It’s Friday, which means that over at An Island Life it is time for Aloha Friday.
Our oldest daughter is getting to the point where a lot of her friends have begun losing teeth. She’s always telling us that her teeth hurt, and got excited (after she cried) about smacking her face on the top of a slide, because she thought it knocked one of her teeth loose.
We aren’t big on telling our girls that pretend people, like fat, red, jolly men, are sneaking into our house in the middle of the night, and are even more cautious about telling them a fairy is going to actually come in their room while they’re sleeping. But, we are planning on keeping the tradition of putting something under her pillow whether she knows it’s us or thinks it’s some sort of fairy.
I have no idea, I don’t even remember what it was when my kids were young.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:28 amMy eldest hasn’t lost her baby teeth yet, but I think a dollar is appropriate. Though I have a girlfriend who does $10 a tooth and $20 a molar! Whew! At that rate my daughters could retire on the money they’d collect! LOL
March 13th, 2009 at 11:18 amWe freaked out when Em knocked out her tooth at 2…Mark gave her a quarter. LOL – we just weren’t prepared. BUT I am going to opt out of the money thing and have the tooth fairy give them pretty polished rocks/gem. Cheap? Maybe, but I cannot compare to the $10 fairy. Besides, money they spend but they can keep their little rock collection. Just something different.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:47 amDon’t know yet, my oldest is 3. Maybe $1? But 4 quarters so she thinks she scored.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pmI would do Kong Balls if they wouldn’t get smooshed.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pmLOL ~ Gosh, I feel really old toady – so many questions for the “younger” chics today – ha! My kids are now 29 & 30, bu think we used to do a quarter? Except for when my daughter’s first tooth went down the drain in the sink, we did a whole dollare cuz we felt so sorry for her! Of course, then the tooth fairy had to compensate our son a little extra too!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:43 pmI remember getting a measly dime. My kids got $1 I think.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:59 pmWe do a buck although sometimes the pink, flying lady gets lost & Larry, the Molenator comes instead!
March 13th, 2009 at 2:54 pmWhen my girls were little, it was loose change for them. They loved it!
March 13th, 2009 at 3:09 pm$5 for the first tooth and $1 for each subsequent tooth!
March 13th, 2009 at 5:23 pmWe haven’t reached this stage yet, but I think $1 is about right. I do really like Sarah’s idea of polished rocks/gems though.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:28 pm50 cents or a dollar is what i gave per tooth but that was a few years ago
March 13th, 2009 at 9:59 pmShe gives $5 for the first tooth and $2 for each tooth thereafter.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:04 pmMy oldest has already lost 2 teeth, and she’s not even 5! We give her what my parents did for my sister and I: a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny. It’s not much, but the different coins really intrigue her. Plus, it’s a good money-teaching moment.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:43 pmI really like the one of each coin idea. I was going to do a dollar, since Madelynn is working on losing two teeth right now and I have to start thinking about that. But, I think I’ll do the coins.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:16 pmOur tooth fairy leaves $1 per tooth.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:31 amLOL! I remember getting a dime. My daughter is only 5, but I was thinking a $1 probably.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:47 pm