tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post8320984994349037734..comments2024-03-26T07:25:55.850-04:00Comments on A CUP OF JO: Motherhood Monday: How much did the tooth fairy leave for you? Your kids?Joanna Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18109285188206811042noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-20193878827091448082013-09-04T08:21:59.667-04:002013-09-04T08:21:59.667-04:00Dentistry Redefined Dental Clinic is one of the mo...Dentistry Redefined Dental Clinic is one of the most reputed dental clinics located in Delhi. <a href="http://www.dentistryredefined.com/services/dental-clinic-in-delhi.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dentistryredefined.com/services/dental-clinic-in-delhi.html</a> It is a state-of-the-art dental Clinic provides a wide range of services all under one roof such as facial cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, child dentistry, dental implant services and the integration of facial beauty with dental beauty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05118225016690004562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-28275785688097378262012-10-02T01:02:37.269-04:002012-10-02T01:02:37.269-04:00My mom did 10 cents for cavity teeth and 25-50 cen...My mom did 10 cents for cavity teeth and 25-50 cents for regular teeth. I remember my friends at school would get 10.00 per tooth. I think foreign currency- like a euro or pound- would be so cool or the $2 bill.Fullhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848912003546174881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-90525288061672513382012-06-01T15:59:19.732-04:002012-06-01T15:59:19.732-04:00My parents always put silver dollars under! I thou...My parents always put silver dollars under! I thought that's what everyone got! I still have them todayGracehttp://www.chicanddelicious.com.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-47197855764603554902012-05-30T22:35:53.609-04:002012-05-30T22:35:53.609-04:00I think I got $5 for my first tooth and $1 for eve...I think I got $5 for my first tooth and $1 for every tooth after that. Although, in retrospect - I'm the oldest child, so that was the first time my parents had to do that... so I wonder if that's all they had on hand and then did the math and realized that just wasn't going to work for them.... hm...Chrystinahttp://www.chrystinanoel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-28031443602146156712012-05-27T17:30:30.332-04:002012-05-27T17:30:30.332-04:00When I was a child, I had a tooth shaped box with ...When I was a child, I had a tooth shaped box with my named imprinted on it that I left on my nightstand or next to my pillow with my tooth in it. I usually received a folded up dollar in return :)Hollanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719785937653824866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-72040032670548609232012-05-27T11:54:01.585-04:002012-05-27T11:54:01.585-04:00as I recall it was usually a $1 a tooth and then m...as I recall it was usually a $1 a tooth and then maybe $5 if it was pulled by the dentist haha<br /><br />I think I'd feel inclined to put dollar coins under their pillow for teeth because young ones especially love gold coins. maybe folded money as they got olderMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959286945241586791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-75342421608817926342012-05-27T04:07:03.989-04:002012-05-27T04:07:03.989-04:00hadley has lost four teeth now - and has kept them...hadley has lost four teeth now - and has kept them all! when the first one fell out - she wrote the tooth fairy a letter explaining that she was keeping her teeth. we left her a little gift anyways - a tiny hand cranked music player. she has another three wigglers ready to come out any day - she will keep them, too :)kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-71482082697700092042012-05-24T14:24:43.597-04:002012-05-24T14:24:43.597-04:00My son gets 5 gold dollar coins. A tradition we(I)...My son gets 5 gold dollar coins. A tradition we(I) started with his first tooth. He loved the gold dollars, calling the coins "pirate money." He has kept every dollar the tooth fairy has ever left. He has a little leather pouch full of pirate gold.CarlaSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374577585139258096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-1951432344276053702012-05-23T18:22:22.480-04:002012-05-23T18:22:22.480-04:00I don't know if you know it, Joanna, but in Fr...I don't know if you know it, Joanna, but in France, we have no tooth fairy ! It's "the tiny mouse" who comes, take the teeth away and leaves 1 or 2 euros... Or small toys!heemmaanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-64610791608146836322012-05-23T10:02:00.678-04:002012-05-23T10:02:00.678-04:00My mom used to leave us silver dollars with tiny h...My mom used to leave us silver dollars with tiny hearts drawn on some of them with glitter. I still have a couple sitting in a change jar at home. Always loved them.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-5601202876829763962012-05-23T06:02:05.126-04:002012-05-23T06:02:05.126-04:00That was the mouse coming (here it's "the...That was the mouse coming (here it's "the little mouse"'s job for people!), taking the tooth also like this but giving a gift like a "souvenir", little figurine, etc... The funny is that my mother is afraid of mouses. So once, in the dark, she made fall my bears and dolls: it didn't make noise and she didn't notice that. So in the morning she told me that it was the little mouse that heard noise and had a run, afraid. Then I thought that my mother was the guilty of the mouse's run, that she afraid the mouse, and I cried and was disapointed after her !... :))<br />The very bad thing is that a day somebody told me, in front of my parents, in same time, that there were the little mouse and Santa Claus (I was 7): hard!!! :(<br /><br />MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-17411437415484263312012-05-23T00:42:10.214-04:002012-05-23T00:42:10.214-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009335694083579866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-39640432919686003952012-05-23T00:42:07.106-04:002012-05-23T00:42:07.106-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009335694083579866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-15433279942131115252012-05-22T22:23:19.099-04:002012-05-22T22:23:19.099-04:00Once I got a check (or what an 8 year old thought ...Once I got a check (or what an 8 year old thought a check looked like) for $13.99 which was the exact amount of the Barbie I wanted. It was even signed the