My littlies first tooth has just come out. The tooth is under his pillow awaiting collection from the tooth fairy. My parents just left me 5p under my pillow when I was little and that was it. What do other parents do? anything special? Do you leave a letter from the tooth fairy as well as the cash? I'm not prepared for this first event.:o Any one got any sweet ideas I haven't got long to think of something:help:

I'm hurtling towards ancient but when I was five I found this tiny little knitted bag under my pillow with sixpence in it. My mum must have made it after I went to bed

It's been everywhere with me :)

Leave a ransom note under the pillow. If your sprog wants it's tooth back, then it'll have to pay up :P

Give em cash..or maybe a tube of toothpaste with a note saying 'Use this or the rest will fall out!' :D

I know a few parents who still indulge in this little bit of fun the only trouble is that most kids are so materialistic now anything less than 50p is sneered at. I know one mum who has even upgraded it to £1 a tooth, I'was slightly concerned when this little six year old came asking me for some string. playing dentist I wonder???

Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
I'm hurtling towards ancient but when I was five I found this tiny little knitted bag under my pillow with sixpence in it. My mum must have made it after I went to bed

It's been everywhere with me :)

I've found the Knitting needles :D Can't find any wool though:( I wonder if it will work with string:D I haven't knitted since I was a littlie

Originally posted by SilentStatic
Leave a ransom note under the pillow. If your sprog wants it's tooth back, then it'll have to pay up :P


fantastic:D

Originally posted by WallBuilder
I know a few parents who still indulge in this little bit of fun the only trouble is that most kids are so materialistic now anything less than 50p is sneered at. I know one mum who has even upgraded it to £1 a tooth, I'was slightly concerned when this little six year old came asking me for some string. playing dentist I wonder???

Get even more concerned whenthe same kid goes round to his/her friends with a baseball bat and comes back with a pocket full of em! :D

Originally posted by youwhatref
Get even more concerned whenthe same kid goes round to his/her friends with a baseball bat and comes back with a pocket full of em! :D

He knocked a tooth out last year falling down the stairs and as I know he's just found his mothers old roller skates i think I'll be using the downstairs loo from now on.
Was it just me or when you were little and had a loose tooth did you have to sit for hours pushing at it to see how far it'd move before it hurt?

Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
I'm hurtling towards ancient but when I was five I found this tiny little knitted bag under my pillow with sixpence in it. My mum must have made it after I went to bed

It's been everywhere with me :)

I have knitted a bag (with string) It turned out ok. Thanks for the tip.

Originally posted by WallBuilder

Was it just me or when you were little and had a loose tooth did you have to sit for hours pushing at it to see how far it'd move before it hurt?

Very nostalgic. I also remember tying cotton around a loose tooth and the other end to a door handle, slamming the door and losing the tooth under the floor boards

:(

Aye a £1 is the average going rate per tooth now!!

Be warned kids shed teeth like hairs !!

If you start at a fiver you have to stick with it for the next tooth etc etc

:hihi:

Originally posted by citygirl
I have knitted a bag (with string) It turned out ok. Thanks for the tip.


Glad it turned out okay, Citygirl!

Even as a mercenary little five year old (Hey, sixpence was a lot back in '64) I was more impressed with the little bag and showed it off to everyone with a 'look what the fairies made me' smirk

*I knew it was my mum really cos I recognised the wool! That's what made it special to me :)

I've given both my lads £1 per tooth and the eldest is now 23!
I get them to put the tooth in an envelope and they address it to the tooth fairy. Then I exchange the envelope for one with £1 in it and I write on the front in the tiniest writing that I can a thank you to them from the Tooth Fairy.
The only exception I made to that rule was when the youngest had to have 7 teeth taken out at Charles Clifford under anaesthetic, I put a tenner in the envelope, 'cos I thought he deserved a little bit extra.

Originally posted by Shiesh
Aye a £1 is the average going rate per tooth now!!

Be warned kids shed teeth like hairs !!

