My sweet little baby wants nothing more than to not be my sweet little baby.
According to my six going on 16-year-old daughter, she is the only one in her entire first grade class to have every single one of her baby teeth intact.
Being a Recess Mom, I know that she is not exaggerating. She really is the only one in her class who has yet to loose a tooth. However, I am secretly thrilled she hasn’t.
Personally, I think the gap-toothed look is hard to rock. Loosing pearly whites changes the entire landscape of one’s appearance and brings kids (and their parents) one step closer to being slaves to orthodontia.
The other reason I quietly cheer my daughter’s lack of tooth loss is because I am broke.
Broke, as in there is no way I could possibly shell out 20 bucks in exchange for pebble-sized tissue covered in enamel.
Apparently, $20 is the going rate for lost teeth these days.
And here I thought the Tooth Fairy was modifying rates due to the sluggish economy.
Obviously, this is not the case. Just ask Sherri Shepherd’s nearly 270,000 Tweeps. Recently, The View co-host tweeted that her 6-year-old son lost his first tooth and wanted feedback from other parents as to what the tooth fairy was doling out these days.
Answers ranged from $20 for the first tooth ($5-$10 for subsequent teeth) to small toys, and in one case, a new puppy.
Seriously?
There is no way I am buying my kid a dog for loosing a tooth.
Ditto for the toy exchange.
Since when does the Tooth Fairy do Santa’s work?
And $20 for a single tooth?
What happens if the kid looses two in a day? Does the Tooth Fairy deliver a car?
I got a 25 centes to a dollar for each tooth I lost as a kid, and according to my dad, that was generous because he was lucky if he scored a dime from the Tooth Fairy in his day.
What does the Tooth Fairy leave behind at your house?