What! Oh Honey, no of course the tooth fairy is not dead. Don’t be silly! Why would someone write that? It’s just to grab your attention, they want you to do a better job brushing your teeth. So go. Quick like a bunny. Run along now.
Ok. Little ones out of the room, no one reading over your shoulder? Good, because…..
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The Tooth Fairy is Dead!
My SweetGirl a mere 8 years old managed to lose a tooth while in between jumps into the pool in Florida. That baby was ripe and ready to go.
When bedtime approached the regular Tooth Fairy protocol was followed. Tooth is placed in a glass of water beside the bed with the expectation that in the morning in it’s place will be some bright shiny coins. Now don’t ask me why in our house the teeth go into a glass of water instead of under the pillow. That is the way I did it as a kid and the tradition carried on. I’m thankful my Tooth Fairy went for the glass of water routine instead of the under the pillow scenario. Good grief. What parent in their right mind wants the anxiety of having to search under their kids pillow in the middle of the night for a freakin tooth the size of a niblet of corn. Not to mention the extreme YUCK factor! Seriously. A piece of your kid fell out of their head. Shiver. Sometimes it’s got some rooty things attached, there is almost always some blood. Ug. So, I don’t like the teeth, we go with the water thank you very much. But I digress.
When my 6’1’’ Tooth Fairy went to do his job (yes it is almost always a Daddy job if I can arrange it..me and teeth…uck) instead of coming back downstairs with a baby pearly white, he comes down with a look of bewilderment and joy? In his hand, a note.
It reads:
Dear Toothfairy
It is a very funny story how my tooth came out. I jumped out of the pool and the tooth popped out into my Dad’s hand. I have a question. How is it that you can find me in Florida? I find this very suspisious. Write back Please.
SweetGirl
So what did we do? Discuss, disguise our handwriting and we wrote back.
The next morning we were all kinds of curious to see what our daughters reaction would be! They said nothing. Finally I caved and asked, “SO…what did the Tooth Fairy bring you?”
The response.
“Mom. we are NOT toddlers anymore, the Tooth Fairy’s writing is just like Dad’s.”
With that one little sentence, the Tooth Fairy died.
Sigh.
Why is it that I am having a harder time with this death then my girls? They seem to be taking great joy in the fact that they have solved a mystery. Figured out an adult secret. I guess I should be relieved. I have always been so torn about the lying we do verses the joy they get from such things. My biggest worry. Easter is just around the corner. Does the big fuzzy bunny get the bloody axe next? Oh and Santa..what of poor Santa Claus? Sigh. Maybe I should have had more kids.
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59 comments:
Awww. That's so sad. My oldest doesnt believe anymore either, but she still let's me be the Tooth Fairy so she can have her dollar. I appreaciate that.
I'll never break down and tell them outright.
Clearly...she didn't get the memo.
Doesn't she know that once she lets you know the jig is up, the money stops coming. I bet she'll be regretting that one, soon.
Aw! Poor, poor tooth fairy. Just to soothe away some of your anguish, my 4 kids, 22, 19, 18 & 16 still all 'indulge' me and take santa sacks up to bed with them on xmas eve. And they still bring them down and open them in the morning, on our bed. Of course now, 'santa' has to wait until stupid o'clock in the morning, after they've rolled in from clubbing, to fill the eldests ones!
aww...RIP...tooth fairy. the death of innocence...
Awwww she wrote a note how sweet is that I know the lady I use to babysit for she would type letters to her children so they couldn't tell who wrote it so they always believed that santa,tooth fairy and all the other ones where real..
THats such a cute story though..
I think it is harder on us that them. Although I too get a little conflicted about all the trickery that goes on. My daughter doesn't know about Santa yet and I have successfully put the fear of my wrath in my teenage boys if they ruin it for my sweet girl. :)
8 seems to be the magical age for this. I found out at 8, when I kept catching my dad trying to get under my pillow (the glass of water is great idea the under pillow STINKS!) and K also found out at 8 but she found out about the Easter bunny first. You know when one is revealed the rest are! She said last year. That the Easter Bunny just doesn't make sense. A Bunny hiding eggs? lol I also think this is the age at school when other kids know and they are talking about it.
