I'm a bad Daddy!

[resqgeek]

Last night at dinner, the older geeklet had a tooth hanging on by the last little bit. She was having trouble getting a good grip on it to pull it out, so when it didn't come out during the meal, I helped her pluck the tooth from her mouth. Right before she went to bed, I confirmed that she had put the tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy, which she had. Of course, by the time I went to bed a few hours later, I had completely forgotten about the tooth...so unless Mrs. Qgeek remembered it, the tooth fairy failed to show up last night.

I remembered all this at lunch time today, after my wife left to take the girls to the zoo for the afternoon, which means I haven't been able to check with her to find out a) if she actually remembered last night or b) how upset our daughter is that the tooth fairy missed her. I've spent all afternoon feeling guilty. Such a simple thing, another childhood milestone, and I completely dropped the ball...

I've been trying to come up with explanations that might make sense to a seven year old. Maybe the tooth fairy was busy trying to help people along the Gulf Coast? Somehow that just doesn't seem right. Maybe my wife will have some ideas when I can finally talk to her.

Comments

Aw, shame!

[yokospungeon.livejournal.com]

Maybe the tooth fairy is on holiday - it is the summer afterall. She'll be back in a few days time. You just have to be patient and wait and see!

If you're really struggling, I could send you an email or do a phone post to explain that "I have been busy, but will make it to you soon!"

;)

Re: Aw, shame!

[resqgeek]

No emails necessary, but thanks! I did get a chuckle from my daughter when I suggested that we could e-mail the Tooth Fairy to remind her to stop at our house...

[spedbug.livejournal.com]

This happened to MrBug and I, once. We just said, "It must have been a very busy night for the Tooth Fairy. I'm sure she'll come tonight."

Sure enough, Ms. T. Fairy left the money the next night! ;)

[resqgeek]

My daughter didn't appear to be overly disappointed, and even suggested that the Tooth Fairy must have had a busy night herself. I made a crack about so many people losing teeth all on the same day, and she laughed.

In any event, I remembered last night, so all is well.

[suellenr.livejournal.com]

If that's the worst thing you ever do (or neglect to do, as it were), then you're doing a pretty good job.

Thanks...

[resqgeek]

for reminding me to keep things in perspective.

[beckerbuns.livejournal.com]

I have done this (ARGH!) four times this year, with Ricky's lost teeth. Bad me. It's just that he goes to bed at 7 and by the time I go to bed I've totally forgotten. I think we came up with some good excuses, like that he needed to write a note to go with it, and stuff like that. But I still felt like a bad, bad mommy.