First of all, I don't play imaginary heroes. (And honestly, this morning I can't decide if the plural of hero is with an e at the end or not. whatevah. I need coffee.) With my boys I've never played Santa, Easter Bunny or any other kind of imaginary omnipotent hero. And that was no big deal to them until they began losing teeth.
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"Is the tooth fairy real?" they asked.
"Nope." I say, in my don't be ridiculous tone.
"Well, can we get paid for our teeth when they fall out?" Silly kids, always trying to work me for a dollar.
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Losing teeth IS a big deal to kids...so I had to come up with a plan.
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In our house, the Tooth Fairy is mom. And everyone knows it. If you feel you've missed out on some childhood fantasy, you can still put your tooth under your pillow and I'll put money there. For the most part, they just show up with an open palm holding a tooth and another open palm ready to be paid. But, because I'm stingy, frugal, brilliant, here's the way it works:
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If you lose a tooth that never had a cavity, you get paid $1 for a small tooth and $3 for a molar. BUT, if the tooth had a cavity, you get $NADA, $ZILCH, $ZEE-HEE-RO. Because I have already paid for that tooth once.
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How much do your kids get for losing teeth? Anyone else have a creative way to reward kids for good brushing?
10 comments:
So you crack me up.
We did the tooth fairy thing. We only had one problem with it. We would fall asleep and forget to swap out the tooth for money. That created disappointed kids.
Oops! :)
If you want to feel like the WORST PARENT EVER...just hear your little guy say "The Tooth Fairy was busy AGAIN last night." I then had TO MAKE SURE that I didnt forget for a 4th night in a row...what a heel I was/am (at times).
I currently have a six year old who is missing both front top teeth - one has been out for months with no new tooth in sight and today at lunch he hands me another one - he is starting to look like a meth addict with his 3 holes...
We give a buck a tooth except for the first tooth and they got $10 - the first child lost her tooth and the Hubs and I didnt have a buck to our name and no change in the cars or anything - it was 11:00 at night and neither one would go to break it, so she got the huge amount of cash and then we explained that the first tooth was special....Since she told the others, we had to keep it up....
OMG, that is brilliant. I'm using that one.
haha...we did the same thing! I agree...we already paid for it!
We still have a collection of letters to the tooth fairy explaining that if "he" forgot again, it would cost double! haha!~Robin
That's funny! We just totally forget when they put their teeth under their pillows. They'll come walking in the next day (or four) holding their tooth and saying, "You didn't pay me."
Oh well. Here's fifty cents.
That is hilarious!! My kids know that I am the Tooth Fairy as well. That and the Easter Bunny. We do do Santa, though my 8 year old knows the truth and I think my 5 year old is going to figure it out soon.
I'm SO with you.
The tooth fairy WAY overpays in my house. In fact, a mini fight almost breaks out the morning after a tooth is lost here. He's excessive!
That's awesome! I'm totally copying you when Shiloh starts losing teeth. We don't do the Easter Bunny or Santa or any of those either.
My son was visiting his dad (in another state) and swallowed his tooth accidently. His Dad gave him $10!!! It's the one and only time that his Dad got to play tooth fairy. The going rate at home is a dollar and cavaties definitely didn't get much recognition from the fairy.
The first time the tooth fairy visited, she forgot to get change at the bank. She left a $20 w/ a request for $10 change back. My oldest said "too bad for her"...
We've given lipgloss, movie tickets, t-shirts & money. It just depends on our financial state at the time.
My oldest has started to yank them out at the first sign of wiggling. She wants a treat. Stinker.
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