Oops - Forgot the Tooth Fairy

My son is of the age, although that is getting closer to ending.. where he still is believing in the wonders of the world like the Tooth Fairy. At the same time though.. there are cracks in that facade happening, and I didn't help with one of the cracks the other day hahaha.

Since my son lost his first tooth, I've been the one to handle all of the tooth fairy stuff. My wife got this really cool tiny pillow that we put his tooth in and he tucks it underneath his pillow at night before he goes to bed. I don't remember how many teeth he's lost so far, but it's been a few. I did great on all of those times.. except for the other day!

I can make excuses or justifications all I want but the simple matter of the fact is that I forgot to take care of it before I fell asleep. I feel bad that I slipped up and as soon as my son woke up, he immediately looked under his pillow and that's when I thought "SHIT I FORGOT!" and instantly felt bad. I did make up an excuse, but kind of a lame one. It's been VERY cold here so I said that the tooth fairy can't fly when it's as cold as it is outside hahaha. I think he bought it.. for now at least.

I definitely felt bad though because these things are what we do for our kids to help them feel the magic and wonder of the world as long as they can. The wider world is an ugly place full of ugly people and situations. We, as parents, are responsible for making sure that we protect our kids from that to as reasonable extent as we can. We can't shelter them completely and turn them into the pathetic adult-children that are running around right now in many parts of the Western countries but we should try to foster and protect their innocence and magical thoughts as much as we can.

My wife and I have debated if we end the different things like tooth fairy, easter bunny and santa but it goes back to knowing that these things are coming to an end but trying to make sure that we do what we can to give him an ideal child experience for as long as we can. I know that even when he doesn't believe in the tooth fairy, easter bunny or santa any longer I will still do these things for him. I remember my mom would do these things even after I finished my belief in them and yes it was obvious but it was also funny and it was a fond memory of mine to still get a little money from the tooth fairy, aka my parents, as I got older. I would love to still do those things for my son just as a way to help remind him of how important it is to have an imagination and what it does to help protect our minds from the ugly of the world.

I made up for it the night after the mistake and gave him a little bit more money than what he normally would have gotten - plus a note from the tooth fairy apologizing for having my wings frozen and not being able to fly and visit him to grab the tooth. Let's see how it goes haha, as of the writing of this post I am going to do that in a little bit!