https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:27:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1688342 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:56:26 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1688342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I agree! Something to get excited about for the pain. </p> <p>Also I think it was a way for our mom to throw away or get rid of our teeth once they had fallen out without us getting upset about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1688256 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:34:31 +0000 JerricaBenton 1688256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went by some story book that said the stars were teeth and the tooth fairy was paying or gifting you for your teeth that she was turning into stars...lol. kind of silly now but I loved the idea when I was little! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1688029 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 06:47:00 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1688029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: ha ha if your child went to school with mine you wouldn't have to worry about the tooth fairy. The tooth fairy became expensive in the '90s- only money that folded would do. :grin: I did not benefit from the increase just my Lil bro. :bummed: My husband didn't have the tooth fairy, so we may not either for our kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1688016 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 06:28:13 +0000 looch 1688016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, as a kid of immigrants, I was often on the outs with these kind of traditions, but the lady next door was kind enough to make me a pillow when she made ones for her grandkids, so I participated in this. Just a dollar or two, but I loved it and will do it for my son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687984 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:38:59 +0000 mediagirl 1687984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: the tooth fairy only comes after the tooth is out! You put your tooth under your pillow and sometime in the night, the tooth fairy replaces it with something fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687962 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 01:26:06 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1687962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was one of the few traditions my first generation Asian parents participated in! I think @mrbee: nailed it. I remember getting so excited after losing a tooth, and it not being scary at all. Even though i only got a quarter for each tooth, it wasn't about the money - it was the knowledge of, "wow, the tooth fairy really did come!" As a kid, it felt really special. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687904 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:47:07 +0000 78h2o 1687904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I believed in the tooth fairy as a kid. I had a special little pillow with a pocket to hold the tooth. I think she brought a quarter for regular teeth, a dollar for molars. :) </p> <p>When I was old enough to know the tooth fairy, etc. wasn't really, I invented "The Goodness Fairy" for my younger sister. Basically, I manipulated the heck out of her in order to try to get her to be less bratty/annoying. At first, the fairy would come almost every night provided she'd been nice to me or minded my parents. She'd leave trinkets under my sister's pillow...but then I ran out of stuff to give her and had to invent stories about how the stars had to be aligned just right for the Goodness Fairy to come down and pay a visit. My sister actually LOVED it and has fond memories of the Goodness Fairy. She wasn't upset when she found out it wasn't real... probably because she had obtained so much of my stuff that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687894 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:21:09 +0000 MrsSCB 1687894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did the tooth fairy as a kid. It was all in good fun, I think I always kind of knew my parents were giving the money. When my cousin was little, she told me she thought Santa and the tooth fairy lived together in a house made of teeth. Kids have the craziest imaginations, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687875 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:05:56 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1687875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: oh my gosh, my mom too! She believed in Santa until she was 12 &amp; even got in arguments with other kids at school about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687871 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:02:01 +0000 deactivated_account 1687871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I'm sure my older sister said the same things to me growing up! But those things make such funny stories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687869 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:01:16 +0000 deactivated_account 1687869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Oh no!! I'm so sorry you are afraid of dogs! (I'm sorry I totally implied that you were a weird kid!) Do you have family members or friends that have dogs? I'm hoping that will be sufficient to acclimate a child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687864 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:59:34 +0000 jedeve 1687864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a cousin who was terrified of the tooth fairy. She thought she would come take the teeth directly out of her mouth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687863 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:59:29 +0000 sunny 1687863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMcD: we have the same worry regarding LO and pets. I never grew up with pets and I'm afraid of both cats and dogs. I don't want LO to be afraid of them either but we definitely aren't a pet family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687860 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:57:41 +0000 deactivated_account 1687860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would totally do the tooth fairy for my kids. I don't want my kid to be the one kid who doesn't get to experience fun things like that out of all the kids in his/her class. DH and I are 99.9% sure we won't ever have pets and I'm already concerned our future LOs will be the weird kids who are scared of dogs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687855 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:56:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1687855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: she told me she was devastated and had serious trust issues with her mom when she found out santa wasn't real and didn't want that for us - but we didn't miss out on the fun and "magic" of it all :) maybe that's why we never felt compelled to tell friends that we knew - it was fun being in on it and pretending right along too! We'll probably do that with J then too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687852 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:55:00 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1687852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: haha we still played along too...even far far past the age any one actually believes in those things we would still make Santa cookies &amp; stuff lol we haven't decided if we will tell LO they are real or not. </p> <p>Our moms sound similar! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687848 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:52:22 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1687848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: hahaha same with my mom... although, and we don't know how it happened - I still ended up believing the tooth fairy was real! Cause she would tell us these things weren't real - tooth fairy, santa, easter bunny etc... but would play along so we still had the fun of it... and somehow I actually did end up believing until I was 9. The tooth fairy would leave me notes that she wouldn't pay me for my teeth unless I brushed them every day :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687846 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:50:28 +0000 sunny 1687846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first tooth was the most special. I remember getting exactly $9 for it. Why it was such a random amount... I have no idea. I guess that's what my parents had in the house! The "tooth fairy" wrote a note saying how proud she was that I was brave getting my tooth pulled.</p> <p>After that, my parents used it as a way to give me spending money. I didn't get an allowance and I didn't earn money by doing chores so I got a few bucks everytime I lost a tooth until I was 10 or so. I went along with it for years because I had younger siblings and my parents asked me not to spoil it for them. I was happy to oblige since I still got tooth fairy money ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687828 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:32:15 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1687828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom had this thing about "lying" to us so we never did the tooth fairy or Santa or anything like that but when we lost a tooth she would hide a dollar somewhere in the house &amp; we would go on a treasure hunt...fun times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687825 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:31:02 +0000 autumnlove 1687825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: same. Knew about it but I never had a visit from the fairy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687823 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:29:41 +0000 hellocupcake 1687823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i grew up with the tooth fairy, but really only one or two teeth got money. I don't remember it being a big deal, and I vaguely remember telling my mom not to forget that my tooth was under the pillow and once she even paid me the next day because she forgot. I don't think I'll be doing the tooth fairy either, but I guess it will depend how old the kids are when they lose their first tooth and how into it they are. :)</p> <p>aka. no help here :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687814 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:19:56 +0000 regberadaisy 1687814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I think if *I* was the tooth fairy I would leave a chocolate coin so the tooth would fall out faster! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687812 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:18:44 +0000 mrsjyw 1687812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know of the tradition from books etc. But I also did not grow up with a tooth fairy :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687811 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:17:33 +0000 mrbee 1687811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the general idea is to turn something that is scary/painful (losing a tooth) into something to get excited about!</p> <p>You don't have to give money... your tooth fairy can leave something else entirely. Mine left me a quarter and a note! It was still very exciting for me as a kid... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-deal-with-the-tooth-fairy#post-1687809 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:14:36 +0000 regberadaisy 1687809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tooth fairy wasn't a part of my childhood, as a lot of American traditions aren't.</p> <p>What's the deal with the tooth fairy anyway? Why does s/he leave money for a tooth? Who came up with the idea so parents have to spend more money? :P Am I going to be forced into it because all of her friends will have money from the tooth fairy? </p>