Comments on: To tell the tooth http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:59:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: maryelena http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17659 maryelena Tue, 06 May 2008 03:25:08 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17659 Wow -- $20 for a tooth and I thought the parents here in Northern Virgnia were crazy. We do the gold dollar coin which I figure is probably worth even less than the quarter I got 35+ years ago. I did get a whole dollar the time I swallowed my tooth due to the trauma. Last time I went to remove the tooth I also found a lenghty note requesting the tooth fairy's name, favorite color, favorite animal and something else -- quite a surprise. Wow — $20 for a tooth and I thought the parents here in Northern Virgnia were crazy. We do the gold dollar coin which I figure is probably worth even less than the quarter I got 35+ years ago. I did get a whole dollar the time I swallowed my tooth due to the trauma.

Last time I went to remove the tooth I also found a lenghty note requesting the tooth fairy’s name, favorite color, favorite animal and something else — quite a surprise.

]]> By: PAgent http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17551 PAgent Mon, 05 May 2008 19:45:02 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17551 "I have it on good authority from the girls at gymnastics that at least one kid gets $20 per tooth, and another $8." Holy Crap!! I'm going to invest in a heavy duty pair of pliers. We started the Girl with $1. Her response was to leave a carefully scrawled note addressed to the Tooth Fairy pointing out why she, in fact, deserved more than $1 per tooth. We were so tickled by this that we upped it to $2, accompanied by a stern note from the Tooth Fairy to NEVER bargain with her again. Yes, she's always been like that. :-) “I have it on good authority from the girls at gymnastics that at least one kid gets $20 per tooth, and another $8.”

Holy Crap!! I’m going to invest in a heavy duty pair of pliers.

We started the Girl with $1. Her response was to leave a carefully scrawled note addressed to the Tooth Fairy pointing out why she, in fact, deserved more than $1 per tooth. We were so tickled by this that we upped it to $2, accompanied by a stern note from the Tooth Fairy to NEVER bargain with her again.

Yes, she’s always been like that. :-)

]]> By: Miss Grace http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17526 Miss Grace Mon, 05 May 2008 18:37:57 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17526 I never had any of the string on tooth thing with mine, so I don't know if I'll be able to handle it if and when it comes time for me to do that! I never had any of the string on tooth thing with mine, so I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle it if and when it comes time for me to do that!

]]> By: Sister Carrie http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17484 Sister Carrie Mon, 05 May 2008 16:45:42 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17484 Oh, this is so familiar. The lariat approach works really well, but it takes so long to get the tooth lassoed that there's time for kids to get cold feet. The tooth fairy gives a dollar bill at our house. I think it's $5 for the very first tooth and $2 for a tooth that was particularly painful. Everyone wants to lose a tooth at school, because the school nurse gives them a little plastic treasure chest on a necklace of dental floss to keep it safe in. I like the idea of Sacajawea dollars. Oh, this is so familiar. The lariat approach works really well, but it takes so long to get the tooth lassoed that there’s time for kids to get cold feet. The tooth fairy gives a dollar bill at our house. I think it’s $5 for the very first tooth and $2 for a tooth that was particularly painful. Everyone wants to lose a tooth at school, because the school nurse gives them a little plastic treasure chest on a necklace of dental floss to keep it safe in. I like the idea of Sacajawea dollars.

]]> By: Richard Querin http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17476 Richard Querin Mon, 05 May 2008 16:26:54 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17476 Jeez. You are a brave soul, pointing out in plain sight that you actually put your daughter through this barbaric ritual.. especially in this day and age. ;) What? Isn't a shot of whiskey and a pair of rusty pliers okay enough for you? :) Monetarily, I admit to coercing the tooth fairy into handing over 10 bucks months and months ago when, despite copious amounts of freezing, my poor darling had to endure the forced removal of an absessed tooth, which involved screaming and daddy holding her flailing arms. Needless to say, little one wasn't the only one crying. I remember thinking 10 bucks was a mere pittance at the time. I wanted to buy her 50 Barbies or a car. Jeez. You are a brave soul, pointing out in plain sight that you actually put your daughter through this barbaric ritual.. especially in this day and age. ;)

What? Isn’t a shot of whiskey and a pair of rusty pliers okay enough for you? :)

Monetarily, I admit to coercing the tooth fairy into handing over 10 bucks months and months ago when, despite copious amounts of freezing, my poor darling had to endure the forced removal of an absessed tooth, which involved screaming and daddy holding her flailing arms. Needless to say, little one wasn’t the only one crying. I remember thinking 10 bucks was a mere pittance at the time. I wanted to buy her 50 Barbies or a car.

]]> By: Trope http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17420 Trope Mon, 05 May 2008 14:17:18 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17420 $20?? Oi! I always got cool Susan B. Anthony dollars or JFK half-dollars, and loved them. It started me into a little amateur coin collection (I have all the state quarters so far, which drives the hubby crazy because "we could use them for something"). I'm glad that OmegaDotter is getting coins, not folding money, just because it inspires happy memories for me. $20?? Oi!

I always got cool Susan B. Anthony dollars or JFK half-dollars, and loved them. It started me into a little amateur coin collection (I have all the state quarters so far, which drives the hubby crazy because “we could use them for something”). I’m glad that OmegaDotter is getting coins, not folding money, just because it inspires happy memories for me.

]]> By: Donna http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17401 Donna Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:37 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17401 My younger daughter is about to lose her first tooth, and we tried yanking it out last night but it's not quite ready yet. Congrats on your sneaky success. I give the golden dollar, a $1 bill, and a note from the Tooth Fairy that always closes with "Keep brushing and flossing." It drives me nuts when kids get so much money for losing a tooth. My younger daughter is about to lose her first tooth, and we tried yanking it out last night but it’s not quite ready yet. Congrats on your sneaky success. I give the golden dollar, a $1 bill, and a note from the Tooth Fairy that always closes with “Keep brushing and flossing.” It drives me nuts when kids get so much money for losing a tooth.

]]> By: Jess http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17388 Jess Mon, 05 May 2008 12:46:05 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17388 $20?? $8?? Seriously? I, too, want to do the golden dollars (come on, gold!), and my husband was balking at that, thinking it was too much. $20?? $8?? Seriously?

I, too, want to do the golden dollars (come on, gold!), and my husband was balking at that, thinking it was too much.

]]> By: Lauri http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17360 Lauri Mon, 05 May 2008 11:14:20 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/05/04/to-tell-the-tooth-3/#comment-17360 wiggly teeth make me queasy like nothing else... especially when they are hanging on by a string and the kiddos move them way back & forth- I can only hope Livi loses her's biting into a apple or something..... ugghh.. I am not looking forward to this milestone. wiggly teeth make me queasy like nothing else… especially when they are hanging on by a string and the kiddos move them way back & forth- I can only hope Livi loses her’s biting into a apple or something….. ugghh.. I am not looking forward to this milestone.

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