Back in mid summer we started to see two small little teeth nubs behind our daughter’s bottom baby teeth. Her permanent bottom front teeth were coming in! Everyone was excited. When we told her to start wiggling her baby teeth to get them more loose, she wasn’t too keen on it. She said it hurt. So for the month of August, we told her to wiggle it or we’d have to bring her to the dentist in September.
She didn’t wiggle it much at all. Goodness, I remember wiggling my teeth until they were hanging by threads. I couldn’t wait until the tooth fairy came. So in the beginning of September we took her to the dentist. Guess what they told her? They’d give her one more month until they’d have to pull it out.
Thankfully, the day before we had to take her in, my husband decided to take things into his own hands. He tied a string to it and told her a trick he did as a kid. Before he could tell her the trick, he yanked it. She didn’t even realize that the tooth came out. She was shocked. It didn’t hurt after all.
When we noticed her tooth loose and the permanent teeth growing behind, we decided give our Princess an incentive to lose that tooth. We found a Tooth Fairy Pillow at our local store for only $5. (Here’s an inexpensive felt Tooth Fairy Pillow tutorial to make your own!) With this cute pillow she really couldn’t wait to lose her tooth.
I asked my Facebook fans how much the Tooth Fairy brings to their children right now. Most people still said $1. For her first tooth we gave her $5. But I think for subsequent teeth we’ll give either a $2 bill if we can get them or a gold $1 coin. She’d be happy with either, I am sure.
How much does the Tooth Fairy bring your kids?
Did you know that Netflix offers many episodes of your kids’ favorite shows to celebrate milestones like this? In fact, Super Why! Season 1 Episode 10 is The Story of the Tooth Fairy. If your children are at the same age as my Princess and are losing teeth, this is a great episode to play!
More milestones to celebrate with Netflix:
New Sibling: The Hive: S01E01, Babee’s Room
Getting Glasses: Arthur: S15E09, Through the Looking Glasses
First Sleepover: Bratz Kidz: Sleep-over Adventure
First Trick-or-Treat: Julius Jr.: S01E06, Dressed for Spook-cess
First Pet: Beethoven
First Move: The Croods
First Big Game: D2: The Mighty Ducks
First Spelling Bee: Akeelah and the Bee
First Dance: Kickin’ It: S01E20, The Wrath of Swan
First Break-Up: Good Luck Charlie: S01E20, Girl Bite Dog
First Road Trip: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
First Kiss: Wizards of Waverly Place: S01E02, First Kiss
First Job: Good Burger
First Time Babysitting: The Baby-Sitters Club
First Concert: Taylor Swift: The Journey to Fearless
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(She Lost Her First Tooth!) I sure do remember those days, I think we gave our kids all a dollar when they lost a tooth years ago. I do remember my brothers and I getting like fifty cents for each but that was in the sixties. She still looks like the sweetest child ever!
Thanks June. I got $1, and that was 30 years ago. So $5 doesn’t seem to bad, at least for her first. And yes, she is my sweet child compared to the two year old. He is wild!
Congrats to her! Time to start really taking care of them, you don’t get do-overs with adult teeth!
Right? My teeth are full of fillings. My parents didn’t do that great of a job with my teeth. But she does great with hers. She has had one small dot of a cavity that they drilled in less than a minute with no numbing shot. It was easy. But it showed her that she needed to do a bit better job with brushing.
For her first tooth, we gave our daughter 5 dollars. All the other teeth were a dollar or a small toy.
That is reassuring, Mistee. I think we’ll do either a $2 bill or a gold $1 coin for the next teeth.
My lil guy literally lost his first tooth yesterday. It was the bottom left too! He did have his top two knocked out in a fall 2 years ago so now the poor thing is missing 3 front teeth!
Oh no! Two years without top teeth? What a bummer, Jennifer. I bet he can’t wait for his permanent teeth. Are there nubs growing yet?
I love how you have all worked together to make loosing the 1st tooth a fun family memory. I love the pillow your found and how great to also combine the moment with shows that can be found on NetFlix.
Thanks Grace! I appreciate you saying so. That is kind of you. That is why I love blogging. Being able to weave our stories into product placements we use makes blogging profitable and fun. I love looking back as the years go by and read the old stories!
I remember going through this with my older kids. It will be fun to do it all over again with my youngest. 😉
Congratulations! Loosing your first took is one of the big milestones in life!
Thanks Melanie! She can’t wait to lose more.
Congratulations to your daughter. My 5 year old is already trying to wiggle her’s out to be like her big brother.
The first tooth at our house always got $5 then every tooth following $1. My son pulls his teeth out way to early when they are just barley lose!! He has had a front tooth gap since Easter and still no tooth!!