If nothing more, I'll craft an eye-catching title to the post, draw you in and then describe something inane.
The E has a loose tooth.
Script Excerpt:
E: "I couldn't even eat my apple at lunch it was sooooo wiggly."
Me: "What did you do?"
E: "I turned my head like this (tilts head to opposite side of wiggly tooth) so the apple would only stay on this side."
E: (proceeds to eat rest of dinner with an obvious slant)
Me: "Good thinking."
So I polled my friends at work, the immediately available pool of parenting advice I often draw from... get this (some of you may not be shocked), current rate from the inflation-ridden Tooth Fairy: $5 to $20, with some preference given to molars. Seriously, if I had invested my $0.25 when I was five, given an average 8% interest over 30 years, I'd still only have $2.52... I realize times have moved on from the late 70's, but still, that inflation seems steep.
I have 60 teeth that will be falling out over the next 3-5 years, current averages indicated that this should be in the area of $750, or $250/mouth. Perhaps the Tooth Fairy will get with the times and deposit sums directly into the various ING accounts that should collect things of this nature.
One word of advice I also received: Make damn sure you get that tooth on the night they put it under their pillow; facing the possibility of the Tooth Fairy legend being shattered due to parental carelessness is just not worth it. I already have enough trouble explaining how Santa shows up in a house w/ no fireplace...
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Alas...the tooth fairy DID miss our house on occasion, however, keep in mind that Natalie had teeth at 4 months and replaced them all by age 10 and Mik started the replacement process early too. Not that it is an EXCUSE...So, basically, the explanation was that the tooth fairy must have been awfully busy that night. Now, on the inflation issue - the MOST I ever gave my kids was $5 (and it was for the last tooth). No matter what amount you decided to give, consistency counts. Whatever you give E, she WILL remember so don't plan on giving M & S more for theirs (despite the declining value of the $). Near the end I chose to start giving Sackagewea coins, $2 bills, cool stuff like that - they are gold and the girls really like the shiny stuff! Hope that helps.
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