HEY LOOK WHO LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH!!
Yeah, this guy. Who now has the cutest toothless grin I ever saw.
His left front tooth started getting a little wobbly in school 2 days ago and he came home looking mighty proud of it, like “mom, look at my tooth it’s so gross”. And it was really gross, like some parts were dislodged while other parts were still dangling from the gums and I could see bits of gum flesh. Why are boys so fascinated with grossness?
I offered to yank it out but I immediately regretted my offer because ewww. It’s a good thing he objected violently to my suggestion anyway.
Then yesterday, while he was at my in-law’s place, the tooth did us all a favour and fell out on its own. Sort of. I asked him how it happened and he said there was a hair that got into his mouth (how??) which he couldn’t get out (why??) so he started rubbing his mouth and teeth (why would this work??) and next thing he knew, the tooth was in his hand (not sure what became of the offending hair but I didn’t ask). There was a bit of bleeding but apparently it didn’t hurt much so all things considered, it’s a yay, question mark?
I’m new to this whole tooth falling out territory but we wanted to make it special for him so I thought maybe we’d go all the way with the tooth fairy story and see where that takes us.
I told him to put the tooth under his pillow and at night while he slept, a tooth fairy will come and replace it with money. His eyes opened wide for just a moment and he was like “Really?? you mean…” then his voice trailed off as he realised the implausibility of it all.
But I was determined to give it a shot at least so I played along and wrote him a note from the tooth fairy while he slept. Not quite sure what the going rate for a tooth is these days so we settled on $2 and a coupon for an hour’s worth of PS3 gaming.
Two things about this tooth fairy business. 1. Putting a tooth under one’s pillow is borderline gross and unhygienic. 2. It’s impossible to locate a tiny tooth under a pillow in the dark, especially if the tooth shifted during the night and dropped under the bed.
After he fell asleep, I went in with my little fairy note and my iPhone torch to make the swap but his tooth was nowhere to be found. It wasn’t under his pillow or around his bed or in his hands. On retrospect, I should have put it into a pouch instead but these are the mistakes a rookie tooth fairy mom makes, we live and learn. I spent 5 minutes feeling around his bed looking for a tiny gross tooth in semi-darkness until he started stirring and I figured it’d be embarrassing to be caught in the act of pretending to be the tooth fairy. No tooth to be found but I decided to leave the note and money anyway.
This morning, I woke up to the happiest little toothless boy. “LOOK LOOK LOOK! THE TOOTH FAIRY CAME!!”
I gave him a giant hug and he whispered “Actually I know it’s you, thanks mom! Also, you forgot to take my tooth, it’s right here.”
Tooth fairy mission: FAIL.
Mommy mission: SMASHING SUCCESS.
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That’s a good one! My girl still believe that “tooth fairy” does exist in this world. Maybe I should just tell her that the fairy is none other than her mommy :P
That’s so cute! I think she’ll figure it out soon enough and you can get to have a little fun while it lasts.
The note from tooth fairy note is a good one! You are generous with the $2. :) We only gave my gal a $1 coin from the tooth fairy. Thanks to the stories she came across on tooth fairies that gave a golden coin for the tooth and hey our $1 coin comes in gold colour!
My gal really believed the tooth fairy tale but she wasn’t quite ok with the tooth fairy taking away the tooth. So she made us “tell” the tooth fairy not to take away the tooth but still give her the $1 coin instead.
The reason why she does not want to part with the tooth is because Mummy has gotten her this tooth book where she gets to store her baby tooth in this tooth book where she gets to put the tooth and record the date it fell off and tooth position in her mouth. It was a great book for her to bring to her class show and tell when her first tooth fell off!
Go google and get the book for Truett so that he can store his previous baby tooth. Bought it through some mummy forum locally.
The tooth book is a great idea, what a great way to keep a record of all her baby teeth! I thought of going for a $1 coin but I figured a $2 note would be easier to roll up into the fairy note. The way he sleeps, there a good chance the coin would end up on the floor or across the room by morning.
Smart fellow. Erm, does that mean you cant ever hide anything from him like ever?
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Pretty much! Or it has to be very elaborate to be convincing and even then, I get called out on it most of the time sigh…Maybe it’s because I have a very bad poker face when I’m telling him these things
just thought I will share if you plan to keep that tooth, you should soak it in bleach for a while first! :)
Great tip, thanks Jaime!