tooth fairy. I had a pretty good mom. :)D. Harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193100017200471277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-43660603890675183562012-05-22T20:42:08.301-04:002012-05-22T20:42:08.301-04:00I'm so happy you mentioned the $2 bill from yo...I'm so happy you mentioned the $2 bill from your brother, growing up this is what my parents always left me, and it was such a special feeling seeing money so unique and different, but having is still be real money! I still have a teddy bear jar at home with a couple old $2 bills that I never had the heart to cash or spend :)Meredith Wicksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-16987089232605759662012-05-22T19:40:10.999-04:002012-05-22T19:40:10.999-04:00My parents would leave me little metal figurines o...My parents would leave me little metal figurines of fairies and my brother little glass animals. Even though other kids got dollars or quarters my mom told me that the tooth fairy gives different little trinkets to different people. I lost all my teeth early so it was nice to a have a little box of tooth fairy gifts. I'm 21 now and am glad have them to remember how magical it seemed. <br /><br />-EllaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-13661637845031956432012-05-22T19:39:52.680-04:002012-05-22T19:39:52.680-04:00I was only four when I lost my first tooth (due to...I was only four when I lost my first tooth (due to an incident involving trying to catch a sky-dancer doll, socks, and a wooden floor,) so my mom felt the need to make it a special experience.<br /><br />The morning after my tooth fell out, I woke up with a small little envelope with the letter "G" (for Gabriella) written in gold fairy dust (aka glitter.) In the envelope, there were not one but two tickets to Disneyland and two Disney dollars!<br /><br />I should mention that there was also a trail of fairy dust leading from my pillow all the way to the front door.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818781478991665499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-63927080405317167072012-05-22T18:25:51.178-04:002012-05-22T18:25:51.178-04:00I love the idea of leaving foreign currency. I abs...I love the idea of leaving foreign currency. I absolutely would have flipped for that when I was a kid.<br /><br />My nephew is losing his teeth right now and although he could be getting a quarter per tooth, he says he's saving up all of his teeth so he can get the money all at once! The prospect of having $10 is completely outrageous to him.Mia Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02143757463594976267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-32144437117372855792012-05-22T17:36:01.455-04:002012-05-22T17:36:01.455-04:00I got a dollar for most of my teeth, and two dolla...I got a dollar for most of my teeth, and two dollars for my front teeth. Once in a while, I would get a little prize instead of money, like a new set of crayons or a plastic ring. I had a tooth shaped pillow with a little pocket in front for putting the tooth in, then the tooth fairy would replace the tooth with a dollar coin or a $2 bill. That would solve the problem of being able to find it!<br /><br />When I had my wisdom teeth out at age 20, my mom gave me $5 in the tooth pillow and a chocolate shake (eaten with a spoon, of course) as a joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-5190620637846123412012-05-22T17:18:51.100-04:002012-05-22T17:18:51.100-04:00My daughter gets a buck and a book (she just start...My daughter gets a buck and a book (she just started to read chapter books). After the first two times she lost her teeth and me rooting under her pillow, my cousin got her a tooth pillow. It's a yellow creature that has a little pocket sewn onto its back. She puts the tooth inside, and it gets exchanged for the buck. It's great b/c the tooth doesn't get lost.<br />cgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-53532402876559726302012-05-22T16:16:06.116-04:002012-05-22T16:16:06.116-04:00A 50 cent coinA 50 cent coinJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351682131526462952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-48870396059717096592012-05-22T16:13:28.323-04:002012-05-22T16:13:28.323-04:00I think the amounts I received for my teeth increa...I think the amounts I received for my teeth increased commensurate with my age (and perhaps expectations), and ranged from a couple of quarters early on to around five dollars later.<br /><br />Recently, my mother gave me my baby book which she found during a spring cleaning session. Inside the box which contained the book, I was surprised to find, among other things, an envelope containing all of my baby teeth and letters I had lovingly written to the tooth fairy! Keeping teeth seems a bit creepy, and my mother and I had a good laugh about it, but I was also so touched that my parents had thought to keep them for all these years.<br /><br />My five-year-old daughter now has her first loose tooth, and I will endeavour to keep her teeth and letters too, creepy or not!Christy LaBelle Jordaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700049877641473628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-359062837414284432012-05-22T15:10:44.611-04:002012-05-22T15:10:44.611-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934658678756999553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-77705686673794005102012-05-22T15:10:44.245-04:002012-05-22T15:10:44.245-04:00My parents never told me about the tooth fairy. Th...My parents never told me about the tooth fairy. They didn't like to tell us these stories (same for Sinterklaas who is like the Dutch Santa Claus) and make us believe something that's not real. Besides that, I absolutely didn't want to give my teeth up. I kept them all in a box and got hysterical when one was lost through the sink. My mom opened up the pipes underneath the sink in the middle of the night but couldn't find it anymore (she is so sweet).<br />$40 is crazy for a tooth, I love the idea of foreign currency though!Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934658678756999553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-56171885634556661382012-05-22T14:32:29.099-04:002012-05-22T14:32:29.099-04:00My sister-in-law (she's only 11y.o) once lost ...My sister-in-law (she's only 11y.o) once lost a tooth but didn't want the tooth fairy to have it. So instead she found something to resemble the tooth and put it under the pillow - the next day she woke up and checked under her pillow only to find a bill left by the tooth fairy! Yep, you gotta be careful - that's one though fairy! Ha ha ;)Sandra DKnoreply@blogger.com