Our son lost his first tooth!!

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2006-10-13 02:51pm

Yay!! He's lost his first tooth...

...now we're faced with the question of how much teeth go for these days with the tooth fairy... I'm curious to see what the parents have to say about this..
We generally give him two dollars for helping with the dishes and cleaning around the house so we're thinking this is more special than that since it's his first tooth. So I'm thinking 3 or 4 maybe 5 dollars.. Am I crazy??

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2006-10-13 02:56pm

The rule my relatives are using with my Nephew is a single Dollar coin. Since the golden aspect of it seems rather popular with the young ones.

Korvan · Post by **Korvan** » 2006-10-13 03:02pm

I got 25 cents back in the day. 5 bucks for the first one seems alright. But perhaps a toonie or loonie for subsequent losses. The kid looks like he has a whole lot of teeth!

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2006-10-13 03:04pm

That 's around what I was thinking Korvan. Thanks, now I know I'm not crazy for thinking around 5 bucks

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-10-13 03:05pm

What happened to his top tooth? Did the backhander for misbehaving chip that one too? :lol:

In all seriousness, I'd say 2-3, you want it to be a bit of a treat, not a reward.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2006-10-13 03:08pm

weemadando wrote:What happened to his top tooth? Did the backhander for misbehaving chip that one too?

In all seriousness, I'd say 2-3, you want it to be a bit of a treat, not a reward.

He chipped it on a bike at daycare a couple of years ago.

Post by **Simplicius** » 2006-10-13 03:14pm

My folks always paid me and my brother $0.25 per tooth. Man, the day my brother lost two teeth in one go and got an actual half-dollar piece...that was epic.

I hesitate to offer advice because I'm not a parent, but from a purely personal perspective, I'd keep the tooth rate under the housework rate, maybe at parity as a 'first time special.' From a learning perspective, my own goal would be to show the importance of fair exchange and helping people out, so I'd want to keep tooth prices in line with that.

When I have a kid, I'll definitely give him the scoop about rates of exchange when he loses his first tooth, just to see what he makes of it. Because that's how much of a dork I am.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-10-13 03:32pm

Cpl Kendall wrote:
weemadando wrote:What happened to his top tooth? Did the backhander for misbehaving chip that one too? :lol:

In all seriousness, I'd say 2-3, you want it to be a bit of a treat, not a reward.
He chipped it on a bike at daycare a couple of years ago.

Ah well, at least you know its going to fall out and get replaced. Saves on the dentist's bills.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-10-13 06:39pm

Awww, how cute! He's molting!

Remember: The first one is always the most expensive.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2006-10-13 07:35pm

Simplicius wrote:My folks always paid me and my brother $0.25 per tooth. Man, the day my brother lost two teeth in one go and got an actual half-dollar piece...that was epic.

I hesitate to offer advice because I'm not a parent, but from a purely personal perspective, I'd keep the tooth rate under the housework rate, maybe at parity as a 'first time special.' From a learning perspective, my own goal would be to show the importance of fair exchange and helping people out, so I'd want to keep tooth prices in line with that.

When I have a kid, I'll definitely give him the scoop about rates of exchange when he loses his first tooth, just to see what he makes of it. Because that's how much of a dork I am.

That actually falls into the plan I think we'll go with. 4 or 5 bucks for this first tooth and then 2 bucks for every other tooth, then when he helps us clean we'll give him 3 dollars. I agree that he should learn that if he helps someone do something it makes them happy and then he'll get rewarded for his good behaviour.
Not that he'll actually remember how much we give him this first time or what we've given him in the past for helping around the house. It's always just been whatever change as been in our pockets always under 5 dollars depending on how much he did to help. He's probably got about 30 or 40 bucks in his piggy bank right now... he's saving up for a van

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2006-10-13 07:40pm

weemadando wrote:
Cpl Kendall wrote:
weemadando wrote:What happened to his top tooth? Did the backhander for misbehaving chip that one too?

In all seriousness, I'd say 2-3, you want it to be a bit of a treat, not a reward.
He chipped it on a bike at daycare a couple of years ago.
Ah well, at least you know its going to fall out and get replaced. Saves on the dentist's bills.

Yeah that tooth is pretty dead, he feels nothing when we touch it, we hope it will fall out soon. He's on the waiting list to get it pulled so we're hoping it just falls out before he comes up on that waiting list.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2006-10-13 11:07pm

I don't care, and this doesn't belong in A&P. Moving to OT.

A-Wing_Slash · Post by **A-Wing_Slash** » 2006-10-13 11:33pm

Back in the day, I got 50 cent or dollar coins. While money's always good to get, I got these more for their coolness value than for the actual money. A dollar is a dollar, fifty cents is two quarters, but a JFK or Susan B Anthony Coin? Thats something. I don't know if Canada has anything analagous, but if you can I'd propose giving him he doesn't see every day.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2006-10-14 10:09am

Durandal wrote:I don't care, and this doesn't belong in A&P. Moving to OT.

Wow

No need to be rude about it. Sorry I put it in the wrong forum. Geeze. I did ask for parents attention. I never said you needed to care.

Anyway, we ended up giving him five bucks in change (so it looked like more) and the Tooth Fairy let him keep the tooth since it was his first one so we can put it in a memory book or some sort, his baby book maybe

So thanks to those who helped me.