Serves me right
I have kept all the boys teeth that have fallen out.
The tooth fairy isn't such a big deal in this house, infact, Oscar seems genuinely disappointed the morning after her appearance to discover that his tooth is gone for a lousy 50c or $1.
Me, indulging in my need to hang on to weird bits of my kids (I have the plastic peg that they attached to Felix's umbilical cord - and not tucked away somewhere, just floating around in my makeup draw...), have kept all of Oscar's teeth.
Stupidly, they're just in a jar on the windowsill in our bathroom.
Felix discovered them.
The other day he said, "who's teeth are those?"
I acted dumb, like, really dumb, "what teeth?"
"those teeth, in your bathroom."
"Oh those teeth."
"Yeah, those ones. Whose are they?"
"Oh, just someone's."
Thinking to self: IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT
"Someone dead?"
"What? NO! Not someone dead."
"Well, why do you have them and not the tooth fairy?"
"Um, oh I don't know."
Silence.
A bird chirped somewhere.
"So how was school?"
Idiot.
posted by KPB at 5/06/2006 10:54:00 pm
5 Comments:
If push came to shove, you can always say the Tooth Fairy is paying for the teeth on the installment plan, and won't get possession until she's paid up.
-J.
I have my son's actual umbilical bit that drops off after a few days. I know, that's disgusting. (I did however, throw away his first toe nail cutting, realising that one can have *too much crap*!
So I'll take on your lesson of the teeth and hide them when they start falling out.
I like Joke's solution, too. Mental note to self!
Maybe you were looking after the teeth for the tooth fairy?
Rolling with laughter!
BUSTED!
And note to self: Milk teeth to be placed in stainless tin (there's an oxymoron) and placed Up High.
I kept lovely tufts of hair from first haircuts. But I have a sneakin' suspicion that the teeth won't get tossed in this house, either.
I had a very similar experience.
"Mummy, why are there all those tiny little teeth in your jewellery box?"
I had one of those rare brilliant brainwaves, and said 'They're mine from when I was little. When you turn 21, if you want them, the tooth fairy gives them back.'
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