Tooth Fairy Mishap

For weeks, I was freaking out. All because of a tooth. A tooth that belonged to my 9 year old.

She told me almost every day that she had a loose tooth. Do 9 year olds still get loose teeth? It's been far too long since I was that age!

When did she last lose a tooth? Did I write it down somewhere? Which tooth was it? Do I need to call the dentist for her, even though I know her brother is the one who really needs to go?

Those were the questions running through my head on a nightly basis. Her tooth certainly didn't feel all that wiggly to me. I very well could have talked to friends with children her age or older. I also could have turned to the Google for answers. But, no. I chose to worry.


As it turns out, it is perfectly normal for a 9 year old to still lose teeth. I finally turned to the Google after she yanked her tooth out. I'm saying "yanked" because I swear it wasn't that loose! After Master Google calmed my nerves, round 2 of the freak out began. I, being the Tooth Fairy (shh!), needed money. It was not a good week for money. In this house, we happen to enjoy running water and lights to see what the hell we're doing. The weeks we decide it's better to not sit on the couch in the dark stinking to high heaven are also the weeks we happen to have little actual cash in our wallets. It was also after the kids' bedtime, which meant pajamas for me. I'm not the type of girl who wears her jammies out in public. A bank trip was out of the question.


The husband and I scrounged up a few bucks. Teeth aren't cheap these days! And then the waiting game began. My daughter would much rather read than go to sleep. But then her cough started. And then she needed a tissue. And then she needed to refill her water bottle. And then she needed a tissue. And then she needed to pee.

Good grief! Go the fuck to sleep! Tooth Fairy is tired!


Finally

11:30 pm

It is silent.

Except for the husband listening to his beloved Bears on the tv downstairs. go Packers


I tip toe to my daughter's room. I push the button on her lamp. The princesses do their dance as the light shuts off. Not so quietly I might add. I freeze and watch. She hasn't stirred. I click on the bathroom light so I can try to avoid the disaster on her bedroom floor. I tried, but was unsuccessful. Nor was I quiet!

I slip the envelope containing her tooth from her bookshelf. I quietly slip a few crisp bills between a soccer trophy and a Little Pet Shop creature. I slink out of her room, reach around the corner, and tap the switch in the bathroom.

"Mom?! Why did you turn off my light?"

Shit! Busted!

I hurdle over American Girl clothes and tap on her lamp. The princesses twirl once again as soft light fills her room. I freeze as I cross my fingers, hoping she rolls back over and drifts off.

She rolls over. I think I'm safe. It might also help that my daughter, at 9 years old, is blind as a bat without her glasses.


The following morning, she was so excited to have some money to add to her jar. I smiled, hoping she stops believing soon. It's easier that way I think.


Just not Santa. He IS real!




10 comments:

Oka said...

well crap, this tooth fairy is cheap...they get 4 quarters.

FYI, my oldest lost a tooth at 13. My 10 year old hasn't lost many teeth yet...

Kmama said...

I'm bad about being the tooth fairy. I know some moms that go all out, giving a new toothbrush, etc. with money. I'm lucky to have a $1 to give.

KLZ said...

I figured out my dad was the tooth fairy when he was grumbling and cursing while trying to find my tooth under my pillow.

Go Bears!

An Imperfect Momma said...

Man...you're nice. My tooth fairy was cheap. I got a quarter for a tooth. That's what I am gonna do w monkey and Diva.

Helene said...

Such a funny story!!! I once forgot to leave money for my daughter and gave her some crap story about the tooth fairy's wings being broken so she'd have to wait one more night. Thankfully, she bought it.

This tooth fairy shit is hard.

Babes Mami said...

I guess we will have to have a cash stash for such occasions because we never have money on us and of course he will lose his tooth during a broke week lol

A Mother's Thoughts said...

My daughter's first tooth came out and my husband thought that it would be a nice guesture to tell my daughter she was doing well in school and that she needs to continue to listen to her mother. WELL, our daughter recognized her fathers writing and now she knows that the tooth fairy is really her father! Talk about a money savor!! lol

Lynn

Liz said...

Craig just told me the other day that he was the kid who never lost his teeth. I fear Kate will be the same.

I guess he had a lot pulled because they wouldn't fall out on their own.

MommaKiss said...

Love the 'go packers!'

I usually forget to play tooth fairy, then i have to lie even more about her being too busy or hungover or something.

Lizzie B said...

Lol! I always forget. My oldest is 8 and he has actually written a few letters to the tooth fairy berating her for forgetting to pick his tooth up for 3..somtimes 4 nights in a row. The last one he wrote said "you owe me Ms. Fairy, I don't know what your problem is, but I'm going to start saving all the teeth I lose instead of putting them under my pillow, then you'll get fired!". Gotta love kids. :)