Just think of how grown up she is going to feel since she has to keep the "secret" for the younger ones... :)
My "baby" (13) just lost his final tooth. My husband said..."are you going to put that tooth under your pillow?" My son through the tooth in the TRASH CAN and said..."nope..you know I don't believe in that."
I know he hasn't believed for years, but chuck a tooth in the trash in front of mom!?!?
I wrote him a note that night that said...
I know you no longer believe in me, but this is the last time I get to spread magical dust into your room and leave you magical coins. Love, The Tooth Fairy.
The next morning I said...."did the tooth fairy come?" He smirks at me and says..."yes...and she has nice handwriting."
Boo hoo...no more fairy dust.
I think Santa and the Easter Bunny is what I will struggle most with. I did find some cutie patootie tooth pillows online that I think I am going to get, because I DO NOT want to be searching under their pillows in the middle of the night!
Poor momma. Did you try the whole writing with your left hand thing? and wth? and 8 year old is saying writing out suspicious? Gosh, I don't think my hubby even knows how to spell that!
oh no! but at least they took it well!
such a sweet post.. but also, i'm so sorry bit it kinda made me a tiny nauseous too.. lol.. yea, me and teeth.. not good either!
That's a great story! But, like you said, maybe it's better for all that it happened this way.
I used to leave my son notes from the Tooth Fairy that I made on my computer with my print shop. They were kinda like calling cards, and I put a picture of the Tooth Fairy on them, and used some cute, silly font. The note thing came in really handy the time he swallowed his tooth by accident! The Tooth Fairy said she knew he swallowed it, but she was going to leave him some money anyway, because with her magic, she could still get the tooth. (Especially since I WASN'T going to attemp to retrieve it!!)
The jig was finally up when, one day, we were making something on print shop, and he saw the graphic I used for the Tooth Fairy. It seriously broke my heart! :(
OMG too funny!!! The tooth fairy was good to go in our house last year and Kass was 10. Either she believed or she was an excellent faker! HA
Her note just cracked me up.
"I find this very suspicious"
She is a hoot.
Enjoy the days of not lying..they aren't so bad. really.
My dad has a TERRIBLE time with my sister and I not "believing", and we're 25 and 15! He still continues to write "To Brittany, From Santa" on all of our gifts. It's too cute!
They lose their innocence so young.....
We always put the tooth in a baggie and placed it on the night stand so the toothfairy could find it easier.....
As far as Santa goes - he DOES exist, he DOES! Because if you don't believe he won't visit.....
Awww...it's always sad to let those fantasies go. They grow up so fast!
I laughed so hard as you were describing searching for the nibbits of corn lol
Maybe they won't get the connection between the bunny and the tooth fairy.
lol and LOVE this post...my daughter keeps asking me when the tooth fairy is coming to our house. Mind you she is only 4
My daughter just figured out that leprechauns weren't real, then realized no Santa...all last week...and she asked me what sex was? It was a learning week! ;)
We put ours in water too...we had ours in the windowsill when I was growing up.
Oooh yeah I'm thinking the Easter bunny and Santa may be extinct as well....
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That is hilarious that they figured it out. He stinks at disguises!
Hey, you're saving a few coins out of the deal so there's a positive here. I think.
AHHH I was so sad when this happened to us. I just decided to have more kiddos. Now I get the tooth fairy 2 more times. :)
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Awe isnt that the worse when they know? Mine are still little but not looking forward to that day. Thanks for coming by, cute blog - now following!
I live in fear of this day. Not the figuring out the tooth fairy truth part, just the part where I might be required to touch a human tooth that is not attached to a human. Not that I touch a lot of teeth that ARE attached. That would be weird.
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My oldest never gave let on that he knew the tooth fairy & the like get a little help from mom & dad. He played along & still does. My daughter is only four so I haven't had to go through this.
