Whats the going rate for a tooth these days?

JulieSD
JulieSD Posts: 567
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
Piper my 6 year old has 4 wiggly teeth. Any day now she is going to be a toothless wonder...what is the going rate for a tooth now? Tooth Fairy used to leave me a quarter back in the 80's. Pretty fair to say I would wake up with pretty disappointed daughter if she was left a quarter!

I'm thinking 2$/tooth?
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,048 Member
    Piper my 6 year old has 4 wiggly teeth. Any day now she is going to be a toothless wonder...what is the going rate for a tooth now? Tooth Fairy used to leave me a quarter back in the 80's. Pretty fair to say I would wake up with pretty disappointed daughter if she was left a quarter!

    I'm thinking 2$/tooth?
    Lol, I'm gracious. My daughter has lost 4 teeth and we've given her $5 for each one.
  • khartley535
    khartley535 Posts: 151 Member
    Mine lost his first 2 this summer and he gets $1 for each. The tooth fairy is lucky to have any cash in our neck of the woods.
  • cabaray
    cabaray Posts: 971 Member
    Our neighborhood tooth fairy leaves $2 for each tooth. My daughter actually pulled 2 in one night. Needless to say I was digging through the change bucket for some quarters.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    I got a dollar each when I was a kid.

    I have a cousin who gets a sawbuck for each tooth. It's bullsh*t.
    -wtk
  • Krull_the_WarriorKing
    Krull_the_WarriorKing Posts: 650 Member
    My ex- and I didn't talk about this and my daugher lost her first tooth at my place so the tooth fairy gave her $20.. Her mom hates me. :devil: :devil:
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    My ex- and I didn't talk about this and my daugher lost her first tooth at my place so the tooth fairy gave her $20.. Her mom hates me. :devil: :devil:
    You are awesome.
    -wtk
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Aww, I can't wait til my little guy's teeth start to fall out!
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
    The first tooth was $5, subsequent teeth $2, and on nights there was no cash in the house, the Tooth Fairy left gift certificates!

    One thing that I do is get some glitter and sprinkle some around the bed and night table, then I tell them that they must have struggled with her in their sleep, or that she must have bumped into something!
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    Wow, the tooth fairy is loaded...we only ever got $1 for the first tooth, .25 for like tooth 2-3 and after that the tooth fairy was rudely crushed.
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    I totally thought this was going to be a post asking about veneers
  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    My kids have gotten $1 gold coins for each. They just happen to also be what the vending machines at work dispense... :wink:
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    I would get a quarter.

    I think a dollar a tooth is a great call, kids don't need a lot of money - they have parents providing them stuff, right? :) I never had money as a kid.
  • jdelot
    jdelot Posts: 397 Member
    Tooth fairy gives my son a $1 coin. Either the Sacajewea coins or the newer Presidential $1 coins.
  • AlissaPT
    AlissaPT Posts: 65 Member
    We got a dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny for each tooth. Don't know how the tooth fairy always had exact change, but she did.
  • agwilker
    agwilker Posts: 104 Member
    I think my niece gets $1 per tooth. She lost one a couple months ago and they forgot to make the exchange that night. They told her the tooth fairy got lost, but maybe she would do mapquest for the next night.
  • MFPAddict
    MFPAddict Posts: 2,069 Member
    We did a $2 bill for the first one, and $1 bill for others
  • Mariposa187
    Mariposa187 Posts: 344 Member
    it depends on the teeth. I always got more for my molars. I usually got at least a dollar. If a got a dollar it would be the half dollars so it was super cool to me cuz i had never seen them before. :) have fun!
  • JIsh09
    JIsh09 Posts: 158
    My son recently lost a tooth and I put 5 dollars under his pillow. Funny thing is when he checked under his pillow and seen 5 dollars he gave me a funny look and says 5 dollars mom? What can I do with this nothing! Lol kids are to smart nowadays.
  • Mariposa187
    Mariposa187 Posts: 344 Member
    My ex- and I didn't talk about this and my daugher lost her first tooth at my place so the tooth fairy gave her $20.. Her mom hates me. :devil: :devil:



    will you be my daddy? :tongue: i would have flipped out if if found $20 under my pillow
  • tararocks
    tararocks Posts: 287 Member
    my five year old hasnt lost any yet, but when my older daughter was losing them it was $5 for the first tooth and $1 for each tooth after that.
  • Wileyjoe
    Wileyjoe Posts: 282
    We took the easy way out and told my son that last christmas the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus had a horrible collision that neither survived.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Aww, I can't wait til my little guy's teeth start to fall out!

    This sounded really funny to me. I know what you meant, but it sounds hilarious.
  • beccadaniixox
    beccadaniixox Posts: 542 Member
    When I lost my teeth,back in the 90s, my parents gave me $20 for my first tooth, $5 for the others, and $20 again for my last one. :)
    Teeth that were to get pulled weren't valid for tooth fairy money.
  • SarabellPlus3
    SarabellPlus3 Posts: 496 Member
    My kids get whatever we happen to have at the ready. I prefer to give $1, but sometimes it's been up to $10 if that's all DH or I happen to have!
  • hyenagirl
    hyenagirl Posts: 206 Member
    I used to get $1 for a tooth in the 80's and early 90's and I thought that was awesome (better than a quarter)! Then when I was 11, I had the remainder of my baby teeth extracted (8 of them), and my parents told me that I was too old for the tooth fairy. I was pretty bummed out. It would of been better if they told me they didn't have any money to spare (might have been the case, I was pretty mature and would have understood) but the "too old" bit hurt.

    $5 would work or a gift certificate/toy would also work since the tooth fairy works on trade now I'm sure of it.
  • ebramlett
    ebramlett Posts: 306 Member
    I leave my boys a gold $5 coin. Something they can keep for years afterwards.
  • yummy♥
    yummy♥ Posts: 612 Member
    the tooth fairy mixed things up at our place.
    sometimes $20, but once it was a little bindle of dry cat food.

    no, not kidding.
    yes, the reaction was priceless.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    The tooth fairy left me a phat $20 once. I thought I'd hit the jackpot. Looking back, I bet my mom was saying to herself, "oh *kitten*! I grabbed the wrong bill from my wallet in the dark...that'll learn me!"
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    My son recently lost a tooth and I put 5 dollars under his pillow. Funny thing is when he checked under his pillow and seen 5 dollars he gave me a funny look and says 5 dollars mom? What can I do with this nothing! Lol kids are to smart nowadays.

    Your son seems a bit ungrateful. The next tooth he lost would have been a lump of coal if it was my kid.
  • glockster972
    glockster972 Posts: 704 Member
    Wow, the tooth fairy is loaded...we only ever got $1 for the first tooth, .25 for like tooth 2-3 and after that the tooth fairy was rudely crushed.

    Your tooth fairy and my tooth fairy must have been cousins. I never got anything more than 25 cents.
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