Pinay mom parenting her Caucasian/Filipino daughter in suburban America.
The Tooth Fairy Cometh
27Oct2007 Filed under: Daily Author: MarysMom
The moment that Mary had been waiting for forever (ok, for about six months, ever since one of her best friends lost HER tooth) has finally arrived!!! Her first tooth has finally come off!!! (Thanks to some vigorous brushing from mommy dearest- it was ver loose and needed some help…) I have never seen anyone as excited about a lost tooth. She couldn’t wait to tell her friends…
Quoting from Wikipedia
Tooth fairy ritual
In Anglophonic cultures, children will traditionally places a lost tooth under his or her pillow before going to sleep. In the morning the child finds a coin, small banknote, or a present in the place of the tooth. The child is typically told that the tooth fairy came during the night and exchanged the tooth for the gift.
What to do about the “gift?” Jack says, “Don’t screw it up.” I took it to mean that I not wake her up when I do the “exchange” underneath the pillow or that I NOT forget to do it altogether.
Well, I was sort of prepared for this. I have a “special” coin, a Susan B. Anthony US dollar coin that is not in circulation much. So, Mary is not familiar with a coin like this and I would be able to tell her that it is a Tooth Fairy coin.
I also told Mary that the Tooth Fairy may only come for the FIRST tooth (Who wants to be doing this ritual another 19 times???!!!!).
I might relent and do this Tooth Fairy business a few more times— Won’t you want to see this happy face again?
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raqgold
October 28th, 2007 at 8:41 am
dont repeat it, nopeeee
MC’s been in her 6th before i told her the tooth fairy would need to stop coming coz other kids need her too. kasi nalito yung mga friends nya who got gifts only after the first tooth, sempre diskusyonang katakut-takot. but if you want, a second visit would do kasi she’s special or bec she’s a good girl etc. i’ve blogged about it just this month, too..
MarysMom
October 28th, 2007 at 10:51 am
I was looking for that entry- spent some time looking for it—I knew I’ve read it somewhere and I wanted to link to it. Kasi, I wanted to be like your acquaintance who only did the tooth fairy thing once. I do not have any more of the “special” coins but my mother-in-law said she will send me some. So, we’ll see.
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