Well, I used to do the tooth fairy thing until my oldest child, now a 16 year old girlie, pulled out a tooth just to get money from the tooth fairy.  She was still fairly young but because of it, we had a lot of dental work that had to be done because of the tooth fairy scenario. LOL

Needless to say, my two boys will not know the tooth fairy .  Oh they ask but I tell them the truth.  So sorry if I am a spoil sport but my daughter had to have surgery and braces and etc etc.  Finally that ever loving tooth is in and it has been waiting to come in since she was 7 LOL.  AND SHE'S A GIRL...Girls just don't do that stuff right?

So, with the two lovely adorable, climb the wall boys that I have, there is no way I am taking that chance.  I will keep their first tooth that falls out and bin the rest.  My 3 year old already lost a baby tooth due to tripping and falling face first on to the floor. so there is more dental work in our future.  Poor baby.

They did see the Powerpuff Girl Episode and I flat out told them, sorry, there is no tooth fairy coming here for your teeth and leaving you money.  I am scared because of what my daughter did and I am sure you guys understand after my little fiasco with the Tooth Fairy .  Have fun with it but I'm out lol.

xoxo

aaliyah

total cost after her braces come off:  $3,500.00

Not there yet with my brood, but I can remember when my sisters were younger (gosh, now I'm feeling old! lol).

They had a special pillow with a pocket for their tooth.  They put the tooth in there, and the tooth fairy would come and leave some money.  From the pillow, the tooth went into a special little container so that they couldn't cheat the tooth fairy.  Our tooth fairy always left the tooth behind, so we had a keepsake, as money never seems to last! lol.

Start your own little ritual, one special to you and your family.  Sticking to what is 'traditional' is so out the window these days, personalising and starting your own traditions is a great family bonding exercise, and your kids will love the originality of it.

This also applies to all special events and occassions, so don't feel you have to stick to what the rest of the world is doing, get creative and start your own family traditions that you can pass on to your kids etc.

I have not yet reached the stage of the tooth fairy so was interested in the replys to you,  personally the thought of keeping the teeth seemed a bit odd and almost morbid to me (for those who are comfortable doing it, each to they own, I mean no offence.) so I think I would throw them away. (sorry)

Hey,

Im pretty sure my mum trew them out after the tooth fairy had came, i never knew people kept them. That was until i met my bf, his mum had kept all of his in an old bike punture kit container hahahha..

I will keep my kids teeth, its pretty cool to look bak on i think. My bf still has all his in the bike punture kit and its funny to think they were once in his mouth.

Its a personal choice what you would like to do with them.

Dannii xxo

my mum kept ours in a little jar, she put the jar in our display cupboards that held all the good expesive plates etc. and hid it. i found it years later.

I kept their first tooth only, putting each in an empty film canister with the first initial of each child on the lid so I know who's is who's. The rest get thrown out once the tooth fairy has been.

Yuk. I chucked them out as soon as the tooth fairy had been! Actually, I couldn't stand touching them so the whole glass of water with tooth was tipped down the sink and replaced by a dollar and filled back with water.

I would put my kids up on the cupboard to be hidden later on when I was fully awake and I forgot about them and my kids decided to climb up on my kitchen bench and found them.  I wasn't happy that they climbed on the benches but that squashed the tooth fairy idea.  They ask me about Santa as well and i just say do you believe and they normally say yes so i say well thats all that matters.  I think they know really they just don't want to admit it.  You can buy lots of nice tooth fairy things these days, if you want your child to believe hide them where they won't snoop lol.

Good luck

Nikki

I only kept their first tooth they lost and also their first haircut. Helen, Marcus and Simon do not want them but Ihave kept them for several years now.They will probably be thrown out one day with lots of other sentimentall things someone will find !!!!!!!!!

i cop a lot of crap and BS for my beliefs. I DONT believe in the toothfairy, Santa or the Easter Bunny. We are starting this process with my son now as he has his first wobbily tooth. all I am going to do, providing he keeps it and it dosent get swolled is scrapbook it. Creative memories has these cute little plastic envelopes that will keep the tooth in mint condtion. I will do the same with my daughter. Then the rest we will proberly throw away.

in my day we used to throw them up on the roof for good luck.

so when my boys were young i used to get them to throw them up on the roof but only after the tooth fairy has been

cheers annie

We don't do toothfairy thing here, instead my boy has a little container he keeps them in. He was a bit upset when he lost the last one because he accidently swollowed it! lol