Lily has her first loose tooth, and she is not happy about it. She was in hysterics last night after biting into the apple which loosened one of her bottom teeth. She carried on for hours.
Of course, to try and make her feel better, I regaled her with stories of the magical tooth fairy. Lily, I whispered softly, when you sleep the night after your tooth falls out, you put it under your pillow and a fairy comes and trades it for money. How cool is that? Her eyes grew large. Her sobbing halted. You mean somebody sneaks into my room at night? When I’m sleeping? And she takes my teeth? The cries intensified. What does she do with them? Is there blood? Does it hurt? I want my teeeeeeeeethhhhh!!! Why is this happening to me?!!!
And so, I told her. I told her everything. I explained that there are no fairies, no sneaking in rooms and no collections of teeth in the sky. Her dad and I would be the ones responsible for placing the gold coin under him pillow and there was nothing to be afraid of.
And, in an instant, the magic was over. And so was her crying.
It’s a good thing we don’t need to carry on the Santa charade in this house– I’m not sure how well the heavy set man with rosacea plummeting down the chimney would sit with her. I’ll just have to hope she doesn’t spill the beans for all of the the less cynical children out there. It’s no fun to be the one to let them in on the truth. Even if they’re asking for it.
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I wasn’t able to leave a comment for the longest time. It was all my stupid computer’s fault–not yours. My kids have had similar fears about all of the make-believe characters who enter our houses while we’re sleeping. K once wanted to leave a note on our front door for Santa saying, “Since we don’t have a fire place, can you just leave the presents outside?” She was terrified of some strange man crawling through the windows.
The easter bunny seems to be a little less intimidating. LOL
.-= Lolli´s last blog ..Tribute Tuesday–Fall Indulgences =-.
This is EXACTLY how my kids felt about Santa! This is why Santa never actually enters our house, the gifts from him are dropped down the chimney still the the sack (a laundry bag, shhhh). I was amazed that they went that direction but it made perfect sense when I thought about it!
.-= Jennifer Juniper´s last blog ..Halloween Mummy Cupcakes! =-.
That is the single best picture of a tooth fairy that I have ever seen in my life.
I am wordless : )
.-= Life with Kaishon´s last blog ..Mila on learning she was getting a puppy! =-.
Haha… well go figure. ;)
I always played at tooth fairy and Santa Claus when I was a kid, but I never actually thought they were real – just a fun game of pretend that my parents actually participated in.
Did Mike Tyson lose another tooth? Because it looks to me like maybe the Tooth Fairy got caught. Check his ears.
.-= lceel´s last blog ..Nightmare’s dance – take two. =-.
I love that you tried to be magical. And I love that you realize your daughter is a realist and decided to give her the real deal. I probably would have carried on, “yes…into your room yes….butdontworry!! It’s MAAAGIC! She has shiny sparkly WINGS!”
I think I like your way.
.-= Mama Kat´s last blog ..Tuesday Tribute: An Open Letter To My Toosh =-.
What do you mean there is no such thing as Santa?!?
It is kind of scary when you think about someone coming in the middle of the night to take your tooth. :)
The tooth fairy in our neck of the woods has a grace period. And is TOTALLY understood when she leaves money but fails to pick up the tooth. More than once.
WHAT??????????????????????? There’s no tooth fairy?
Thanks a lot.
:)
.-= Live.Love.Eat´s last blog ..Movin’ on up! =-.
That is classic.
Santa freaked Bram out a little last year. Of course we didn’t tell him the truth but we had to assure him that Santa doesn’t come into your room.
Hmmmm, maybe the tooth fairy is going to be a problem for us as well.
.-= courtney´s last blog ..Kid down. =-.
Loose teeth gross me out for some reason. I am dreading when that day comes with the Wee One.
And yeah, the idea of someone coming in the night and stealing old teeth? Grody.
.-= Ashley. Unscripted…´s last blog ..Trapped, with no possible chance for escape. =-.
When my daughter was little, her aunt tortured her with stories of a scary tooth fairy. When Madison finally lost her tooth she was inconsolable, so I thought. I called my sister to explain it to her and told her she better calm the child down. My daughter calmly told her Auntie that finding a $10 bill under her pillow in the morning would make everything all better…… Auntie paid up and I still smile 10 years later every time I hear a tooth fairy story.
SO funny. Just this morning I posted something similar about my little guy. Telling him the truth never even crossed my mind. Maybe I will tonight.
Thank you!
.-= Becca – Our Crazy Boys´s last blog ..The Scary Fairy =-.
i remember when i was little one of my front teeth was loose and my mom had made sausage biscuits for breakfast. Me, my sister and some third cousin that i didn’t know were all sitting there about to eat, and i take my first bite and out comes that tooth! stuck right there in the biscuit! no pain and no blood, but traumatic nonetheless- i screamed and cried my little head off. and to this day, i still cannot eat a sausage biscuit haha! i think i can relate with lily just a little bit! :)
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