Tooth Fairy
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Do I Insist That the Tooth Fairy Is Real? or Fess Up?
Asked by M.O. from New York
on September 24, 2012
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With my 6-year-old, it's logic vs. the tooth fairy. Does she go to everyone's house? All over the world? How does she get in the window? (From the dept. of randomness:...
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- id keep the magic alive as long as possible, they are only little once. my gut says he already knows but still wants to believe in something
- This is cool because there's ALWAYS SOMETHING people don't know and this is where we get creative in building our own explanations of the universe. Every great myth (...
- Until he asks point blank if she is real I would just keep pretending. Its just too much fun not to. Just make up answers to all of his questions. Six is pretty you...
What Is the Tooth Fairy Leaving Under Pillows These Days?
Asked by J.S. from Lexington
on July 3, 2009
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Our 5 year old is very excited about her wiggly incisor. I'm thinking we've got about a week before she loses it. However if she can work it out I'm sure it will be go...
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- My daughter is almost 5 1/2 and is super excited about her two wiggly bottom teeth, too! I have a letter printed out and ready from the Tooth Fairy. A letter that is s...
- My six year old just lost a tooth yesterday- we pulled it out and then he lost it but I was able to find it. Anyway, the tooth fairy left him $5 and a red wooden hear...
- I haven't read the other responses - but for the first tooth the tooth fairy left a note written on a piece of paper I cut out shaped like a tooth (congrats on losing ...
Wiggling Tooth
Asked by C.P. from Sacramento
on October 1, 2011
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I just notice my almost 5 year old daughter has her bottom baby tooth wiggling. I am worried about it because to me it seems too early to start to lose her tooth. I al...
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- Most of my daughters' friends lost their first teeth while in kindergarten (so age 5-6) and some as early as 4. So 5 sounds pretty normal to me!
- My advice...stop worrying. And tell your DD it will be fine. My DD lost her 1st tooth (bottom middle) shortly before her 5th birthday. She turns 6 this weekend and h...
- One of my girls lost her first tooth at 4 1/2. I was worried at first but once I took a good look, it was fine. She did seem to lose them faster than my others are fi...
How Much $ Does the Tooth Fairy Bring These Days?
Asked by K.S. from St. Louis
on September 21, 2009
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My oldest son just discovered his first loose tooth! Very exciting! But I am wondering...how much $ the tooth fairy leaves for lost teeth these days?
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- We do $1 in those Gold Dollars per tooth and my 7 y/o loves that he gets a "gold" coin
- My boyfriend just found out that his baby's momma gave Alex $5.25 for her first tooth! I thought that was kind of high, but I might be out of touch too. Heck, kids a...
- Boy, we dealt with this same thing a couple of months ago. I asked around and found that a dollar was about average. Some a little less, some a little more. So we went...
Baby Tooth
Asked by M.M. from San Francisco
on October 15, 2008
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My 4 yr old son had a really bad accident 2 weeks ago and had a big cut on his lower lip and his gums on one of his upper front tooth. All that has healed well but now...
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- Both my girls fell at 3 or 4 and also had a dark tooth because of it. The dentist said also it did not affect the permenente tooth so he just left the baby tooth. It f...
- Hi Lisa, My older son had the same thing happen to him at the park. He walked in front of someone swinging and was kicked in the mouth. His tooth did turn grey, b...
- my daughter did the same thing when she was two. she fell face first on our brick mantle and jammed her tooth into her gums. i took her to the dentist to make sure if...
When Did Your Kids Lose Their First Tooth?
Asked by S.A. from Milwaukee
on June 5, 2012
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My daughter is 4 years 8mos and said that her tooth hurt a little this evening, looked at it, it looked a tad crooked and I touched it and it wiggled! It just seems to...
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- Honestly this seems OK, the kids in our family usually lose their first tooth between 4.5 and 5.5. A rule of thumb is early teethers lose teeth earlier, and girls gen...
- As all the others have stated she is fine. The earlier they get their baby teeth the earlier they lose them. My daughter got her first tooth at 8 months and just turne...
- My kids didn't start losing teeth until they were six. Their teeth don't seem to want to come out on their own, and they are causing the adult teeth to be crooked. M...
Looking for Fun Tooth-fairy-type Traditions
Asked by S.W. from Salt Lake City
on May 27, 2008
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Hi-- I have a son who just turned six. He has his first loose tooth. After realizing it's not a tragedy (he was initially pretty worried) he is enjoying wiggling his t...
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- I went to the bank and bought a couple of rolls of "gold" $1 coins that I saved for the tooth fairy to give to the kids....of course at our house we had a "bad" tooth ...
- We had a different kind of tooth fairy tradition at our house. My son was born with a defective heart valve and because of that, dental hygiene has been extremely impo...
- We started the tradition several years ago in which the tooth fairy leaves "Special Money" either a $2 bill or Gold dollar coin. A new tooth brush, maybe a pack of thi...
Loose Tooth
Asked by V.T. from Dallas
on September 25, 2011
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My son, who is 6 1/2, finally has his first loose tooth! It's been loose now for about 2 wks and I don't think it's gotten much looser, definitely not ready to come o...
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- I am so glad you asked this. My son who is also 6 1/2 just got his first loose tooth today. It literally happened over night. He has been telling me he had one for ...
- Every child is different. My child takes about 4-8 months for her tooth to come out once it is loose because she will refuse to wiggle it. It is pretty frusterating ...
- It can take months... for a loose tooth to finally fall out. Even more than 6 months.
Tooth Fairy, Santa, Easter Bunny, Etc...
Asked by A.C. from Sacramento
on May 23, 2010
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Hello Mamas!
My 9 year old daughter just lost another tooth. She scurried off to put it in her Tooth Fairy Pillow and write a letter. My husband wants to go in he...
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- Let her figure it out. Makes the child feel like they were more clever than their parents for once..
- I don't think you really have to "spill the beans." She will figure it out on her own - in fact, she probably really knows now but doesn't really want to know so she ...
- My husband was asked by our neighbors to play Santa, for several years running, for their little boy. They rented a suit and arranged formal visits. It was great fun w...
Anything Special for First Lost Tooth???
Asked by C.W. from Dallas
on May 29, 2007
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Hi! I am just wondering if anyone did anything special when their kiddos lost their first tooth? My 5yo daughter just discovered tonight that one of hers is loose - ...
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- I know this is late, but I had to respond. The tooth fairy doesn't come to our house (despite my husband's objections). My family has another tradition... the lepre...
- Each child has a tooth fairy pillow. My daughter has the one that I had as a child. They each received $2 for the first tooth and each tooth after.
- I'm sure I'm the minority but we give $20 for the first tooth and then they get to go to Toys R Us to spend their tooth fairy money. Our 5 year old son just recently l...
