This is a very strange question, but I figured that if anyone knows, you all would (:

My husband and I are doing some decluttering. We have our son's and daughter's baby teeth (only 5 teeth, as our kids are only 5 and 7). We don't really need to keep them (lol) but I feel strange about just tossing them in the trash. Hubby said 'don't do that! Isn't there some sort of ritual or something we can do first?" The power of getting rid of babyteeth! Who knew?

I know, I know. Crazy question, but is there something we can do before we get rid of them? I'm kind of embarrassed to even be asking this :)

I actually think it is a great question. I think I lost or threw away my kids' baby teeth, but I wasn't really into energy work then. Teeth don't take up much space. Your kids might actually like to have them when they are grown. You could put them in an envelope or plastic bag and tape them to the bottom of a drawer or something.

I do know of someone who makes jewelry out of baby teeth (seriously!), although I don't think it would interest me.

It may not make much difference, but if I were able to do things over again, I would keep my children's baby teeth. I tend to get a little cluttered around here, though.

But I would love to hear what others say here.

As they are hidden away in our closet!

I saw a woman wearing earrings that were tiny clear glass vials that held some of her baby teeth. They were corked and sealed. I don't remember if they were hanging from studs or from hooks, but I remember thinking at the time that they looked very nice, if unusual. You could do the same thing as a pendant, I suppose. Might make a nice high school graduation or 18th birthday gift - symbolic, slightly goofy, a little bit of the awww factor too.

I think I will get a special little box for them and keep them safe for LWolfs suggestion below.

burn some sage, share the memories that the teeth represent, and return the teeth to the earth. In the garden, under a tree or rose bush or rock; let the teeth return to earth, and keep the memories.

Would that make the ritual more powerful, in your opinion?

It's a warm, loving thing for the child to hear the parents' memories, and to share his or her own.

Anything can be an opportunity to learn to honor the changes and transitions that keep the wheel of life turning.

if the child was told that the tooth fairy took the teeth. :D

It's all about the age of the child. At about 7, give or take a year, most kids have the tooth fairy, easter bunny, and santa all figured out.

If the kids still believe in the tooth fairy, and you want them to, save the teeth until they are older and then do it. Or, do it without them.

This is something we can look forward to when they're older.

I have been cleaning out my parents' house, which was previously my grandparents' house, and finding all sorts of stuff. I am in the process of moving up there.

I was cleaning out my mother's desk and found a little envelope that had my sister's wisdom teeth in it and had a date on it in 1969 when they were extracted. Finding that shook me up, needless to say.

My older sister died in 1990. She is buried in Houston. My father is buried in the family plot near my mother's parents in a small town. I have mom's ashes which I intend to have buried next to Dad. I was wondering if I should plant my older sister's teeth there so that a part of her will be buried with our parents. I plan to be buried there too. I am the only survivor of my family of origin.

What do you all think of burying the teeth?


Also, my daughter had a dream about her grandfather and said that she thought the dream meant that her grandfather wants his wife's ashes buried next to him and he misses her (my mom).

:hug:

How sweet that you've kept them for so long :)

Mom was a serious packrat, and I never know what I will run into when cleaning out the place.
I can throw out legal files from my dad's law practice -- clients I never knew don't affect me.
But finding family letters and such can often throw me for a loop emotionally.
My mom was estranged from everyone when she was old, and I really have not been able to get past her meanness to me. I've spent the last six years cleaning out her house and selling and giving away stuff.

comes to mind. And, yes, have the kids there and explore what it's all about.