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So... my 10 year old lost another tooth. He still believes... and I replaced his tooth with our going rate of $1 last night. It got me thinking... I have all these little teeth.

Plus.... oops... I think I mixed a couple of my boys teeth together and don't know who's is who's! Not that they could tell me either, lol! :groan

I just don't know if I should keep them... or if I can chuck them... or what? What do you do? :hummm
 
well, I would arrange them or make a little pile, something whatever, in a plate, take a clope up photo with depth of field to the max, something creative, and scrap a page....
that way, you have the memory kept, but no need to have the actual teeth ...
If you have a baby box where you kleep stuff from them, I would keep a couple but ta the moment am on a purging mode.....so, I d say scrap them then let them go!!! :)
 
I believe there is currently some theory to save them as they contain stem cells that may be useful later in life. Kind of like those who are saving their umbilical cord... I do not know where or how it works though - you would have to search cyberspace to find out if you are interested.
 
I still have them. And I still have mine, too. But not many of my son's. Except for the first 8 that fell out, they literally fell apart, piece by piece.
 
If you want stem cells from teeth, you can't just store them in a box at home. You'd send them to a tooth storage place that freezes them until they're needed. And not all baby teeth have stem cells, so there are various conditions to be met.

I threw my daughter's teeth away as soon as "the fairy" visited.
 
Thanks ladies... it seemed so odd that I hadn't thought of this before. I will pry keep them until the oldest figures it out, and then offer it to him for gross value, lol! I might get some Mom points. :P Then I'll do the same for the little one, I think. He won't last as long. I'm surprised my oldest hasn't said anything or doesn't question it.
 
Oh... I'm totally going to take a few pictures of them! Great idea!
 
You know, I was just thinking about this myself a few weeks ago. My oldest who is 11 lost another tooth and I went to put it in his little box with the rest and then I couldn't remember which box was which kids. Oops. My youngest is 9 and both of them know the tooth fairy is Mom and Dad and don't even put them under their pillow anymore, but they asked me if I still had their teeth and were kind of impressed when I said that I did have them all. Great. Now do I still keep them? It's kinda gross when you think about it. Lol.
 
My kids are 39 and 36 and I still have all their baby teeth. Not sure why and don't have the energy to bother with it either.
 
LOL! The next day, his other tooth fell.... er, was pulled slightly... out by him! Ugh. How many do we lose, lol??? I've come to the thought that I will take a few pictures, then let him see them when he "knows" and then we can toss them! :P
 
My daughter ran across the little boxes of teeth when cleaning out my old dresser a few years back when I got a new one. She looked in there and said "Gross! Mom throw these out!" Apparently my thoughtfulness of saving them for later was wasted effort ;) She told her brother that Mom had a little box of our teeth... can you believe it?
 
I came across a random tooth in a zipper bag a few days ago and wondered which child it belongs to, as I couldn't even read the date that was scribbled on the bag. I have been thinking of tossing them. I just have to find where I have all of them hidden. :giggle
I already have photos of the kids with tooth in hand and showing off the respective gap from the missing tooth, so it's certainly fair to say that the event is or will be scrapped. :)
 
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That's so funny Stacy.

staciahall said:
My daughter ran across the little boxes of teeth when cleaning out my old dresser a few years back when I got a new one. She looked in there and said "Gross! Mom throw these out!" Apparently my thoughtfulness of saving them for later was wasted effort ;) She told her brother that Mom had a little box of our teeth... can you believe it?
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Stacy, that is funny!

Kennedy lost his second tooth last night while we were eating dinner. Jessica was looking at him and realized his mouth was bleeding. With his anxiety, he got all worried. When she asked him where the tooth was, it increased his anxiety level because he had no clue it was gone. She said, "I think he ate it," and I sort of gasped, which totally made him start crying. I felt so bad. We finally calmed him down and then he worried about how it would come out. :giggle

One less tooth to keep at our house. LOL.
 
My son pre empted me on this, he lost his first tooth at four :( I was so sad! He didn't want the tooth fairy take his teeth away so I had to leave a note under his pillow asking for them back so he could keep them. He has a little box with them all in! He doesn't let me throw anything away, I have to sneak his old clothes out of his room and take them to the charity shop when he has forgotten about them! This includes old pants (underwear) and socks with holes in!

PS I can't think what Americans call boys' underwear since trousers are called pants?
 
Kate W said:
My son pre empted me on this, he lost his first tooth at four :( I was so sad! He didn't want the tooth fairy take his teeth away so I had to leave a note under his pillow asking for them back so he could keep them. He has a little box with them all in! He doesn't let me throw anything away, I have to sneak his old clothes out of his room and take them to the charity shop when he has forgotten about them! This includes old pants (underwear) and socks with holes in!

PS I can't think what Americans call boys' underwear since trousers are called pants?
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I had this with Sarita for a while...when she was 7 to 9 or 10...she wouldn't let me tidy up anything without her being present, and it was a real fight to be able to get rid of clothing.... then when she was 10, we were doing car boot sales..... I convinced her to sell at least the old Barbies that didn't mean anything to her....so we started getting rid of some stuff...we still have a shed full of toys and clothing, which should have been my summer clean up (now I remember for Danyale's blog challenge LOL)

these days, it is a bit of a struggle to get her to clean her room...and I don;t go in there as it depresses me LOL
 
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