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The Tooth Fairy Is Dead!

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What!  Oh Honey, no of course the tooth fairy is not dead.  Don’t be silly!  Why would someone write that? It’s just to grab your attention, they want you to do a better job brushing your teeth. So go.  Quick like a bunny.  Run along now.

Ok. Little ones out of the room, no one reading over your shoulder? Good, because…..

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The Tooth Fairy is Dead!

My SweetGirl a mere 8 years old managed to lose a tooth while in between jumps into the pool in Florida.   That baby was ripe and ready to go. 

When bedtime approached the regular Tooth Fairy protocol was followed.  Tooth is placed in a glass of water beside the bed with the expectation that in the morning in it’s place will be some bright shiny coins.  Now don’t ask me why in our house the teeth go into a glass of water instead of under the pillow. That is the way I did it as a kid and the tradition carried on.  I’m thankful my Tooth Fairy went for the glass of water routine instead of the under the pillow scenario.  Good grief.  What parent in their right mind wants the anxiety of having to search under their kids pillow in the middle of the night for a freakin tooth the size of a niblet of corn.  Not to mention the extreme YUCK factor! Seriously.  A piece of your kid fell out of their head.  Shiver.   Sometimes it’s got some rooty things attached, there is almost always some blood.  Ug.  So, I don’t like the teeth, we go with the water thank you very much.  But I digress.

When my 6’1’’ Tooth Fairy went to do his job (yes it is almost always a Daddy job if I can arrange it..me and teeth…uck) instead of coming back downstairs with a baby pearly white, he comes down with a look of bewilderment and joy? In his hand, a note. 

It reads:

Dear Toothfairy

It is a very funny story how my tooth came out.  I jumped out of the pool and the tooth popped out into my Dad’s hand. I have a question.  How is it that you can find me in Florida?  I find this very suspisious.  Write back Please.

SweetGirl 

So what did we do?  Discuss, disguise our handwriting and we wrote back.

The next morning we were all kinds of curious to see what our daughters reaction would be!  They said nothing.  Finally I caved and asked, “SO…what did the Tooth Fairy bring you?”

The response. 

“Mom. we are NOT toddlers anymore, the Tooth Fairy’s writing is just like Dad’s.”

With that one little sentence, the Tooth Fairy died.

Sigh.

Why is it that I am having a harder time with this death then my girls?  They seem to be taking great joy in the fact that they have solved a mystery. Figured out an adult secret. I guess I should be relieved. I have always been so torn about the lying we do verses the joy they get from such things.  My biggest worry.  Easter is just around the corner.  Does the big fuzzy bunny get the bloody axe next?  Oh and Santa..what of poor Santa Claus?  Sigh.  Maybe I should have had more kids. 

    • Comments

    1. My dad has a TERRIBLE time with my sister and I not “believing”, and we’re 25 and 15! He still continues to write “To Brittany, From Santa” on all of our gifts. It’s too cute!

    3. OMG too funny!!! The tooth fairy was good to go in our house last year and Kass was 10. Either she believed or she was an excellent faker! HA

    4. I used to leave my son notes from the Tooth Fairy that I made on my computer with my print shop. They were kinda like calling cards, and I put a picture of the Tooth Fairy on them, and used some cute, silly font. The note thing came in really handy the time he swallowed his tooth by accident! The Tooth Fairy said she knew he swallowed it, but she was going to leave him some money anyway, because with her magic, she could still get the tooth. (Especially since I WASN’T going to attemp to retrieve it!!)

      The jig was finally up when, one day, we were making something on print shop, and he saw the graphic I used for the Tooth Fairy. It seriously broke my heart! 🙁

    6. oh no! but at least they took it well!

      such a sweet post.. but also, i’m so sorry bit it kinda made me a tiny nauseous too.. lol.. yea, me and teeth.. not good either!

    7. I think Santa and the Easter Bunny is what I will struggle most with. I did find some cutie patootie tooth pillows online that I think I am going to get, because I DO NOT want to be searching under their pillows in the middle of the night!
      Poor momma. Did you try the whole writing with your left hand thing? and wth? and 8 year old is saying writing out suspicious? Gosh, I don’t think my hubby even knows how to spell that!

    8. My “baby” (13) just lost his final tooth. My husband said…”are you going to put that tooth under your pillow?” My son through the tooth in the TRASH CAN and said…”nope..you know I don’t believe in that.”

      I know he hasn’t believed for years, but chuck a tooth in the trash in front of mom!?!?

      I wrote him a note that night that said…

      I know you no longer believe in me, but this is the last time I get to spread magical dust into your room and leave you magical coins. Love, The Tooth Fairy.

      The next morning I said….”did the tooth fairy come?” He smirks at me and says…”yes…and she has nice handwriting.”

      Boo hoo…no more fairy dust.

    9. 8 seems to be the magical age for this. I found out at 8, when I kept catching my dad trying to get under my pillow (the glass of water is great idea the under pillow STINKS!) and K also found out at 8 but she found out about the Easter bunny first. You know when one is revealed the rest are! She said last year. That the Easter Bunny just doesn’t make sense. A Bunny hiding eggs? lol I also think this is the age at school when other kids know and they are talking about it.

      Just think of how grown up she is going to feel since she has to keep the “secret” for the younger ones… 🙂

    10. I think it is harder on us that them. Although I too get a little conflicted about all the trickery that goes on. My daughter doesn’t know about Santa yet and I have successfully put the fear of my wrath in my teenage boys if they ruin it for my sweet girl. 🙂

    11. Awwww she wrote a note how sweet is that I know the lady I use to babysit for she would type letters to her children so they couldn’t tell who wrote it so they always believed that santa,tooth fairy and all the other ones where real..

      THats such a cute story though..

    13. Aw! Poor, poor tooth fairy. Just to soothe away some of your anguish, my 4 kids, 22, 19, 18 & 16 still all ‘indulge’ me and take santa sacks up to bed with them on xmas eve. And they still bring them down and open them in the morning, on our bed. Of course now, ‘santa’ has to wait until stupid o’clock in the morning, after they’ve rolled in from clubbing, to fill the eldests ones!

    14. Clearly…she didn’t get the memo.

      Doesn’t she know that once she lets you know the jig is up, the money stops coming. I bet she’ll be regretting that one, soon.

    15. Awww. That’s so sad. My oldest doesnt believe anymore either, but she still let’s me be the Tooth Fairy so she can have her dollar. I appreaciate that.

      I’ll never break down and tell them outright.