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How much does the tooth fairy pay?

56 replies

CoffeeLover90 · 03/04/2023 18:52

I've a couple of years before I need to worry but apparently the tooth fairy is paying £2 a tooth and £5 for a back tooth? Bloody inflation. I wasn't aware, thought it was still a pound. When did this happen? It's like how in the last few years Easter has become more like Christmas. We got an outfit, nothing special, from parents and an egg from grandparents. These kids are getting balloon displays, chocolate, clothes, shoes, toys...

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TurnedOutOrangesAndLemonsAgain · 03/04/2023 21:09

@Brezel I’d advise you to take notes. Especially when they ask things like “how old are you?”

Sauvignonblanket · 03/04/2023 21:09

£1 - shiny ones

Ttbhappy · 03/04/2023 21:09

2 or whatever amount you set, your the parents

bizzywiththefizzy · 03/04/2023 21:11

Really ! Our tooth fairy was paying a pound a tooth twenty five years ago !

Findyourneutralspace · 03/04/2023 21:13

DS tried to tell me it was £50 but we settled on £1 a tooth after the first one. He ended up with a fiver but only because I had no change so I left a little note. Then he told his brother it was a fiver for the first, so I had to level up.

I hate wobbly teeth. Grim. I’m glad that phase is over.

AliceMcK · 03/04/2023 21:19

CoffeeLover90 · 03/04/2023 18:58

The tooth fairy money I'd discussed with friends. They said they and others they know are paying this. Thought bloody hell sorry but wasn't it traditional, one gold coin? The Easter thing I've seen mostly on social media but know a couple that spend at least 100 on each child for it.

Depends on what you mean by “traditional” growing up for me it was 10p & if we were really lucky i.e parents were pissed we got 50p, gold coins weren’t even a thing as pounds were still paper when I lost my teeth.

TortolaParadise · 03/04/2023 21:24

£10. Think I was robbed !

ODFOx · 03/04/2023 21:30

Countquack · 03/04/2023 18:57

Ours was always £1. However I’ve a friend whose tooth fairy brings small change, from a few pence to £2. Whatever the tooth fairy has in her purse that day. Our tooth fairy wished she’d done that on several occasions when a surprise tooth was lost late in the evening.

This: as long as it is a magically shiny coin. Keep a tub of Brasso wadding under the sink.
My DC could smell when the tooth fairy had come. Brasso is the smell of magic!!!

RudsyFarmer · 03/04/2023 21:32

A pound.

ODFOx · 03/04/2023 21:33

Also tiny notes rolled and tied with a tiny ribbon.
Further, the tooth fairy will thank you if your children put their lost tooth into a special pot or pouch rather than putting it loose under the pillow.

seven201 · 03/04/2023 21:35

£1 here although my dd would be happy with any shiny coin. I do admit, sometimes the £1 has come out of her own piggy bank!

Marchforward · 03/04/2023 21:37

ODFOx · 03/04/2023 21:30

This: as long as it is a magically shiny coin. Keep a tub of Brasso wadding under the sink.
My DC could smell when the tooth fairy had come. Brasso is the smell of magic!!!

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Put it in vinegar for 10 mins and it works just as well.

£1 per tooth.

Easter, a supermarket pack of Easter egg hunt eggs. About £4 plus £1 supermarket Easter bunny from us after they have done the paper based egg hunt we set up. It used to be so much more expensive when they had allergies.

DeathMetalMum · 03/04/2023 21:38

£2 first tooth then 50p. Our tooth fairy is quite good at finding special 50p's and has given quite a few Peter Rabbit and Paddington 50p's over the past few years.

imnotthatkindofmum · 03/04/2023 21:54

£1 and a letter from the tooth fairy. This week the tooth fairy has added £1 to dd9s nimbl card. Things are moving on technology wise in tooth land!

Letter started with eldest who had a big imagination but she then bloody passed it onto the other 2!

We once had a stand in tooth fairy called Keith Anderson write the letter as my dds usual tooth fairy was too busy on a field trip.

Original poster
CoffeeLover90 · 03/04/2023 21:54

I'm pleased, thank you. I don't feel cheap now, I'm sticking with the £1. Like the idea of keeping the first tooth too.

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Rollercoastertycoon · 03/04/2023 21:59

Mine get a fiver per tooth.

And a note reminding them to brush their teeth that I write with my left hand in a pathetic attempt to hide my handwriting.

worried4698643 · 03/04/2023 22:01

£1. Occasionally 2 as an apology if the tooth fairy fell asleep and forgot

Itstillgoeson · 03/04/2023 22:03

Any available change, or foreign coins.

TwinsAndTiramisu · 03/04/2023 22:06

CoffeeLover90 · 03/04/2023 18:58

The tooth fairy money I'd discussed with friends. They said they and others they know are paying this. Thought bloody hell sorry but wasn't it traditional, one gold coin? The Easter thing I've seen mostly on social media but know a couple that spend at least 100 on each child for it.

So, you thought the tooth fairy brought £1. You would have done £1. On asking other people, they pay more. Good for them, you don't have too.

The Easter thing is ridiculous. Ask yourself if you hadn't seen the social media, would you have even thought it possible to spend £100 on Easter things per child?? Let alone the normal amount.

bellsbuss · 03/04/2023 22:06

I do £2 DH did £10 last month, he said he had no change

IlonaRN · 03/04/2023 22:16

£1 per tooth

BettyBoopy · 03/04/2023 22:18

£1 per tooth here!

SaturdayGiraffe · 03/04/2023 22:19

These threads always make me think of the hopeful children who must put their tooth under the pillow and find it there the next morning, with no money.
And what they must end up thinking about themselves.

Mrsweasleysclock · 03/04/2023 22:23

We decided on a gift for the first tooth to mark the milestone and didn't bother with the tooth fairy. Kids were still so excited to lose each one.

PaigeMatthews · 03/04/2023 22:27

The tooth fairy has a coin purse and a lack of understanding of the value of human money. So to the tooth fairy they are all just random coins. You could get a different coin every time. Those poor children with notes must have crappy teeth their parents have to buy ;)

1st tooth £2 coin, mini toothpaste and new toothbrush.

after that whatever coin is available.

easter should be bigger than Christmas because it is far more important.