Putting Baby Teeth in a Glass of Water
Ever wonder where the tooth fairy comes from?
In South Africa, kids don't put the teeth they lose under their pillow for the Tooth Fairy. They leave the tooth in a slipper, and a magic mouse replaces information technology with a souvenir while they're sleeping. (Alla Dreyvitser/THE WASHINGTON Post)
Although I don't remember what happened when I lost my first molar, I accept a brilliant memory about the night my daughter lost hers. Molly Bennett, who is now 19, lost her showtime molar three weeks after her sixth birthday. The little bugger had been loose for virtually a month and hung past a thread for days before it finally came out. Molly's mom had been dying to pull the molar, just our strong-willed 6-year-quondam did non allow anyone to touch the tooth, let solitary pull information technology out. The tooth finally came out when Molly bit into a caramel apple 1 night after dinner.
Like all American parents, we jumped for joy and put Molly's tooth nether her pillow for the Molar Fairy. When Molly woke up the post-obit forenoon, a shiny silver dollar was waiting patiently nether the pillow. (In case yous're wondering, kids take 20 baby teeth, which means you can make a bundle depending on how much y'all become per molar. Last twelvemonth, U.S. kids earned on average $2.10 a year for lost teeth. )
But what about children in other countries? According to the book "Throw Your Tooth on the Roof" past Selby Beeler, the Tooth Fairy does not visit everyone on the planet.
Hither's a await at tooth traditions from around the globe:
Put the tooth under the pillow. Like you lot, kids in Canada, Commonwealth of australia and many European countries put their teeth under their pillows. Withal, in France and Spain (also every bit Republic of colombia and Venezuela), a mouse — not a fairy — comes to claim the molar from nether the pillow. The mouse leaves some money or candy for the kid.
Put the tooth by your bed. In Mexico, kids put teeth in a small box on a tabular array next to the bed. During the dark, a magic mouse (El Raton) takes the tooth and leaves some money for the kid. In Argentina, kids put teeth in a glass of h2o adjacent to the bed. The next morning, the tooth is gone and some coins or candy are in the drinking glass. Kids from South Africa put teeth in a slipper. A mouse takes the tooth during the dark and leaves a small gift.
Throw the tooth on the roof. Instead of wishing for money, lots of kids throw baby teeth on the roof so their permanent teeth volition come in directly and healthy. Some countries with this tradition include Greece, Singapore, Taiwan and Botswana. Kids in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia use a variation on this technique. They toss lower teeth on the roof and upper teeth under the bed.
Other traditions. Some kids bury their baby teeth in a mouse pigsty (Afghanistan), throw them into the river (Islamic republic of pakistan) or even feed them to a mouse afterwards wrapping them in bread (Kyrgyzstan). In Turkey, the place where a tooth is buried indicates the parents' wishes for the kid's future. For example, if they want their child to be an excellent soccer player, they coffin the tooth in a soccer field.
Simply regardless of all these fun traditions, the biggest key to keeping your teeth healthy and strong is to castor them twice a twenty-four hours!
Bennett is a Washington pediatrician. Check out his Web site, world wide web.howardjbennett.com, for past KidsPost stories and other absurd stuff.
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