I Killed the Tooth Fairy

While I didn't forget the toothfairy, I lost the tooth. I am one of those keep all your kids stuff moms, and for some stupid reason, I put it in my coin purse, and it fell out and it's gone now. Thank goodness her next tooth is about to come out!! Cute story!

The tooth fairy forgot for my daughter recently too. She remembered about half-way through teaching her 3rd period class and blurted out to her high school students "I FORGOT THE TOOTH FAIRY!" Thankfully, my child is not the only one whom the the tooth fairy has ever forgotten! Several of my students (well-adjusted kids, for the most part) admitted that the tooth fairy had forgotten them once or twice too... So - although we feel like horrible parents, our kids probably won't be in therapy in 20 years just because we forgot the Tooth Fairy once or twice (then dropped a newly lost tooth down the drain the very next week...). They will probably grow up and tell the story of how the Tooth Fairy forgot them once too as they are trying to save face when the Fairy forgets their kids! :)

Obviously, you did not go about this the correct way. Our family tooth fairy is the world's worst at remembering to substitute the money for the tooth. In fact, it got to the point that my daughters had to put the tooth in an envelope and place it on the fireplace mantle so that the tooth fairy would remember it. If there wasn't money in the envelope on the first day, it could well take up to a week, but eventually the tooth fairy would come through with money. It was a lesson in perservance (as I explained to the girls). Unfortunately, the first time the envelope method was used, the enveloped wasn't sealed well and the tooth fairy was able to take out the tooth and put in the money and reseal the envelope. Then it became a game (battle?). The girls would go through all sorts of methods of sealing the envelope so that the poor tooth fairy would have to use methods like steaming the envelope open, substituting other envelopes with identical stickers, etc. So keep the tooth fairy alive