More on the tooth fairy thing.

Well, right on time after all the tooth fairy talk, Hughie has now lost his first baby tooth!

It was the first one that he cut, not quite six years ago when he was six months old.

It was while throwing a tantrum on his bed, that he was biting his doona and pulling it through his teeth that one gave way - hopefully one that was ready to go anyway. There was blood and tears and a little fear. The excitement overthrew the rage. I've got a wobbly tooth! I've got a wobbly tooth! That was about a week ago. Memories came back about trying to eat apples and wiggle it with your tongue. I had no idea how long it was from the time it became wobbly until the time it would fall out. Time is measured differently when you're a kid.

So, i decided all on my lonesome to play along with the tooth fairy game, to see if, in all the excitement, he might give in to the idea of the tooth fairy and stop ruining all the dreams and hopes of the mothers of the children he goes to school with!

He put his little tooth in a little tupperware snack cup and put it under the pillow, and he checked with me that the tooth fairy would still be able to exchange it for money. He fell asleep really quickly (being in bed by 5pm - that will have to be another blog), but he awoke later at about 7pm with a fever and an hour after panadol and a drink, he was still feeling uncomfortable and so we set him up with a Buzz Lightyear movie and a drink and a bucket. At 9.30 it was our bedtime and his movie had finished, so he pops back into the bedroom and brings out the snack cup. "Mum, why haven't you changed this yet?" he goes. I did a double take and then tried to play it low. "What do you mean, Hughie?" "Why haven't you changed my tooth for money yet?" Okay Kiah stay smart here. "Don't be silly Hughie. That's the Tooth Fairy's job and she always does that when you're asleep." Hughie looks at me sideways while he goes back to bed. Then went straight to sleep. He was fast asleep by the time I had fuddled around getting ready to get in to bed. So I snuck in and acted on behalf of the Tooth Fairy.

What do you do with the tooth, anyway? After taking it from under the pillow i couldn't help but feel a little sentimental about chucking it. This tooth that my baby grew!!! Then, eewwww, chuck it. Then, Quick, make sure noone can see it in the bin, Cover up my dirty work.

First thing this morning.... "Mum!!! Thank you for my money!!!"
"What do you mean, Hughie?"
"The money you gave me. Thank you!!"
"You're Welcome, darling."

The Tooth Fairy was never gonna work with me n Hughie.