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To think the tooth fairy should be giving more than 20p

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Battybonkers · 17/08/2022 23:09

DD has lost her first tooth. DH wanted to leave 20p, I wanted to give £5 for 1st tooth and a quid for each subsequent one. DH was horrified - accused me of rampant Inflation in the middle of a cost of living crisis. I on the other hand think he needs to accept prices have gone up since he lost teeth around 30years ago - inflation is a reflection of wage progression in the fairy world. Who is BU? What is the going rate for teeth these days??

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TopFun · 17/08/2022 23:10

£2 per tooth here.

Joolsin · 17/08/2022 23:11

That's exactly what the tooth fairy gave my children! €5 for first tooth, €1 thereafter.

Ivalueloyaltyaboveallelse · 17/08/2022 23:12

£2 per tooth here also.

bakewellbride · 17/08/2022 23:12

I think anything between £2-£5 seems normal. 20p is just ridiculous - ask dh what your child will be able to buy with that!

BaronessEllarawrosaurus · 17/08/2022 23:14

50p here

Soproudoflionesses · 17/08/2022 23:14

£5 for firsttooth, £1 thereafter with a note reminding dd not to spend it on sweets (see what l did there?!)

Benjaminsniddlegrass · 17/08/2022 23:14

How old is your DD? Will she even care? My DD was a young 5 when she started losing her teeth and she would have been as happy with a 20p or £2 as she wouldn't really get the value of it and for her it was about the magic! We either do £1 or 50p dependent on what we have in. We do a little note for her from the tooth fairy each time and that's what she is far more excited by than the money.

cindermeg · 17/08/2022 23:15

My dd got 5 euro for her first tooth as that's what all her friends at the time were getting and 2 euro for each subsequent tooth.

TheUsualChaos · 17/08/2022 23:16

I've done £1 per tooth. But honestly when it's their first ones, do they really care what the amount is? Just find a nice shiny coin. It's about the magic not the money ffs.

LilacPoppy · 17/08/2022 23:16

£2 every tooth.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 17/08/2022 23:16

20p is just fine, it’s a token from the tooth fairy. a young child will have no concept on the monetary value, revel in that before they start to get materialistic and grabby.

cexuwaleozbu · 17/08/2022 23:16

£2 here too.

My logic was - when I got 20p per tooth, you could buy a Beano for 20p. So the going rate for a tooth should be the cover price of the Beano.

Lesterjosephgale · 17/08/2022 23:17

Sorry OP but this has made me laugh! Your DH accusing you of stoking the inflation with tooth fairy money 😂

EarringsandLipstick · 17/08/2022 23:17

I'm with you OP. Your DH is back in 1985!

Mind you, the cursed tooth fairy needs to start doing contactless or Revolut - cash is a dying commodity; more than once, an IOU has been left in this house!

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Battybonkers · 17/08/2022 23:18

@bakewellbride thats exactly what I said! She will want to spend it immediately- she’s not a saver! We ended up settling on a pound mainly cos we didn’t have any other change: it was £1 or a tenner. Am feeling a bit bad that a pound wasn’t enough for such a momentous occasion as the first tooth. I might slip a few stickers in too…

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Battybonkers · 17/08/2022 23:19

@Lesterjosephgale you wait: Boris will be blaming her next too….

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NoWeaponsOnTheTable · 17/08/2022 23:20

I think £5 is ridiculous as they don't have any concept of money..it's about the shiny coin not the amount.
£1 per tooth here generally but with the explanation that all tooth fairies are different.

Doremisofarsogood · 17/08/2022 23:22

£5 first, £1 after.....except one time the tooth fairy had too much wine and no change, and left a £20 note 🤣 Much embarrassment at school when this story came out!!

Heroicallyl0st · 17/08/2022 23:22

£1 here. But the tooth fairy is constantly scrabbling for change and really wants to use Go Henry, except DS is reading now so would see that it’s come from ‘Mummy’!

TopFun · 17/08/2022 23:22

Battybonkers · 17/08/2022 23:18

@bakewellbride thats exactly what I said! She will want to spend it immediately- she’s not a saver! We ended up settling on a pound mainly cos we didn’t have any other change: it was £1 or a tenner. Am feeling a bit bad that a pound wasn’t enough for such a momentous occasion as the first tooth. I might slip a few stickers in too…

Our tooth fairy also delivers a button. My children have a little tooth pillow (about the size of my hand) and I sew each new button on it. They prefer the button to the money.

Justwantanicepeacfulholiday · 17/08/2022 23:23

£5 for first £1-£2 for following is going rate around here. They should be able to buy something with it, not that £1 goes very far.

Was always 50p 30 years ago when I was a kid, no idea what planet your DH is on.

Discovereads · 17/08/2022 23:25

£5 per tooth and youngest is 18 so make of that what you will.
Shiny coins are worthless and DC today know that. They know the paper money is what is special.

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Battybonkers · 17/08/2022 23:27

@topfun that’s a lovely idea: I feel I should’ve given this more thought - oh well maybe I can do something magical for the second child’s first tooth. And to make it up to the eldest I’ll contribute to the therapy she’ll be wanting when she’s older and feels like not even the tooth fairy loves her as much as her brother. 😳

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Oinkypig · 17/08/2022 23:28

Tooth fairy only leaves paper money in this house … a night where they missed a collection and then had no change set a precedent (please don’t judge I only had a €50 note available) she did say that was for the first tooth so it’s back down to €10

elliejjtiny · 17/08/2022 23:28

The tooth fairy here gives £1 per unblemished tooth and 50p for a tooth with a filling in it.