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At what age does the tooth fairy stop coming?

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  • Emmarillo
    Emmarillo Posts: 513 Forumite
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    The tooth fairy visited my ten year old this week and left a pound instead of the two that she had always left previously. She asked if it was because of the credit crunch!
  • patchwork_cat
    patchwork_cat Posts: 5,874 Forumite
    The tooth fairy stops coming as soon as they stop losing teeth. Always left a £2 coin here.
  • children areaged 10 & 11, and the tooth fairy still comes and leaves £2 for a tooth. But our tooth fairy takes each tooth and sends it to Nanny who lives in cyprus! basically involves a bit of 'slight-of-hand' magic when we see each other once/twice a year. i secretly hand my mum the tooth wrapped in tissue, the kids ask if the tooth fairy delivered the latest loss, and hey presto, there it is in Nanny's pocket!!
    :cool:
    If you want to do something, you will find a way.
    If you don't, then you will find an excuse...
    :cool:
  • NAR
    NAR Posts: 4,863 Forumite
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    My wife (59) puts her teeth under the pillow every night hoping the tooth fairy will come, unfortunately all she gets is me! :rotfl:
  • daughter, aged 18 (years not months) got a tooth out last month
    cost the tooth fairy a pair of converse trainers!:o

    i'm too soft

    realistically i would say 10-12ish is about right
  • kazmeister
    kazmeister Posts: 3,354 Forumite
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    When they stop believing, there's no point otherwise
    Mortgage, paid off!
  • mummyroysof3
    mummyroysof3 Posts: 4,566 Forumite
    my son got £2for 1st one he lost and £1 for second..not sure after that but he is 7 and the eldest so i think the tooth fairy will be making many visits here yet
    Have a Bsc Hons open degree from the Open University 2015 :j:D:eek::T
  • tori.k
    tori.k Posts: 3,592 Forumite
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    Thought everybody knew that the tooth fairy change the teeth into silver coins :) when the kids stopped believing in Santa I went the whole hog and told them about the tooth fairy, Easter bunny...and democracy are all fairytales
  • zippybungle
    zippybungle Posts: 2,641 Forumite
    My motto is: If you don't believe, you don't receive! :D....that applies to the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa :)

    Zippy x
    :p Busy working Mum of 3 :wave:
  • busiscoming2
    busiscoming2 Posts: 4,461 Forumite
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    Tooth Fairy stopped with the last milk tooth and only left 50p per tooth.

    My DS2 who is 15 was cleaning his room last week and found a tin of his milk teeth (he'd written a note to TF to ask to keep teeth) he had the audacity to ask me what I did with the teeth the TF took! My answer was 'how would I know, I'm not the TF!'
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