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The tooth fairy fucked up

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slati · 22/08/2022 00:35

Dd is 9, she says she thinks the tooth fairy is me, i have really done all i can to get her to believe, she also says she doesnt want to say that out loud incase the tooth fairy is real and hears her.

So i know deep down she still believes.

However, the tooth fairy has just had a baby and is very forgetful, forgot to come 2 nights in a row. Then tonight, was very heavy footed, could have basically kicked open dd's door with how much noise the handle made! Dd appeared to be asleep but there is a doubt....

I'm dreading the morning!!!

Was she fake sleeping or has the tooth fairy made it through another tooth.....

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DifficultBloodyWoman · 22/08/2022 00:44

I thought the tooth fairy had forgotten to visit me once but when my mum was cleaning, she discovered the fairy had visited but the money had somehow been hidden behind or underneath my bedside lamp.

So if the tooth fairy does this again, make sure your daughter cleans her room! 😉

Topseyt123 · 22/08/2022 00:59

This wouldn't have bothered me. She could believe if she wanted to, or not.

More often than not the tooth fairy forgot to visit in our house anyway, so I would just say that she had given the money to me for safekeeping and then hand it over to the child. As obvious as hell, but what did it really matter?

TheFormidableMrsC · 22/08/2022 01:10

Over lockdown, I got a friend to agree to be the tooth fairy and changed her name in my phone to that title. I had cancer and couldn't get out to get cash so every time DS lost a tooth, the tooth fairy sent a text to say she'd come and get it post Covid. It worked a dream. Try something like that 🙃

Rogue1001MNer · 22/08/2022 01:14

Forgetting 2 nights in a row is shit

FeedMeTiramisu · 22/08/2022 01:15

Baby hasn't been sleeping well at the moment and waking up easily and maybe tooth fairy knows this and didn't want to wake the baby up so has left it a few days knowing DD would understand if she were a few days late.

If she questions why you were in her room, maybe you heard a noise and was checking if maybe it was the tooth fairy and you were curious as to whether she had been?

Or....maybe usual toothfairy is on holiday and replacement didnt know the house very well and left the coin with the wrong Child and you were merely putting it in its correct place

FusionChefGeoff · 22/08/2022 01:19

Rogue1001MNer · 22/08/2022 01:14

Forgetting 2 nights in a row is shit

Well are't you just a peach

dressingonaweekend · 22/08/2022 01:35

I remember finding out the tooth fairy wasn't real when I was about 7 or 8. I looked in my mums bedside drawer and found my tooth, a letter I had written for the tooth fairy, and a sweet I'd left out for her (ironically!).
I was absolutely gutted.

However, if your child is 9 and thinking the tooth fairy isn't real, or questioning you on it, I wouldn't push it trying to get her to believe something that isn't real.
It sounds like she's really doubting it. And will probably start questioning if all the others are real .. Santa Etc..

SpidersAreShitheads · 22/08/2022 01:51

Rogue1001MNer · 22/08/2022 01:14

Forgetting 2 nights in a row is shit

I wouldn't have put it quite this bluntly, but I do agree with the general sentiment....

You say you've done everything possible to get her to believe - but then didn't "visit" for two nights in a row. I'd say you've pretty much blown it OP.

You could try and pull it back with a teeny tiny note from the Tooth Fairy apologising, saying that she was worried about waking the baby.

Doesn't really matter though. Your DD is around the age where most children start to figure it out/have already figured it out so it's not a big loss. Be prepared for her to start to question everything else though, ie/ Santa etc so have your answers ready!

DumDeeDoh · 22/08/2022 02:02

I wouldnt spend too much effort trying to get your child to believe in the tooth fairy. Enjoy the banter around it, pretend the tooth fairy dropped the money somewhere but dont get worked up about it.

MicksMate · 22/08/2022 02:07

Just style it out in the morning. I'm in the camp of maintaining belief forever, until it becomes a sort of in-joke. My children humour me these days.

"I don't know" is also a useful phrase, much underused I think. I use it all the time when being quizzed on arcane habits of hedgehogs and combustion engines, so why not about magical beings?

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/08/2022 03:06

i have really done all i can to get her to believe

Why?

Once they start to guess, surely that's OK. That's my line because DD believed just generally because everyone did. I wasn't going to actively lie to her for as long as possible.

TheLion · 22/08/2022 03:48

She's 9 - why be so desperate to keep it going? It's a sign of maturity that she's questioning it. I wouldn't persist with lying once she does that so still leave the money but no notes or elaborate explanations etc.

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