How much money should I put under my son's pillow from the "Tooth Fairy"?

Answer 1

My daughter got a $2 bill for each tooth. You could consider the gold dollars if $2 each is more than you would like to give or can't locate any. I either got a fifty cent piece or a silver dollar. I can't remember. Your local bank should have something unique for you to give.

Answer 2

$1

Answer 3

Wow, after reading all those 1$ answers, my tooth fairy must come all the way from Rodeo Drive. He lost two teeth and got 5$ per tooth that he opted to put in the bank.
Maybe the "tooth" fairy will think twice with the next ones!! Glad i looked at this question!!

Answer 4

We put $1 to $2 usually. The first tooth gets a bigger amount and if it's a particularly traumatic one (lots of blood or something) then they get to the upper end of the scale as well. I often do a dollar bill, a quarter, a dime, a nickel and a penny together so we can talk about the different coins. I know some people do the special Sacagawea Dollars for lost teeth too.

Answer 5

Well if you only have ONE kid you can probably afford to put 2 $ under his pillow. If you have more than one kid, id only put 1$ under their pillows, The tooth fairy can drain your money lol, Think of how many teeth a kid has lol. We have four boys, and one baby on the way. I couldnt imagin giving each of them 2$ for every tooth they lost. Thats kinda crazy!!! 1$ is perfect!

Answer 6

it depends on the ages if he's from the age 6-9 i would put $ 5 dollars 10-12 may be $10 and older than that just make a comment like how much do you think your tooth is wroth

Answer 7

Honestly I say put what you can afford. I made a special fabric pouch for my kids to put under their pillow to put their tooth in and then the "tooth fairy" put four quarters back in it. They honestly liked the quarters better because we could use them to go to the arcade together, use them in the machines for food at the duck pond or just put them in their piggy bank.
It just made it a little more special for both of us. My kids are 21 and 23 now and they both still have their special pouches.

Answer 8

Well, my oldest lost his first tooth when he was 3 and it was because his little brother pushed him off the couch! It had to be removed by the dentist! So, out of pity he got 10 bucks for that one. But ever since, it's been between 2 and 3 bucks.

Answer 9

$1 per tooth.

The only time I made an exception was when my son was pushed into a can and three teeth were knocked out -- when going to bed, he stated "can't wait till the 'Japanese' toothfairy comes, she gives Yen" (we were in Okinawa at the time). I went running downstairs to collect whatever yen I had -- ended up being aroung $5 for the 3 teeth, but it was a tramatic experience.

Answer 10

I give a standard $2.00 as soon as the kids turned 6 years old, unless you want to get a half-dollar piece and think your kid would like the shiny big coin instead. They don't buy any of their own stuff most of the time anyway, and my one kid who is 9 just started to see the value of having her own money when she was about 8, so don't expect this kid to start having the brain power to formulate a plan to save this money for something he has been wanting.