Who came up with the tooth fairy anyways, this is ridiculous.

My kid has been talking about it because some classmates have lost teeth recently. It got me thinking the whole thing is bonkers. We’re supposed to sneak in and put money under their pillow? How TF do we do this without waking them up? And HOW MUCH? Has the tooth fairy kept up with inflation?

My kids haven’t lost any teeth yet. Looking for input and fun stories from parents with kids who have lost teeth!

  • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    19 days ago

    My daughter lost her first tooth at age 6. We made the swap while she was sleeping, no problem. When I woke her up for school the next morning, I asked her about the tooth fairy, and she excitedly found the money under her pillow. She spent about ten seconds being excited before she looked at me straight in the eye and said suspiciously, “Mom, are you the tooth fairy?” Busted, lol. We still reward her when she loses a tooth because it’s fun. It took her another year to come to terms with Santa, though.

  • Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world
    6·
    19 days ago

    When I was a kid and learned about the tooth fairy, I figured it was a way to make money, so I used to put mints that looked like a tic-tac almost tooth like under my pillow to trick the tooth fairy lol

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    19 days ago

    Our oldest kid doesn’t believe in the tooth fairy. We didn’t push him to be a skeptic he just is that way. He still wants the money put under his pillow so we oblige in that part of the tradition at least. Our younger two haven’t lost any teeth so don’t how we will handle it for them.

  • lurker_in_chat@lemmy.world
    31·
    19 days ago

    I don’t have any fun stories, but I will say our tooth fairy gives $2 bills for each tooth. It’s fun, different and still very spendable. (And you can still get them from any bank) I’ve heard of parents giving anywhere between $1 to $10, and even one doing $20 (don’t be the parent giving twenties)

    My children are really sound sleepers, so we’ve never had a problem making the swap. I will say that you should make sure the child’s tooth is in a ziplock bag or something easy to find in the dark. And also that they have a bunch of baby teeth so don’t do anything for the first that you can’t sustain.