What's the going rate for teeth these days?

[janegold]

My 6 year old has his first loose tooth.  Just curious what the Tooth Fairy is paying these days.

[zaneyzoo]

Ours gets a golden dollar that can be exchanged to mom or dad for $5. Luckily they haven't caught on it's the same golden dollar

[Pilsy]

In our house, the first tooth was worth $5, and and subsequent teeth have been worth $2 (but a single two-dollar bill, rather than two singles).

[jinkies]

We did $5 for the first tooth, and $1-2 dollars for everything after that. We often used unusual denominations also-- a $2 bill, 50 cent pieces, etc.

[Pilsy]

Who's paying $10/tooth? Show yourself!

[yellow23]

$5 for first and last tooth, $3 for all others. The tooth fairy always pays in gold dollars because my oldest thought that for some reason when he lost his first tooth and it has stuck.

$10 when the dentist pulled a tooth because the permanent one was coming in and the baby tooth still wasn’t loose.

[devonpow]

We did $5 for the first tooth and $1 for all the other teeth.

[Patsy Baloney]

$1.

Growing up, tooth fairy paid by the effort in which the tooth was lost. Extractions or knockouts garnered a couple of bucks, regular tooth loss was 25-50 cents.

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

The Tooth Fairy isn't real? Early low for 2023...

[bex1973]

We did $3 only because when she lost her first one that's how many singles I happened to have and it just stuck for some reason.

[steamboat185]

We typically do a dollar. She did leave 5 dollars when DD pulled pulled out a “shark tooth” that was going to have us visit the dentist without her intervention and it hurt.

[momin2013]

I believe we gave $20 for the first tooth. ::ducks and runs away::

[dancingirl21]

$5 for first tooth and their favorite candy.

Now usually $3 and candy.

[Jalapeñomel]

A gold coin chocolate and $1.

[Patsy Baloney]

Jan 26, 2023 11:58:25 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

I believe we gave $20 for the first tooth. ::ducks and runs away::

Hold on, I’m coming over with a pair of pliers.

[CrazyLucky]

Ours got $5 for the first tooth and $2 for every tooth after. We were planning to ive $10 for the last tooth, but I have lost track and have no idea what tooth will be the last. LOL.

[momin2013]

Jan 26, 2023 12:00:54 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

Jan 26, 2023 11:58:25 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

I believe we gave $20 for the first tooth. ::ducks and runs away::

Hold on, I’m coming over with a pair of pliers.

For the record, that was only the first tooth. Subsequent teeth have been $5. 😇

[lessel]

We gave $20 for the first but it was actually 2.5* teeth got pulled. So he got a pity payout.

He's lost one since then and got $5 since that was all I had. So I think that might be the precedent now.


*One was a 'fused tooth' so it had an extra root, poor kiddo.

[mpm]

Jan 26, 2023 11:58:25 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

I believe we gave $20 for the first tooth. ::ducks and runs away::

Really hope your kid isn’t sharing this at school with my kid. 😬

[Velar Fricative]

I wanted to do $5 for the first and then $1 for every tooth thereafter. DH insisted on $20 for the first and $5 for the rest. I told him MIL should break the tie and thought I would win because she is the biggest cheapskate. That backfired, so DH won.

[sproctopus]

I'll definitely be the sucker giving him $20.

[icedcoffee]

DS got a $2 bill for the first one and $1 coin for the second. Whenever I get a weird denomination coin or bill I save it for the tooth fairy otherwise I'd just do a $1 paper bill.

[mpm]

My 5yo is eagerly awaiting losing her first tooth. And I never keep cash on hand. I was hoping I’d get away with clearing out some loose change but apparently inflation’s a bitch with everything. 😂

[hermione]

We gave $5 and a toy she had been eyeing for the first tooth. Every subsequent tooth varies depending on the cash that is on hand. I am not above admitting that I have raided the child's own piggy bank for tooth fairy money. In my defense, I pay it back at 100% interest, lol.

[namasteak]

First tooth $5
Subsequent teeth $1

[Susie]

1 bottle nail polish per tooth, at least so far.  I'm open to other small items, lip balms, etc., and will likely have to come up with something different for my son in a few years.

I debated a lot what to do for this phase.  The tooth fairy brought me and my brother a silver dollar for each baby tooth.  So now as an adult I've got my full set of baby teeth's worth of silver dollars, which would cover one of my two kids.  Do I get another set of silver dollars?  Split them up?  Do something else?  And what's the point?  So they can replicate this whole process with their kids?  This is absurd!  Adding to that, when my mom died I inherited her jewelry box, which contained the bonus features of ... my actual baby teeth and my brother's baby teeth.  And so now I have all that plus a growing collection of my DD's teeth.  No idea what to do with it all.  I would just toss the teeth, I'm just having a hard time getting past throwing away a collection -- of anything -- that my mom lovingly curated for 35-some years, when she is not here anymore.  It's all so very weird.

I could have just given my kids normal cash, and maybe I will on some future teeth.  I had to pivot away from this endless accumulation of sentimental tooth fairy related stuff though.

[redheadk]

1 gold dollar coin. Once she got close to losing teeth, I went to the bank and got a roll. Highly recommend, I never have to worry about having small bills for the tooth fairy.

She spends the gold dollar coins. I throw her teeth in the trash. 

[momin2013]

Jan 26, 2023 12:16:15 GMT -5 hermione said:

I am not above admitting that I have raided the child's own piggy bank for tooth fairy money. In my defense, I pay it back at 100% interest, lol.

I have absolutely done this.

[sparty04]

$5 for first, $1 gold coin for the rest. Sometimes a few more dollars if she forgets to stop by our house

[redheadk]

Jan 26, 2023 12:28:49 GMT -5 Susie said:

1 bottle nail polish per tooth, at least so far.  I'm open to other small items, lip balms, etc., and will likely have to come up with something different for my son in a few years.

I debated a lot what to do for this phase.  The tooth fairy brought me and my brother a silver dollar for each baby tooth.  So now as an adult I've got my full set of baby teeth's worth of silver dollars, which would cover one of my two kids.  Do I get another set of silver dollars?  Split them up?  Do something else?  And what's the point?  So they can replicate this whole process with their kids?  This is absurd!  Adding to that, when my mom died I inherited her jewelry box, which contained the bonus features of ... my actual baby teeth and my brother's baby teeth.  And so now I have all that plus a growing collection of my DD's teeth.  No idea what to do with it all.  I would just toss the teeth, I'm just having a hard time getting past throwing away a collection -- of anything -- that my mom lovingly curated for 35-some years, when she is not here anymore.  It's all so very weird.

I could have just given my kids normal cash, and maybe I will on some future teeth.  I had to pivot away from this endless accumulation of sentimental tooth fairy related stuff though.

Why wouldn't you just let them spend the silver dollars? There is no reason that they have to keep them forever and ever.