by j - Frugal Mom - r.
Member since:
March 28, 2007

Bad, Bad Tooth Fairy!

October 25, 2011 09:31 AM UTC
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Okay, I will admit it ... I am a bad Tooth Fairy! I grew up in Europe, and there were no such thing as a tooth fairy, but once my son lost his first tooth, I realized that he knew everything about the tooth fairy...so amazingly his first lost tooth was converted into a wrinkled dollar bill overnight.

 

Well..., lately my nine-year-old son is losing a lot of teeth, and three times in a row the tooth fairy somehow "forgot" to exchange the tooth. The first two times I went to check, and somehow found that the dollar bill had fallen down under the bed.

This morning I woke up to the "Mom, the tooth fairy didn't come" outburst again....and I thought...bad bad Mo...mmm toothfairy!

Today I suggested that perhaps the toothfairy came from a different time zone, and perhaps it would come while he was at school.

 

I repeat....bad bad tooth fairy!

 

Did you ever forget to play the tooth fairy?

Comments: 17

Sandra H. Oct 25, 2011, 9:35am UTC
Yes, the tooth fairy forgot at our home one time and it wasn't pretty! LOL I like your idea of the different time zone, good luck!
Adelaide M. Oct 25, 2011, 9:56am UTC
Haha. My dad is a dentist so I never believed in the tooth fairy. I love the idea of a different time zone though, that's cute.
Sherrie H. Oct 25, 2011, 9:57am UTC
A very clever excuse. :-) I'm sure he will forgive the mmm... tooth fairy once the exchange is made. Maybe the tooth fairy overslept or maybe he was helping some other fairies with a very important task.
Marsha C. Oct 25, 2011, 10:46am UTC
we forget all the time! sheesh.....and that's if they don't lose the tooth before it even gets under their pillow.
Nancy S. Oct 25, 2011, 1:18pm UTC
Yes she forgot my house too. I helped her out by hiding the money in my hand and slipped it under the pillow while I had them look under the bed. I told them to put the tooth back under the pillow because she would probably be back for it later. Of course she did and everyone was happy.
John S. (arizona) Oct 25, 2011, 1:22pm UTC
Yeah... the tooth fairy was often unreliable around here too, LOL!
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. Oct 25, 2011, 1:37pm UTC
Yes and it was found on the floor. I just told him that she probable didn't want to wake him.
Heidi S. Oct 25, 2011, 2:17pm UTC
Yes, we've had a bad tooth fairy a couple of times. One time though, Grandma, my husband and I all put tooth fairy money under the pillow not knowing the others had done it. That sure upped the amount now expected, LOL!
Carla B. Oct 25, 2011, 2:46pm UTC
Elliott just lost his first two teeth Sunday, and the Sunday before. The tooth fairy remembered both times, but it was a little bit easier, since we left the tooth in the living room. His room was too messy, so I was certain I would fall over if I tried to navigate it in the dark. lol And the light would have woke him up, even just from the hall.

The tooth fairy ALMOST left a $20 for the second tooth. He was tired, and grabbed the wrong bill. Luckily I noticed right before I woke Elliott up!
*~*Meg*~* D. Oct 25, 2011, 3:01pm UTC
I always forget and had to come up with some excuse...I hate to lie to my kids, but mommy has to do it!
Lori A Oct 25, 2011, 3:15pm UTC
Wow that was a long time ago Im not sure I remember doing it at all but im sure I did but that would have been over 20 years ago when my son was that young .
Michelle Ayers Oct 25, 2011, 4:04pm UTC
oh that is brilliant a different time zone!
Janet "Jax" B. Oct 25, 2011, 4:44pm UTC
Of coarse...LOL. I think we all do forget at one time or another. We have a rule that if you lose you tooth too late in the day, then the tooth fairy may not make it that night....he/she is busy. I've left all kinds of things under my kids's pillows...lol
Tory H. Oct 25, 2011, 4:52pm UTC
Thankfully, the horses don't expect much when they've gotten baby teeth out... lol.
Heather M. Oct 25, 2011, 5:51pm UTC
Not even a visit from the Carrot Fairy?
Tory H. Oct 26, 2011, 9:55am UTC
Well, they get those pretty regularly anyway ;)
Heather M. Oct 25, 2011, 5:49pm UTC
No human kids yet, so I haven't had to deal with that.

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