What Is the Going Rate for the Tooth Fairy?

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We give $1 per tooth.

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Kelli A commented on September 29, 2009 - We do as well. Seems reasonable and also the bill fits nicely under his pillow and I don't have to worry about clanking coins or not having them on hand if he looses a tooth by surprise.

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Jessica P commented on September 29, 2009 - We give a golden dollar for the first tooth and paper dollars for the teeth lost after that.

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Mikel O commented on September 29, 2009 - Our Tooth Fairy brings Golden Dollars! Beware, they look a lot like Mexican money. The Tooth Fairy must have been tried and brought my daughter Pesos! My duather says the TF must have mixed up our house with a Mexican famiy.

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SilverLotus commented on September 29, 2009 - Omg that is so funny! I think that is a great idea with a golden dollar per tooth

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Vanessa H commented on September 29, 2009 - sometimes we'll do the dollar coin, or 4 quarters... whatever we have.

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Hawktress H commented on September 29, 2009 - we give 1.00 per tooth. usually was 1.00 bill but when we didn't have one we would give 4 quarters.

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What Is the Going Rate for the Tooth Fairy?

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We give $1 per tooth.

I've heard that one gold dollar coin is enough for a tooth- and it looks very impressive!

I have 3 boys and 2 of them are old enough to lose their teeth. Both kids have gotten $5 for their 1st lost tooth and each tooth lost after that is $2. We'll do the same for our youngest son too.

The tooth fairy brought my daughter a charm bracelet and brings charms for subsequent teeth.

Call me cheap, but my kids (I have four of them!) only get 50 cents a tooth. Any more and we'd have trouble buying groceries.

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Somehow we started out at $5, (I think that was the going rate from the playground info) so that's now the number. The first time a tooth was lost on vacation in the evening and we had no $5 bill, the tradition was started that the vacation tooth fairy l

We give a "glitter dollar" - a dollar with a little glitter glue on it. (roll on kind works great) Very impressive to kids. Also, we have a "tooth fairy box" that goes on the dresser or window sill, so I dont have to dig around under the pillow. Much easi

my lord. my daughter is not losing teeth yet . however...I did see on fb one of my friends gave her daughter 5 bux! I think that is crazy! a coin is fine and let them save it in their bank. geez people...they have plenty more to come out!!!

We give a dollar per tooth.

I personally don't care what the "going rate" for the tooth fairy is. My kids get what we can afford and what I think is appropriate. We are on a very tight budget (trying to get out of debt) so at our house the tooth fairy leaves 1 quarter per tooth. I a

ok everybody, get ready to have a stroke. my husband actually gives our son $100.00 per tooth but it has to go into savings. I don't know how we'll manage when our daughtr starts loosingteeth.

Our kids usually get $2 per tooth. I got 50 cents per tooth 35 years ago so figure there has been some inflation.

We liked to give 10 shiny quarters. 10 coins seems like a lot of money and it's only $2.50 For the last baby tooth, he got a nice letter from the Tooth Fairy (done up in glitter so it sparkled) and 100 quarters.

The Tooth Fairy didn't have any small bills, so he put $20 bill under the pillow one time.

My daughter got a dollar coin for her first tooth and we try to give her a dollar or 50-cent piece for the rest. If I don't have either of those, I'll give her quarters, usually 4 of the different state ones.

I gave Kennedy half dollars to my children. They were something unique that they didn't see all the time so it was like the tooth fairy had special currency. The dollar coin is cool if not mistaken for a quarter.

The tooth fairy brings shiny gold dollar coins. My daughter gets the Sacagawea coin and my son gets the presidential ones. My daughter loves that there's a girl on the coin, and my son likes collecting all of the presidents. Last night he got a George Was

my son hasn't lost any teeth yet. But my mom always did something that really got me and my little sister excited. She would put a 50 cent piece under our pillows. we got a dollar for molars! she had to build her castle and the molars were more rare ;)

I believe the whole Tooth Fairy thing is about the tradition and excitement of it all, not a way to make a lot of money. We give 50 cents (4 quarters for a first tooth or a front tooth).

