Toothfairy

My SD will be 10 in January she has about 5 baby teeth left and still does the whole tooth fairy" thing. Well Dh and I are finding it very very hard to do the sneaking in taking the tooth, putting the money under her pillow, etc. and not to mention I think she just does it for the money which I am sure every kid does. How old did you do the tooth fairy thing? Until 11/12 when all the baby teeth are gone she is definately preteen, using deodorant, her friends on our street are 12 so I suspect she would know already . I don't want to tramuatize her or ruin anything like Christmas or something but it just is starting to feel silly with the whole toothfairy thing. Should we just suck it up, just keep going along...at what age do you stop if at all? thanks.

 

My two turned 10 this summer; on Easter, my DH told them that we were the Easter Bunny. They weren't traumatized at all, though they did seem a tiny bit surprised that all of that stuff didn't really exist.

DS lost a tooth a couple of weeks ago, and I still gave him the customary $2. I just handed it to him, though, instead of doing the pillow thing.

Poor DD is very, very slow on losing her teeth: she has lost only six thus far (DS has lost ten or twelve). I'll probably keep giving them the $2 until they've lost all of their teeth. I don't see any reason not to.

 

Yeah we intend to still give her some money for her missing teeth. This came up yesterday when she had a dentist appt yesterday and he had to pull a baby tooth. I was putting her to bed and she said " Where's my tooth I want to put it under my pillow for the tooth fairy" thinking quick on my feet...lol... I said "Oh it has to fall out on it's own, I will give you the money" She had lost 2 this summer and has started this thing where she writes a note and the tooth fairy has to sign it... I always figured by 10 the toothfairy would be gone. I just can't see her in 5th grade next year saying the tooth fairy signed my note. I just don't know how to explain or break it to her, is that mean if we tell her?

 

The tooth fairy just finished with my daughter, only three more kids to go. :icon_biggrin: She is about to turn twelve. I will do it for all their teeth. This last one she had to get it pulled, we had a really hard experience (some other oral surgery too) so since this was the last one combined with the oral surgery, the tooth fairy left her quite a bit. She was beyond thrilled, even though I know she knows there's no such tooth fairy.

 

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I just can't see her in 5th grade next year saying the tooth fairy signed my note. I just don't know how to explain or break it to her, is that mean if we tell her?


That was my DH's attitude, too; he figured they just HAD to know and just be playing along -- they were 9 and in 4th grade, and come on: a bunny delivering millions of baskets?!?!? -- so he figured he'd rather be upfront about it than have them lying to us about knowing that we were lying to them. :lol He wound up giving them a card in their Easter Baskets that said something like "Love from the Easter Bunny with a little help from Mom and Dad". I was DEFINITELY wary about him doing that, but decided not to choose that battle. His instincts were good, though they really didn't seem to know that there wasn't an EB. They enjoyed the card, enjoyed being considered grown up enough to be in on the secret when some of their friends weren't, wanted to know if they'd still get stockings at Christmas, etc., but in general, in OUR case, it didn't turn out to be mean. And I was definitely concerned about that.

 

Yes I think that is great BGTwins97... I just got off the phone with my mom and she had a great suggestion. Next tooth when she leaves a note you can leave a note with her money saying something to the effect "Because I am sooo busy with all of the younger children (there were many born this year) I will be passing the job of taking care of your missing teeth to you Stepmom and Dad. P.S. The fee is $2 for your big teeth (molars) and $1 for your smaller teeth....something along those lines. She seems to have gotten more elaborate with notes, etc. with the last two teeth I think maybe so she could catch us!! Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

The tooth fairy still leaves a gold dollar coin for my 15 year old (who had a couple of hangers-on until this summer). All of the kids know very well that there is no actual tooth fairy, but that is not the point. It's the little ritual and the fun of it. No one goes out telling his friends that the tooth fairy came, except in jest, but it's fun to have a little "Magic" in this serious old world! I don't find it difficult at all to go into their rooms before I turn in at night.

P.S> Oh Imissed your last p ost. I think your mother's idea is a good one, if you really prefer to stop being the tooth fairy. :good:

 

My girls are almost 9 years and we still do it. I think I will continue until all their baby teeth are gone or they find out about Santa. I don't think I was ever told about the tooth fairy.

 

At our house, teeth are left in an old glass jar with a lid on it and left on the stove for the tooth fairy (no waking of children)

Since we have children that are 15, 13, 11, 8, 5, 23 mos, 23 mos and expecting again......I figure that we will be continuing for many, many more years......LOL

 

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At our house, teeth are left in an old glass jar with a lid on it and left on the stove for the tooth fairy (no waking of children)


That sounds like a great idea. DD has a tooth pillow she hangs on her door. She sleeps in a lofted bed and there is no way the toothfairy could get to her without waking her up. She has been told that the toothfairy isn't real by one of her cousins. When she asked me about it I told her the magic of the toothfairy is very real, just like the magic of Christmas. I have a feeling she isn't going to make it through this Christmas season without being informed about santa from the same cousin (her cousin is only 8).

 

When Jackson found out about Santa last fall at age 9, he immediately asked about the EB and the TF, so he knows about all of them. Since his brothers still believe, he agrees to play along. I give him a golden dollar for each tooth, but I just hand it to him out of sight of his brothers, so if they ask what he got from the TF, he can show them.