T.F. Traditions

The Tooth Fairy is going to be visiting our home very soon - maybe next week. It is a big milestone, a friend at church compared baby teeth to getting a puppy (excitement) and then having the puppy die (sadness) ~ for the mom at least! I am grieving Gracie's sweet little teeth coming out! I am trying to think of some traditions to start so if you have any from your experiences with the Tooth Fairy, please comment. After some research, I have found that not all Tooth Fairies are the same...

* According to a CBS report, the going rate for teeth is rising, up by 22% a year ago. The average kid is raking in $2.09 on average per baby tooth.

* Some Fairies put glitter on the window and a dollar bill folded into an oragami star.

* Put the change under the mom's pillow so the tooth fairy doesn't forget.

* Once the child hits double digits, they don't get visits anymore. (It can get expensive with a 4 kid family!)

* To solve the problem of waking up light sleepers, one tooth fairy left instructions that teeth should be left by the tooth brush in the bathroom because she likes to check the brush as well and make sure you've been using it.

* And when a tooth comes out and is swallowed, rendering a child inconsolable and in floods of tears, one Tooth Fairy wrote the child a note about how accidents happen and she'd be back for the next one. God bless a communicative Tooth Fairy!!

* Tell the child to just put the tooth in a glass of water by the bed and in the morning, it would be a coin in the glass of water.

* One Tooth Fairy said that she keeps a stash in a trinket box on a high shelf (less chance of a child finding them). That way she has a coin when the tooth falls out during dinner.