My daughter hasn't lost any teeth yet but I tell her she won't get much from the tooth fairy if she doesn't take good care of her teeth. She brushes every morning! We also told her it depends on supply and demand, the tooth fairy will pay more if she doe

We give $5. With a note "keep up the good work". It's worked so far... no cavities. All $ has went straight into savings. My 11 year old knows there is no such thing but has fun pretending.

We give a gold dollar for each tooth. It only costs a dollar and he thinks it is cool to get a gold coin!!

I told my daughter that I have a deal with the tooth fairy that I buy back her teeth so that I can have them, and that the tooth fairy knows I have other bills so she gives me a break. I gave her whatever i could afford at the time usually a $1, sometimes

No money for teeth, but little pocket books, stickers or other little crafty things are encouraged. Of course, that's just my master plan since the kids only 2!

We give a $2 dollar bill, that way it is something unique that you don't see much and they put it away. They always know those 2 dollar bills are from when they lost their teeth. Gold 1 dollar coins is another good idea.

We've done $5 for the first tooth and then a little present for any others. I figured the $5 was a good deal because my kids can usually buy a small toy for about that much, whereas a $1 only gets them a candy bar - which we try to avoid!

I used to get a handful of lose change (pick out the shiny ones or put them in a glass of tarn-x to make them shiny) and make a little pile of money under the pillow. The hardest part was not waking the child with the noise. A 'pile' of money!

Funny story. My husband went into my sons room that was dark and thought he pulled out a $1. The next morning my son came in and was so excited cuz the tooth fairy left him a $10 bill.

We give $1 bill, 1 quarter, 1 dime, 1 nickel & 1 penny...maybe a trinket if we have something special around. Looks like alot of $ to a small child!

We do $1.00 for each tooth and $5.00 for the front teeth (my daughter has an extra top tooth so she will get to cash in!)

For the very first tooth we actually gave a little gift they'd been dying for (requires some advance planning, you've got to buy it ahead of time and wait) along with a note from the tooth fairy explaining that since it was their first tooth they were get

I gave my daughter, who had just turned 5, $10 because she had her two bottom teeth pulled at the dentist office-sort of traumatic for her and me. It was in different forms, a couple of $1's, quarters, $5, and $.50 pieces. From here on out she will be g

We keep $2 bills around, we specifically get them for vaction tips, people always seem like they are getting more, and so do the kids!! :)

My daughter lost one of hers unexpectedly and I had no cash in the house apart from $20....eh! no way. I ran around until I found 5 Euros and put that under her pillow. My Mama lie...that the tooth fairy always leave money in the currency of the country

we were giving $1 per tooth but nana didnt know and gave her $5 once and now she expects it. I told her that all the teeth have different face value. $1 for smaller teeth up to $5 for the molars. I thought about going in to the price of flying dust but i

the tooth fairy terrified my son when he was younger, so we never did the money thing, until he went into first grade and reported to me that he was getting RIPPED OFF! From there on out we have done $2 a tooth.

We give either a golden dollar coin or a two dollar bill. These forms of currency are not the usual forms the kids are familiar with so they seem more "magical".

We usually give 1.00... but my oldest daughter (she's 12) knows about the toothfairy, and the toothfairy forgot to leave a 1.00 and instead left an IOU note. She got $5.00 for it :) tooth fairy said it was the added interest.

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We liked to give 10 shiny quarters. 10 coins seems like a lot of money and it's only $2.50 For the last baby tooth, he got a nice letter from the Tooth Fairy (done up in glitter so it sparkled) and 100 quarters.

The Tooth Fairy didn't have any small bills, so he put $20 bill under the pillow one time.

I used to get a handful of lose change (pick out the shiny ones or put them in a glass of tarn-x to make them shiny) and make a little pile of money under the pillow. The hardest part was not waking the child with the noise. A 'pile' of money!

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