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Thanks for the follow. I've been following you for awhile now. Now back to this tooth fairy. Sorry to hear of your loss. I was such a bad tooth fairy that I'd forget to put the money under the pillow. My son woke up one morning yelling, "my tooth is still here!". So the tooth fairy has been retired for some time now. Your daughter is too funny.
Awww!!! She's a bright one! that's how my daughter was...she was way too sharp to fall for the fairy tales.
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Thanks for the follow. I'm now following you back from FF! I'm so not ready for the stage when my kids pull their teeth. Ew! But I will be sad when I can't do all the fun "magic" things for them anymore. Have a great weekend.
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awwww this reminds me of the movie tooth fairy! just recently saw it.
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HA! Myt daughter asked the tooth fairy to write back once too ... then the next time she asked for a hand print- which I drew and sprinkled gold glitter over ... the next time, it was all over ... she got to darn clever for me- I mean the tooth fairy ;-) Happy Friday Follow- stop by my place when you can!
OMG, of all the mommy stories we all share, that is just about one of the funniest. Oh, I mean, and sad. Of course it's sad but it was just so funny. I cannot believe they wrote that letter and you wrote back. Imagine if that went back and forth for a while. hah.
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Well if they are smart I think they should keep their mouths shut and take the candy! I still love giving my adult kids Easter treats.
So funny. I have a nine-yr. old and sometimes I worry he is too naive and accepting of all that stuff. I think he should at least be asking about it by now, right? But no. I did just bring up the tooth fairy to him a few weeks ago when he lost his latest tooth. I asked him who he thought the tooth fairy was and he finally admitted that he knew it was us. So maybe he's not so naive.
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awwww that is sad! but I guess it happens eventually. I think its so great and important though that they believed in something at one point, like Santa or ToothFairy. Even though the image of Santa/Easter bunny etc isn't there any longer, I think it shows them how to believe in magic later in life in such a nice way:)
Awww what a sad story. My oldest asks question about Santa, Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy all the time, I worry she is going to not believe in the tooth fairy by the time she actually looses a tooth!
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My dad told us that if we didn't believe in Santa, we didn't believe in getting presents either. I STILL BELIEVE. ;-) AND, awesome idea about the glass of water! We haven't lost a tooth yet here, but I'm going to talk to my own Mr. Tooth Fairy about that plan!
Oh - what a smart girls! I am looking forward to the tooth fairy coming - my son just turned 5! I still remember when I found out that the tooth fairy, Santa, the Easter Bunny were not real. I was sooo sad. Good luck with everything! Hopefully, the Easter Bunny and Santa can make it in your house a little while longer!!!
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Oh, how these landmark moments have a way of being painfully sweet... who's doing the growing up now? ;-)
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lol. found you via FF and i am your newest follower - well, i will be right after i post this comment. :) so, yeah, i did have more kids and half still believe. even after they all don't - they will have to pretend - for my benefit. ;)
ps. we put our teeth in BIG freezer bags so the tooth fairy can find and slide the tooth out from under the pillow easily -getting the money back under causes her some grief i've heard...
Following you via Friday Follow. I like the idea of the tooth in water. I'd be terrified my kid would wake up and wonder why my hand was groping around under her pillow. It's sad when kids stop believing in the little things.
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I think your mother was freakin' brilliant. Searching for that kernel of corn under the pillow was the bane of my existence for many years. Who was the brilliant inventor of a routine where parents celebrate the loss of their children's body parts with cold hard cash?? I mean, seriously...
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Every sign of growing up is hard on me....my four year old seems like she's leaving behind a baby-toddler-stage every day. *tear*
At least we have a sense of humor about it!
This is too funny. You are right, who thought of the under the pillow thing. Almost impossible! My kids teeth have fallen out at the strangest times. Never fails!
oh no!
my oldest finally just asked me about Santa...and he's 11. I think he has held it in so long to protect the dreams of his younger brother...I really did not give him an answer I just laughed and changed the subject. It is kind a sad when we realize we have been lying to our kids! I think it'd be easier if he just called me on it like you daughter did...instead of the questioning! ;)
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