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When Did Your Lil One Lose Her First Tooth?
The tune "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" may have a special meaning for Shiloh Jolie-Pitt this holiday season. When the 3-year-old beauty was spotted visiting a toy store in France, she was sporting a rather authentic-looking pirate costume — including a missing front tooth.
The tooth fairy doesn't tend to start visiting lil ones until they reach the ripe old age of 6, though some get a visit up to two years earlier.
What to Do With Those Pearly Whites
Now that the tooth fairy has paid for her pearly white treasure, it's up to mom and dad to decide what to do with the tiny enamels. Parents often clip their wee one's first lock of hair for a keepsake but hanging onto a lifeless tooth is a tad different. Many folks toss them in the trash while others make keepsakes out of them.
Tooth Fairy Pillow Alternatives
All it takes is a little wiggle and a pull before your child's first baby tooth is history. Kids eagerly anticipate the bounty the tooth fairy will leave them, but how that pearly white is left out varies from house to house.
When the frilly or traditional pillows don't do the trick, there are plenty of alternatives.
Wee Are the World: The Tooth Fairy Project
Though you may have scrounged the Internet to find the perfect pillow, box or envelope for storing lost teeth, once the tooth fairy leaves her present, those teeth usually sit untouched hidden in a drawer. The lost tooth process can take on a whole new meaning if used to introduce lil ones to The Tooth Fairy Project. Created by the Radiation and Public Health Project (a watchdog group), The Tooth Fairy Project, studies levels of radiation found in baby teeth to determine where the highest levels of strontium-90 are located in America.
Lil Find: Oeuf Tooth Fairy Pillow
The anticipation of how much shiny change the tooth fairy will leave and the process of preparing for her visit has always struck me as one of the most precious family traditions.
If you haven't committed to a fancy inscripted tooth fairy box consider this Oeuf Tooth Fairy Pillow (on sale for $20). The knit pillow molar has a tiny pocket on the back where you can slip your lil one's deposit to the tooth fairy, and because of its U-shape it also makes a great plane and transit pillow.
How Much Does the Tooth Fairy Leave at Your House?
My sister called me in a conundrum the other day. Her daughter is about to lose her first tooth and she wanted to see what the going rate is for pearly whites. We agreed 50 cents did the trick for us when we were tots.
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Lil Find: Little Giraffe Tooth Fairy Pillows
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The lush blankets created by Little Giraffe have quickly become a celebrity favorite with Katie Holmes buying them in bulk for Suri Cruise.
This year, the company is introducing tooth fairy pillows for kids in a variety of colors. The faux-fur pillows ($30) are a beautiful addition to a lil one’s bed and may encourage them to give up that tooth as soon as it falls out!
Lil Find: Toothless Grin
Nothing comes close to a toothless grin, except maybe these pillows by Toothless Grin where kids can stash their fallen teeth until the tooth fairy comes.
Made from high grade cotton and quality decorator fabrics, with themes that include exploration, ATV racing, rodeo days and western nostalgia, they are suitable for lil boys. The heirloom quality pillows ($30) are a cool change from the floral themes, bows, ribbons and beading of most tooth fairy accessories that cater to young ladies.
Tips For Giving Up the Pacifier For Good
Breaking up with binky is hard to do. There are infinite ways to quit the pacifier, and everybody has an opinion. While some doctors urge parents to get rid of the suckers by a certain age for dental and language reasons, others are more lenient.
Life Saving Stem Cells Found in Baby Teeth
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Your child's baby teeth may be worth more than money from the tooth fairy. New research shows that baby teeth contain some of the same potentially life-saving stem cells as the cord blood that new parents bank upon their children's births. The use of tooth stem cells has only been tested in animals, but researchers say that the 10-20 stem cells each tooth can provide may be the key to curing many life-threatening ailments.
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