If you start at a fiver you have to stick with it for the next tooth etc etc

:hihi:

I asked my friends what the going rate was for a tooth, It varied between £1 and £2 pounds. I put £1 in the string bag I made. When my littlie asked how much he would get for his tooth (because another one was wobbling) I said it varies, it might be different each time, depending on which tooth fairy comes. I'm covered now for every eventuality.:D

I was working in reception class when one little boy lost his tooth in the playground. We had no chance of finding it and the child was very upset,, probabley because of loss of income.

So I offered the him the loan of one of my children's teeth which I had saved. He gratefully took the offer up and his Mom returned it the next day.

hazel

50p is the going rate in our house.

Each child bought a pretty little trinket box which they lined with cotton wool and as soon as the tooth came out it was put in the box.

This avoided waking the child to pull the tooth from under the pillow. The coin is then put in the box taking the place of the tooth.

Eventually the child realises that it's all a con and the tooth fairy doesn't exist at all. You can then forget about having to frantically search for a specific coin at midnight when you had forgotton all about it...................... must get a 50p somehow before dawn :help:

I too like some of you used to put a letter and some money in an envelope and exchange it for the tooth. My kids used to think this was great. I can't remember whether I used to give them a £1 or 50p though, but it was quite a while ago. My youngest is now 25!

:( You mean the tooth fairy isn't real??

This is a family forum remember!

Originally posted by Twiglet
:( You mean the tooth fairy isn't real??

This is a family forum remember!



I think that a forum where topics such as;

farting
chav's g strings
perverts and weirdos
nipples on tv......... and
magic mushrooms


have all been discussed recently can stand an open discussion on the tooth fairy. ;)

Originally posted by LellyBee
I've given both my lads £1 per tooth and the eldest is now 23!
I get them to put the tooth in an envelope and they address it to the tooth fairy. Then I exchange the envelope for one with £1 in it and I write on the front in the tiniest writing that I can a thank you to them from the Tooth Fairy.
The only exception I made to that rule was when the youngest had to have 7 teeth taken out at Charles Clifford under anaesthetic, I put a tenner in the envelope, 'cos I thought he deserved a little bit extra.
23 eh. I would have thought he could have wrote his own letter by now:rolleyes:

we leave 50p under the pillow and take the tooth

Originally posted by citygirl
I have knitted a bag (with string) It turned out ok. Thanks for the tip.

I think that is so lovely, going to all that trouble at such short notice ... you deserve a gold star for A1 class parenting, over and above the call of duty ... I bet your littlie will remember that moment forever .. :clap:

when my son lost his first tooth i put a letter under his pillow, telling him i was tilly the tooth fairy, and i wrote in the letter the reason i needed his tooth ( for a table) for all the other fairys to sit round. i also told him (as tilly) i needed him to brush his teeth every morning and night as when they fell out they was used as tables for the fairys, and needed to be clean.
well would you eat off a dirty table?
i also put a trail of glitter across his pillow and a tiny bit on his face for when he woke.
he thought the glitter on his face must have been where she had kissed him in exchange for the tooth.
and now at twelve he still brushes his teeth twice a day as should because he got in to the habit of doing it for the fairys.
and sadly he no longer thinks theres fairys, but it was lovley while it lasted.

Originally posted by beautynbeast
when my son lost his first tooth i put a letter under his pillow, telling him i was tilly the tooth fairy, and i wrote in the letter the reason i needed his tooth ( for a table) for all the other fairys to sit round. i also told him (as tilly) i needed him to brush his teeth every morning and night as when they fell out they was used as tables for the fairys, and needed to be clean.
well would you eat off a dirty table?
i also put a trail of glitter across his pillow and a tiny bit on his face for when he woke.
he thought the glitter on his face must have been where she had kissed him in exchange for the tooth.
and now at twelve he still brushes his teeth twice a day as should because he got in to the habit of doing it for the fairys.
and sadly he no longer thinks theres fairys, but it was lovley while it lasted.

Aww that's lovely:)

Originally posted by rubydazzler
I think that is so lovely, going to all that trouble at such short notice ... you deserve a gold star for A1 class parenting, over and above the call of duty ... I bet your littlie will remember that moment forever .. :clap:

My littlie was delighted this morning with his £1 and the bag it was in. He told me he was going to put it in his scrapbook.

