Tooth Fairy - Boulder,CO

Dollar.

BTW, the tooth fairy forgot to come to my house Friday night. I explained she is a mother too and is busy with Mother's Day activities.

We do a dollar and a coin from another country~if I can find one! The TF left a note saying that was the last place she was before our house. The next morning we look it up on a map.

I gave my son a dollar for his last month. That's what he will always get.

I did golden dollars, except when the tooth fairy got caught unaware, and then it was the cool looking bicolor 2€, which is more like $3

One dollar. BUT we do dollar coins which are way more exciting than the ordinary dollar bills he sees us use all the time. We were planning on using silver dollars (from when we were little) but they seem to have vanished.

We give $5 because we did the math and realized that between the ages of 6 and 12, she'll lose about 20 teeth which equates to $100 over those six years. I got $1 when I was a kid and that didn't buy much and I think losing teeth is kind of a big deal. Also, we only have one kid and don't plan on having more so there's also that.

In addition, we're not planning on giving an allowance for doing chores around the house that should be done because they need to get done anyhow because she's a member of this household, so she's not going to be getting spending money that way. (I mean if she moves out, no one is going to pay her to clean and if she has roommates, I'd rather her incentive to pitch in be that it's the right thing, not that she's getting a reward. A clean house is reward enough.) I figure she's got birthday money and tooth fairy money to look forward to and that's pretty much it until she gets her first job as a teen.

Though, the tooth fairy made a mistake this last time. She's lost three teeth total so far and has received $17 to put in her piggy bank. Where'd the extra two come from? An excerpt:

"Chloe lost a tooth yesterday. Last night my husband said he'd play the part of Tooth Fairy and I agreed. This morning my excited daughter leapt into bed waving around a wad of cash hollering that the tooth fairy left her SEVEN dollars. I gave my husband the hairy eyeball and asked him how the tooth fairy was going to keep buying teeth up at that rate. He later told me after Chloe left the room that he thinks the Tooth fairy just miscounted in the dark... ARGH!"

Also, tooth fairy inflation is up according to a two year old consumer report:
http://news.consumerreports.org/money/2010/03/tooth-fairy...

Other findings of the 2010 Tooth Fairy Poll include:

84% of parents surveyed said the tooth fairy visits their home.

87% of parents report that their children go to the dentist every six months, which is the same figure as last year's poll.

90% of parents say their children brush their teeth at night, and 80% say they also brush them in the morning. Experts say nighttime is the most important time for children to brush their teeth, but brushing after each meal is recommended.

55% of parents did not know that tooth decay is a bacterial infection that is contagious.

60% of parents said they changed their child's toothbrush after the flu or other illness. Toothbrushes can harbor germs, and if the brushes touch one another, they can transmit viruses and germs to other family members.

We do $2 a tooth. We didn't give more for the first because I didn't want my son to be disappointed when he got less for the others.

We get the $2 bills or the $1 Coins. Something unique and out of major circulation. My kids really think they come from the tooth fairy because they don't see these around very often.

we gave our daughter $2 for the first and $1 every time after. She is so excited to get $1. Our second daughter can hardly wait to lose her first tooth so she can get $1.

I guess we must be cheap! We only do a quarter, but then I also put a tiny stuffed animal under her pillow too...it's really little-- smaller than a beanie baby.