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To keep ALL my DDs baby teeth?

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LadyEatsCrispsALot · 16/01/2012 20:11

Aw DD 6 has just had her first baby tooth come out. I have kept it ( in tissue and in an envelope) and now I am thinking, do I really want to keep them all as they fall out?
Isn't the first one the most memorable?
What do you do?

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cruelladepoppins · 16/01/2012 20:13

I've kept them all (2 boys) but have no idea what to do with them!

DressDownFriday · 16/01/2012 20:14

I keep them all in a little tin with a fairy on the top. God knows why. DD is 11 now and the teeth look so tiny.

IneedAbetterNicknameIn2012 · 16/01/2012 20:16

My Mum still has all my teeth. I have kept all DS1s that he has lost so far :)

Hulababy · 16/01/2012 20:17

DD is 9y and she keeps all her baby teeth. She always writes to the tooth fairy to ask if she can keep them. They are in a little silver tooth holder with a fairy on the top.

MudAndGlitter · 16/01/2012 20:20

It never occurred to me to keep them! Luckily none have been lost yet.

Blackpuddingbertha · 16/01/2012 20:24

If you have lots of DC you can do this with them!

Whilst looking for that link I also found this which I find slightly freaky...

LadyEatsCrispsALot · 16/01/2012 20:31

Urrgghh Black Pudding! I prefer the 'make it in to a bracelet' idea as opposed to a weird book of teeth! Urrggh!
Actually the bracelet idea is also a bit yuk.

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bilblio · 16/01/2012 21:34

I've got all my baby teeth.... somewhere.

BluddyMoFo · 16/01/2012 21:35

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timetosmile · 16/01/2012 21:36

DS keeps one, trades one for cash from the tooth fairy alternately. Thus he has a few pounds and a tin of pirate relics to gross out his friends....

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 16/01/2012 21:38

I've got the full set of both DSs teeth, wrapped in kitchen towel with the date they fell out. Oh, how sad am I?! What an earth am I going to do with them? I can't just throw them away now - perhaps I'll just bequeath them to the boys and they can sort it out!

LordOfTheFlies · 16/01/2012 21:39

I've got the DCs teeth in a jar (mixed up so I don't know who's who).

DD took some in for show and tell.
And some of my wisdom teeth (not the one I put in Coca Cola to demonstrate the effects).

troisgarcons · 16/01/2012 21:43

All stuffed in a drawer - labled .... that's because I'm quite anal and read about Sarah Paynes mother having to give over teeth for DNA sampling ....... I know I know but I also have samples. locks of hair too.

BluddyMoFo · 16/01/2012 21:44

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RockStockAndTwoOpenBottles · 16/01/2012 21:47

I've kept the first ones of my older three. I have no idea why. I also have a lock of their hair from their first haircuts. They are now 18, 17 and 15. I suppose I will do the same when DD3 loses her first tooth, got the lock of hair already.

I'm pretty sure that my mum has the same for my 4 siblings and me too.

Balderdabble · 16/01/2012 21:49

My mum has mine in a jar next to her bed - I'm 28! Totally gross and a little bit disturbing!

LordOfTheFlies · 16/01/2012 21:49

I've still got the 2 positive pregnancy sticks that I peed on when I found out I was pg.

DD is 9.6 DS is 12 Grin

That's somehow worse.
And I don't think they'd want them in their Memory Boxes. Hmm

marriedinwhite · 16/01/2012 21:55

I found a little box in my bedside cabinet a few months ago, full of tiny teeth of various off/white shades, some with bits of brown on, some with bits of dried blood on, nestled into a folded tissue. No idea whether they belonged to ds or dd - utterly disgusting and have been thrown away. DS is 17 and DD 13. Why on earth did I ever think to keep them? Now their first shoes are another matter - they are still cute.

Moominsarescary · 16/01/2012 21:57

I've still got the positive pg test from ds1, he's 17

LadyEatsCrispsALot · 16/01/2012 21:58

Pg sticks! Wow! I am impressed! :)

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Dumpyandabdabs · 16/01/2012 22:04

Urgh!!! Teeth that are not attached to the mouth where they belong are disgusting, Even my kids!! Shuddering in the corner at the thought of a jar of teeth. GRIM

BluddyMoFo · 16/01/2012 22:09

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LordOfTheFlies · 16/01/2012 22:14

My 12 yo DS lost one of his baby molars a couple of weeks back.
It was perfect .
I was so sad (when I had to find the mercanary little toad a £1 coin)

It just seems to take him ever closer to teenage.

DD has a load to come out, then she can get her brace that she longs for.

BluddyMoFo · 16/01/2012 22:19

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