Parenting in the Parkway
The Tooth Fairy -- Who is She (or He) in Your House?
Local Parkway mom panics when her child's first tooth comes out, but gets into the tooth fairy groove after a while.
It was a long time ago that my oldest child, Emily, lost her first tooth. I’ll never forget what a pivotal moment it felt like at the time. It signaled something big — a new stage in life. My child was getting older and growing up. Her “adult” teeth were on their way. That first tooth loss also sprung me into a panic about how to respond. Suddenly, my husband and I had to become a tooth fairy. Being Jewish, Santa had never visited our home, nor had the Easter Bunny, so we had absolutely no experience acting as a beloved and much anticipated fantasy figure. All we knew was one of us needed to sneak into our daughter’s bedroom when she was very much asleep and remove the tooth, replacing it with some money, which was understood to be from…