Thanks everyone for your input:thumbsup:

we tell our kids it depends on the condition of the tooth if it is very clean they get £1 if it's not brushed they get less,

Tooth fairys judge the condition and leave the amount that the tooth is worth.

it's a great way to make sure that your kids look after their teeth before they fall out!!

:thumbsup:

Originally posted by littleboo
we tell our kids it depends on the condition of the tooth if it is very clean they get £1 if it's not brushed they get less,

Tooth fairys judge the condition and leave the amount that the tooth is worth.

it's a great way to make sure that your kids look after their teeth before they fall out!!

:thumbsup:

I will tell my kids that littleboo. I'm always going on about them keeping their teeth clean. I told them that if they didn't look after their teeth, they fall out before time and wouldnt be able to eat nice hard food like apples. I reminded them that babies don't have teeth and look at what they eat. :gag: ;)

My littlie hasn't done too bad. He's reached 7 before losing his first tooth.

Originally posted by SilentStatic
Leave a ransom note under the pillow. If your sprog wants it's tooth back, then it'll have to pay up :P

nice very funny i cant stop laughin

Originally posted by beautynbeast
when my son lost his first tooth i put a letter under his pillow, telling him i was tilly the tooth fairy, and i wrote in the letter the reason i needed his tooth ( for a table) for all the other fairys to sit round. i also told him (as tilly) i needed him to brush his teeth every morning and night as when they fell out they was used as tables for the fairys, and needed to be clean.
well would you eat off a dirty table?
i also put a trail of glitter across his pillow and a tiny bit on his face for when he woke.
he thought the glitter on his face must have been where she had kissed him in exchange for the tooth.
and now at twelve he still brushes his teeth twice a day as should because he got in to the habit of doing it for the fairys.
and sadly he no longer thinks theres fairys, but it was lovley while it lasted.

Awwww! (wipes a tear from his eye) - that's spot on, well done :thumbsup:

We used to leave a little note for our kids from the tooth fairy but they decided to expand on this and between them compiled a 5 page questionnaire for the fairy each time a tooth fell out!

What should've been a 2 minute job in the middle of the night turned into writing a hugh essay to include pictures. :hihi:

I think its up to you, I have always played the tooth fairy and I swap the tooth for money in their little tooth bag they have.

My youngest is 11 and still believes in the Tooth Fairy and Santa, to me its all part of childhood and the magic that goes with it. They grow up all to quick and reality lacks the same magic as childhood.

I know this may sound disgusting but what do you do with all the teeth? Ihave saved all my childrens' teeth but unfortunately they are all together and I don't know who they belong to.:loopy:

Originally posted by scout
I know this may sound disgusting but what do you do with all the teeth? Ihave saved all my childrens' teeth but unfortunately they are all together and I don't know who they belong to.:loopy:

I bin 'em - it may seem sentimental at the time but it soon becomes clear that all you have is a collection of teeth. It's a bit ... weird :)

My kids (well, kid, the youngest isn't old enough to be losing teeth) get £1 per tooth. At first I thought it was expensive, but I figured it this way:

I used to get 20p per tooth. At the time, I could get on the bus for 2p. Now my daughter gets £1 per tooth, but it's more than 40p (last I looked) to get her on the bus! By the same ratio she should be getting nearly a fiver for each pearly white!

My kids get £1 a tooth. They put it in a little tooth fairy envelope (which the dentist gave them ages ago) and put it under their pillow. I rummage around in the night and exchange the envelope for a pound.

My daughter lost a tooth last week in Majorca, so she put it under her pillow and got one euro. She quickly realised she'd been "done" as one euro is only worth around 70p!

I've got all the teeth in little bags, but I must admit they are mixed up, so I don't know which ones came from which child.

Originally posted by scout
I know this may sound disgusting but what do you do with all the teeth? :

Taped in the Red Book along with date they fell out :blush:

Now why didn't I think of that Mo? Really organised!