When did your little one realise the tooth fairy wasn't real?

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

I like that DD still believes, it's sweet. She will be nine later this year.

However dh and I are so shit at remembering to sort it. She's lots two teeth in the last month. Tooth one we left the replacement envelope with a quid in on the coffee table. Dd said "maybe she couldn't come to my room because of social distancin?"

Tooth two we just forgot altogether. Had to do it the second night and leave a note from TF saying sorry too windy to fly last night.

In all other aspects of parenting we are average/good across the board. But at this, specifically, we are lacking.

And then we have to go through it all again when the 5yo starts losing his teeth.

Mine are 9&7. The tooth fairy service here is dreadful... But they still believe. As they do in Santa. Maybe the Easter Bunny as well, not 100%sure there... They see me hiding the eggs!

They are still young. They need magic in their lives, especially at the moment.

My youngest never believed, oldest at 9 didnt from around 7/8. Both still vehemently believe in Santa.

I realised (aged 9) when 50p was left in the form of two twenties, and a ten. It was how my mum always did 50p, as she rarely had 50p pieces.

Does your DD always tell you when she loses a tooth, or does she just put it under her pillow without a word?

She's 8 and she came home saying someone said it wasn't real and kept asking over and over and saying she would be fine with it if she wasn't because she "thought she knew anyway". I kept saying "if you believe in her she will be real" and other rubbish (feck knows why in hindsight!) but she twigged. A couple of months later the puppy lost a tooth and she put it under her pillow and I refused to cough up. Tooth fairy doesn't want dog teeth etc. She laughed and said "I was just wondering if you'd give me money for all of HER teeth too!" That's when I knew the game was up.

My 2 never believed & didn't for long in Santa either, I don't think that they were particularly savvy just that I was a rubbish liar 😂

They are both adults now and seem quite happy that their childhoods were perfectly pleasant and not ruined by the lack of 'magic'. They obviously still got presents at Christmas and £1 under their pillows for teeth, the only difference was they knew that they were from the people who loved them most.

DS worked out age 6 that Father Christmas isn't real. Quickly followed by realising that the tooth fairy can't be real either. He hasn't even lost any teeth yet!

My 10 year old found out last week! Swiftly followed by Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny. Her twin can't believe she's only just realised as he's known for ages.

When she was 7, on holiday and found the tooth.

Dd was 9 when I knew that she knew.
The tooth fairy always used to leave her a note written in tiny tooth fairy handwriting.

Dd has lost a tooth so was just putting it under her pillow, and we were chatting i was hoping to put £5 (i had absolutely no change) under her pillow before she went to sleep, and i said "would you be sad if the tooth fairy didn't leave you a note? Maybe the tooth fairy is to tired to come tonight"

Dd looked at me straight faced and said "give me the £5 now, I want the "tooth fairy" to leave me a note in this pen and she can give it to me in the morning" 🤣🤣

Now when she loses a tooth, she tells me and I transfer her a couple of quid.

We didn’t ever do tooth fairy. DD didn’t want to hand over her teeth and wanted to keep them in a little box, which she did.

When my ds started losing teeth I told him the tooth fairy probably is just made up. He is adamant that I am wrong. We don't do the Easter bunny though. Santa is enough for me.

I don't remember ever believing in Santa/the tooth fairy/Easter bunny.

My childhood was great despite the "lack of magic".

Youngest DD is 6 nearly 7. She lost a couple of teeth in the last few weeks. With the second one, we were preparing to put the tooth under her pillow and she started to get a bit upset. I couldn't workout why, but eventually got the jist that she was worrying about the fairy coming in to her room in the night. I couldn't keep up the pretence and alleviate her anxiety, so I told her that it was actually mummy and daddy who bring the money in. She thought it was hilarious and that we were very silly, but was very relieved that the fairy wouldn't be coming into her room.

DD is ten. She asked me a few months ago if the tooth fairy was real and I 'fessed up. She was really upset and said "don't tell me you're Santa as well!". I had to say I wasn't.