You know you’re a mom when on the rare occasion you go out of town, monumental things will happen at home.
Okay, so that’s a little dramatic, but Lola did officially start crawling over the weekend I was in San Jose at BlogHer 2014 (I’ll share a recap post on the conference in a few days).
And Todd sent me this photo of Lucas’s first loose tooth!
So exciting.
I had visions of going to the bank for crisp $2 bills, carefully painting the bills with glitter glue and downloading a template for Tooth Fairy stationary. A visit from the Tooth Fairy is very special, especially when it’s your first one.
I was reassured by my fellow mom friends that it takes a few days for a loose tooth to come out so I wasn’t too worried about it coming out while I was away.
Well, it happened last night! After a long day at Super Hero summer camp, karate lessons and a fun dinner out with friends, it was very late when we got home, way after bedtime late.
Lucas had been saying in the car that is tooth felt “looser” so he rushed to show his dad as soon as we walked through the door. Todd only had to wiggle the tooth slightly and after four days of being loose, it came out!
Why does everything happen at bedtime?
While Todd bathed and fed Lola, Lucas and I wrote a letter to the Tooth Fairy, I snapped a couple of terrible photos and then read him two books because even though it was well after his bedtime, he can’t go to bed without a story. I was trying to keep calm and not think about all the rushing around I would soon be engaging.
Once Lucas was safely asleep, I was scouring Pinterest for ideas, drafting a letter from the Tooth Fairy, asking about the going rate for baby teeth on Twitter, dragging out the printer, painting a $10 bill with glitter, drying it with a hairdryer and destroying any evidence. All at 11:00 at night.
Oy, the lengths we go to, right?
Neither of us had a $5 bill and Todd actually offered to go out and make change but we decided that was where we draw the line.
My advice to parents of new five-year-olds about to lose teeth, get your shit together early. You can thank me later!
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I always fail at the preparations and the cutsey stuff. I do craft a cute letter from the Tooth Fairy. But that’s all I got. 🙂 Congrats Lucas!
The Tooth Fairy around here got some gold coins to keep on hand. Just a little tip! 😉 She’s running out of them though…
There are no tooth fairies in Germany, which is where my kids lost their first tooth – so I got off easy 🙂
In our neck of the woods if you lose a tooth late in the day/evening the Tooth Fairy doesn’t always get the email to adjust her route in time. Sometimes the TF interns get things mixed up and it takes a few days from losing the tooth to actually receiving payment for it. Luckily the TF is quite generous and willing to pay late fees.
I am the worst tooth fairy ever. It is actually kind of a relief that Cady knows the truth now. She loses a tooth, and I had her a couple of bucks.
You’re such a good Mom!
The fairy who works my house is notoriously lazy and forgetful. She has been known to give loose change and that one time a child wrote a letter and then found that letter the following year, well, that was bad.
I’m reminded when @mommakiss had @poppyjmarler visiting & one of the kiss kids lost a tooth . . . had it not been for Poppy’s purse, the kid would have gotten a $20.
This is so exciting, though!
CJ has been freaking out in hearing that he’ll lose teeth lately. I don’t think he fully understands the baby teeth/adult teeth thing.
Yes, why does it always happen at bedtime? Our tooth fairy only had 20-dollar bills one time. After that she learned to keep ones on hand. 🙂
As soon as T had his first loose tooth, I made sure I had dollar bills in the house at all times. I’m terrible at carrying cash (I use my debit card for everything and I pay bills online). The glitter sounds like a fun idea, but so messy. I’m not that quite ambitious. I did write T a little note from the Tooth Fairy for the first tooth and cut it into the shape of a tooth. So I guess I got a little crafty. 🙂
Congrats on the first tooth lost! It’s so much fun.
So exciting! It was fun playing the Tooth Fairy when Aaron and I watched the kids!