At what age do you stop giving tooth fairy money.
Nikki is right I guess! But my daughter is 11 and still "believes" in the TF. So is that what you're asking? I think same thing as Santa, as long as they believe...
When they stop losing teeth!
I stopped when the last baby tooth fell out.
I usually gave 10 quarters per tooth.
Not a lot of money but all those coins look like treasure when they first get them.
He enjoyed feeding them all into his piggy bank.
For the last tooth I gave him 100 quarters and a letter from the Tooth Fairy (I used glitter) saying what a great customer he'd been.
We so enjoyed the Tooth Fairy days!
When all their baby teeth have fallen out.
when they no longer have any baby teeth to fall out
I agree with those who said when the last baby tooth falls out. So what if the child has stopped believing? It's still the fun of getting that coin under the pillow.
I also have a suggestion as to what to give. Go to the bank, and get some of the special dollar coins. They are different and become the special currency of the tooth fairy. One under the pillow for each tooth should be plenty.
when they ask mom did you put money under my pillow!! About 11 or 12
It is a lot of work on mom ,staying up late to sneak something under the pillow, having something to put under pillow. The tooth fairy stopped visiting at our house when the 4th baby was born. The tooth fairy couldn't stay up late enough nor even remember to come. After their tooth being under the pillow for several weeks because of my failed attempts I told them that she went on maternity leave. She hasn't been seen since but is due to resume her duties for the youngest 2 children when they start to lose their teeth. It's fun but sometimes something has got to give. My oldest 2 children were 9 and 11 at the time. They were already wise to the fact that it was me.
That's a great question! I have 9 and 13 yo daughters. My 13 year old still gets money from the toothfairy but I guess mostly because she shares a room with my 9 yo and we don't want to give anything away. At my house we have a saying... "you must believe to receive" so Santa, the Toothfairy and the Easter Bunny still come to our house. I have no idea if my 9 yo still believes (she hasn't let on that she doesn't), but I don't really care. As long as she enjoys the magic of them I'm happy.
The short answer to that question is when they stop believing in the tooth fairy. As a mother of three I didn't want the older two kids telling my youngest that there was no tooth fairy, santa, easter bunny, etc. So I explained that to the older ones. I told my youngest that the tooth fairy exists as long as you believe in her. That goes for all childhood fanatsies that we perpetuate as a society. My belief is that to have a healthy child you sometimes need to help them to believe in things they can't see. My youngest is twelve now, she believed until she was ten although I think she may have pulled a fast one on those last few baby teeth!
Why stop? My kids lost their teeth very late. My younger daughter is 14 and still has 3 teeth to lose, but the Tooth Fairy will visit her for each one. 'Belief' in the Tooth Fairy, Santa, Easter Bunny, etc. is a choice we make to have fun with life.
I remember my older daughter telling me how her best friend's parents told her (the friend) that Santa wasn't real. My daugter was stunned! 'Why would they do that mom? That kind of sucks the fun out of it, don't you think?'
My two...
When they tell you they no longer believe.
It's just like Santa.
