So, what do you do with the teeth??

[tjlucca]

Okay, haven't been here for awhile. We had a miscarriage last December and I wasn't really up to seeing all the preg/new babe posts for some time. In any case, I have a question. For those of you who don't do Santa, the Easter bunny or the tooth fairy, what do you do with the lost teeth? I want to do something fun, but I haven't really come up with much. DD is 5 1/2 so, I should probably start figuring this out. Any ideas?? Much Thanks Ladies.

 

[~cassie]

We do the Tooth Fairy.  I didn't want to throw the teeth out so his one tooth is in a ziplock bag in my purse.

[Jenni1894]

We do the tooth fairy...but no fancy pillow or anything.   We usually put it in a ziploc and put it on his dresser...but I just pulled one out, yes, all by myself and I didn't cringe!!  lol  He will be 7 in may.   Anyways the first one was in the ziploc and he got $1 and a hershey's kiss.  Some of his friends get $10-20 a TOOTH!!  not happening here!!! 

Last night his tooth was in a small metal dip container.  lol

And I threw the tooth away.  I have the other ones some where.   But I hid them so well I can't find them.  

I saved all their belly buttons so i guess I have to save the first tooth.  now if I can find the others..... I'll toss them.   It's kinda gross, especially their belly buttons, but hey..I birthed 'em...  I'll save 'em!

[tjlucca]

Thanks Ladies. I am wondering what to do for fun with lost teeth without doing the tooth fairy. It's just not our thing. Any ideas?

[HollyBearsMom]

Make a necklace? Bracelet charms?

Save them up and plant in the garden-ala a faerie ring? Or mark a special place in the garden and plant them as they are lost?

Take a picture on the day the tooth comes out, make/buy a picture frame and glue the tooth onto it. Make note on back of the date/time.

[nextcommercial]

Can't YOU just pay him for them?  

But, remember, everybody who see's his cute little empty space will say "Was the tooth fairy good to you?"  I think I'd even say something like that too.  You want to acknowledge his missing tooth, but saying "hey, you lost a tooth" seems so obvious.  LOL

Oops... HER and She.. not him and he.

[34me]

Well I did the fairy with #1, #2 would just pass me in the hall and hand me the tooth and expect me to pay up (golden dollar here) and I'm pretty sure #3 just stuck his tooth in the jar and took his $$. I am a horrible mom. Can your kiddo pick dinner that night or the next convenient day, I've seen plates that have "you are special" on them, s/he could could get to use that the next meal, we have some that say "it really is all about you!" from Fiesta.....

[tjlucca]

Originally Posted by HollyBearsMom 

Make a necklace? Bracelet charms?

Save them up and plant in the garden-ala a faerie ring? Or mark a special place in the garden and plant them as they are lost?

Take a picture on the day the tooth comes out, make/buy a picture frame and glue the tooth onto it. Make note on back of the date/time.

I like the gardening ideas HollyBearsMom, thanks! My parents did the tooth fairy with me, but DD is very pragmatic. She will be confused about why she get's paid for teeth and feel confused and possibly upset about why teeth are for money. It will weird her out. And I really do not have an answer that will satisfy her as to why she gets paid for lost teeth! lol.. but, finding a special place to bury them in the garden, she will love. A lost tooth garden....she could pick the flowers and herbs...she'll dig it (no pun intended, hehe..). Thanks!!

[HollyBearsMom]

You are welcome!!

[Areia]

Originally Posted by nextcommercial 

Can't YOU just pay him for them?  

But, remember, everybody who see's his cute little empty space will say "Was the tooth fairy good to you?"  I think I'd even say something like that too.  You want to acknowledge his missing tooth, but saying "hey, you lost a tooth" seems so obvious.  LOL

Oops... HER and She.. not him and he.

I agree.  My parents didn't do the tooth fairy, but they acknowledged that loosing baby teeth meant we were growing up.  They didn't give us money - they would do a "grown up" thing - taking us to our first movie, our first trip to a nice restaurant.  That sort of thing.

[hakeber]

I don't suppose the story of Ratoncito Perez will freak her out any less then.

In Spain, it is the mouse named Ratoncito Perez who collects the tooth and leaves treasure. In Argentina, children put their tooth in a glass of water. El Ratoncito comes to drink the water, takes the tooth, and leaves treasure behind in the glass. In Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, and Venezuela, El Ratón, the magic mouse, has the honors. Some children chant, “Rat, rat, rat. I give you a beautiful tooth. Send me back an old tooth,“ hoping to trick the rat into giving the child what he/she really wants. (http://foreverhugs.blogspot.com/2009/02/tooth-fairy-or-ratoncito-perez.html)

The story I heard is that Ratoncito Perez makes a necklace of the teeth for his wife La Cucurachita Margarita, and he's in charge of the big teeth.  

I do not think I could handle tooth crafts, but burying it is sweet and having a fun ritual to call the new tooth to it's new home.