowbottom said:Hi, April.
My parents never left money. They always left a small toy (Polly Pockets, book, Barbie clothes, silly putty, etc.). My dad would add to that a small poem that he would compose, ostensibly authored by the tooth fairy. The tooth fairy was always a different shape. So one year I was visited by the Oblong Tooth Fairy, as well as the Square Tooth Fairy, Circle Tooth Fairy, and Hexagon Tooth Fairy. This was one of the ways he taught me my shapes when I was little.
The final tooth fairy visit came when I was 20 and my wisdom teeth were extracted. My dad e-mailed my husband (then boyfriend) a poem which my husband printed out and put under my pillow while I was sleeping. It was from the most advanced tooth fairy yet -- the Isosceles Triangle Tooth Fairy, and it came with a freshly purchased copy of a Kurt Vonnegut novel that my dad knew I wanted to read.
I know it seems like this was a tremendous amount of work but it's not that hard -- I'm 30 now and still have all my poems. My dad is very old (I was a late in life child) and he's dying. I cherish the memories in a way that I never would have had I received "just" money.
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Permalink Reply by Jenn White on -
Our kids get $1 per tooth unless it was forcibly removed by the dentist, then it's $2. (OR, if the tooth fairy got sleepy and forgot, then they get $2 and an apology note!)
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