Smart 5 year old outwitted the tooth fairy?

Ma, if the tooth fairy is real, how come she didn't know I was hiding that tooth under my pillow a day before I told you?





She is now questioning the man in red too. Should I tell her the truth straight out?





I'm gutted. All my kids have grown too old for fantasy.

Smart 5 year old outwitted the tooth fairy?
thats adorable. i think i was about 7-8 when my mom told me. i think kids now tell eachother its fake and then dont believe it. but to this day we still get gifts from santa :) let her belive for a little longer and if she asks id tell her... chances are some other kid at school might tell her instead if i were a little kid id rather hear it from my mom
Reply:If she is smart eough to check for herself if its real then Id just be honest with her while also explaing that some kids do believe and that there is nothing wrong with that and for her not to tell them the truth because there mommys will do that when they are ready to understand.
Reply:Haha, that's exactly the way that I found out about the tooth fairy. It looks like it's time to just give her the facts upfront. That's really the best way to do it. The thing I don't get is, why even get kids involved in fantasy to begin with, if it just ends up being hard for both kid and parent to break away?
Reply:well you can tell her the truth. Tell her the real story of Santa Claus...or St. Nick....she is old enough to understand that santa, in person, may not be alive...."but he is the essence of the Christmas Spirit (besides Jesus...Santa has the whole magical thing going) Santa brings joy and hope to children around the world! Without him, where would the magic be?" play with that...see what you come up with....lol you know her better than me!
Reply:Sounds like she has older siblings. That makes it hard. Try not to give up Santa and the Easter Bunny yet. Rent a movie called "Tooth Fairy" it has Kirstie Alley in it and you will be able to say that yes..."see how the Fairy sometimes just can't do it all, and it's really just hard for to get around. The Easter Bunny hired her and he is not happy with the way she has done her job...etc....
Reply:Personally I would tell her that the tooth fairy only comes on tuesdays or which ever day the "tooth fairy" took the tooth. I think 5 is too young to know the truth. Help her saty a kid as long as you can. Good luck
Reply:Thats a good one. If you still want her to believe, then tell her that she did know but she couldnt lift up your head to get to the tooth with out waking you up. About Santa, I tell my son that we have to check his xmas list before he sends it off. Or, that sometimes Santa gets really busy that he has his twin brothers help him out. This year we got lucky cause I actually saw a gentelmen in the store that made me believe that there was a Santa Clause. Real beard, hair, classes you name it.
Reply:Hold off a little longer. When my son came back from kinder-


garten those first few days, he told me that the other kids had told him that there was not a tooth Fairy, that it was me


taking his teeth and leaving the money. Of course he didn't believe that, as he couldn't see why I would want his teeth?


He never really asked me the question, just told me what he was told and what he had concluded on his own.
Reply:she has her suspicions but will prob still be gutted to hear for sure they are not real!
Reply:she aiint smart ervryones done tht trick u idiot
Reply:It's tough. My son asked me last year because the kids on the bus were telling him none of them were real. I gave in after the 10th or 11th time and told him - and he was crushed. What he really wanted was to be able to go back to his friends and tell them they were wrong.





So be sure she really wants to know first.
Reply:Tell her the tooth fairy only comes to certain parts of the world on certain days of the week. Help her understand how hard it would be for her to go to every house in the world each night that has a tooth. Make sure you remember what day you gave her money and use that day for her other teeth.





Has she watched The Polar Express. It might help her to believe in Santa more.
Reply:Man, she gotcha! LoL! I told my daughter that I had to call the Tooth Fairy everytime a tooth fell out, cause the Tooth Fairy isn't a mind reader. LoL! I wouldn't tell her about Santa just yet...
Reply:Well if she was smart enough to figure out the tooth fairy it won't be long until she finds out about Santa Clause.