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Exciting times, daughter #1’s wobbly tooth finally appeared in hand at the breakfast table this morning, and it has led to a debate as to the value of coins that may or may not be left under the pillow this eve… has the BoE interest rate hikes been fairly reflected in fairyland or the cost of living crisis impacted them worse?
TL;DR £1 or £2? 😅
Still £1 here. Give it as 100 x 1p coins though - looks more impressive!
Edit - hands up, done that more than once...
And be prepared for the inevitable time when you forget to swap a tooth for a shiny coin – we said ‘perhaps lots of little children lost teeth yesterday and the tooth fairy is running a bit behind – I am sure she’ll make it tonight’.
Tooth fairy policy is to no longer leave £1 coins under the follow as it's a choking hazard. All funds must now be transferred electronically from wallet to wallet.
£1 in 10's and 20's. More coins the richer they think they are.
A mum from the school run gave £20 for the first tooth. Utter madness.
quid down here in the south east. They've no idea how much its worth anyway
£1 last night in kimbers household
she gave €1 when we were on holiday in France
fun fact- my wife has kept every single one of our 4 kids teeth, they are in a gross little bag in her wardrobe
yeah £1 or £2 here and my wife also has the bag of teeth in the wardrobe 🙂
It's a running negotiation here.
I would deffo start at £1 to allow bargaining room in the future.
Last tooth was subject to some discussion: child was of the opinion that since she'd swallowed it in the night the tooth fairy should bump the price to £3 to cover the trauma of having swallowed it; while I (representing the tooth fairy's best interests, I felt) maintained that it should drop to 50p to account for tooth-fairy danger money attributed to the collection process.
£1 in our house
fun fact- my wife has kept every single one of our 4 kids teeth, they are in a gross little bag in her wardrobe
My wife has her baby teeth and my daughters in a little bag.... its all a bit odd. I suspect she might be saving enough up to become a voodoo witch doctor or similar
I got 50p when I were young (early 90s).
Reading this thread, I feel cheated. Was that the going rate then, or am I owed the difference plus interest?
£1.
Be prepared for the devious little ****er to try and catch you in the act!
£1 here too, and we have also delivered the 'busy fairy' line! Think we may have followed up with comment about tooth fairy contractual commitments meant payment rose at £1/ day of late payment..... this quickly killed any thoughts or doubts that we may not have wanted in a tender young mind.
fun fact- my wife has kept every single one of our 4 kids teeth, they are in a gross little bag in her wardrobe
Pah! Amateur! My mother has the bit of my umbilical cord that falls off after a few days in a jar of formaldehyde. 🤢
£1 here as well, although there has been a few times we didn't have any change. So have had to tell the kids the tooth fairy sometimes can't make it round all the kids, so you need to kepp it under your pillow for a nother night....
My waif also has all our 2 kids teeth. They're older now and know there isn't a tooth fairy, my wife takes great pleasure in grossing them them out by telling them she is going to make a necklace out of the teeth shes collected!!
£5 of shiny coins.
Here in France we have a tooth mouse instead of a tooth fairy. It uses the teeth it collects to build a tooth house!
Daffy - big spender!!
Thanks all, I feel highly vindicated by insisting £1, was being made to feel like Scrooge 😄
I recall Grandma Poland insisting that PLN100 - about £20 - was reasonable for a niece’s tooth, now that was madness…
Wish me- sorry “the fairy” luck getting the dosh under pillow tonight🧚♀️
£2.30
(think about it 🙂 )
Boom boom!
Here in France we have a tooth mouse instead of a tooth fairy. It uses the teeth it collects to build a tooth house!
That sounds like the stuff of nightmares 😳
Anyway... I thought it was all crypto with kids nowadays?
Be prepared for the devious little ****er to try and catch you in the act!
I remember once putting a tooth under the pillow without telling anyone and being mortified when the fairy hadn't been.
There's probably a life lesson to be had here.
Baby teeth £1
Baby arms £10
At least that's what I tell my kids.
Bitcoin. They'll need the capital growth when adulthood and root canal beckons.
It was a pound 20 years ago...
Over the road neighbour's favourite (most successful daughter) had her niece over. Tooth came out and a £20 note was found under a pillow. Needless to say mum and dad were not amused as the bar had been set.
Mine will find a note saying the tooth fairy had topped up their ISAs and the tooth fairy can explain compound interest
It was a pound 20 years ago…<br /><br />
That was my thoughts when I raised it to £5. It’s also used to show them counting with real money and what they can then buy with it. Intro to capitalism. <br /><br />These days a missing tooth is met with “yesss” - my daughter (6.5) emerged from her room two weeks ago looking like something from a horror film - brandishing a tooth between bloody fingers and with a bloody smile she gleefully exclaimed - “it was loose so I pulled it out; £5 more pounds!” She was supposed to be asleep.
The large £2 coins seem to be the right balance here. The kids are happy with that at least.
£1 won't buy you a packet of giant buttons to rot the rest away although it will get 4 freddos.
Doesn't really matter what we say, you should be asking in the school WhatsApp group. Eventually somebody in the class will be getting more.
We were £1 but the class rate now appears to be £2 for some reason 🤬
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I got 50p when I were young (early 90s).Reading this thread, I feel cheated
50p in 1990 gets you £1.10 today adjusted for inflation. You were treated well.
BoE tells me that £1 in 1980 is worth £4.10 in todays money. Kids of this generation are getting robbed!! Or did we all have it too good?🫤
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator
I remember being absolutely gutted when one of my teeth fell out while I was brushing them and disappeared down the plughole. The next morning I found a 6D (yes, we're talking 1969 0r 1970 here...) next to the taps, which Mum said had been delivered by Undine as a favour to her Toothfairy cousins....
Who is Undine???
my wife also has the bag of teeth in the wardrobe 🙂<br /><br />
Perhaps they could make earrings from them and sell them. Gotta be worth more like a fiver then.
Undine is a fairytale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldbrand in order to gain a soul<br /><br />
based on the Naiads or water nymphs of Greek mythology.
Was 10p when i were a lad in the 1970s
fun fact- my wife has kept every single one of our 4 kids teeth, they are in a gross little bag in her wardrobe
Yep, not sure if she still has them, but same here.
Remember, the tooth fairy needs the teeth to make granny's false teeth...
On the odd occasion when the Tooth Fairy's assistants have forgotten to put the coin under the pillow ($1 in our household - about 50p) we always said it was probably because the tooth wasn't clean enough, maybe if they cleaned it really well then tried again the next night they might get a dollar...
Gave us a chance to set a reminder on the phone, and also got the kids to brush their teeth better (for a few weeks at least).
£2 here.
For once in my life I am feeling like I'm generous, but pretty certain when we've cross-referenced with other parents that's the going rate round here.
Went for £2 in the end, first tooth and all that.
Now the wee blighter has informed me that another tooth is wobbly and is attempting to pull it out!!
Will need a bigger piggy bank at this rate. And a bank loan… 😭
Now the wee blighter has informed me that another tooth is wobbly and is attempting to pull it out!!
Be glad you kept it down at £2....
....and wait a decade until they really start tapping you up for money!
[cool story]
When my twins were at that age I decided to secretly write them a letter from the tooth fairy! I printed it off on some suitably pink girly paper and sprayed a bit of MrsSB perfume on it - I put it and £1 under the pillow.
They bought it hook line and sinker and, even at 21, they still remember it and think it was super-cool. The deception lasted a remarkably long time (many months)!
Definitely one of my best 'dad' moments 🙂