Teeth

Our little ham was being silly this weekend and I thought this was a good showing of her teeth, (or lack thereof). Right now she's only got four on the bottom and you can barely see one peeking through on the top. Her gums are pretty puffy across the front and at her one year checkup her doctor said it looks like she's getting all four at once. She's been pretty agreeable, so I guess it hasn't bothered her too much. It's been a blessing that she didn't have teeth on the top and bottom so we could stick to breastfeeding (she was just weaned last week and is doing great), but I can't wait for her to have top teeth now because it will help with her eating. She still can't bite into harder things very efficiently, but is ready to try everything. She's starting to want to feed herself with a spoon (sometimes successfully, sometimes not) and is doing great with softer finger foods. I would love any tips on introducing veggies. She loves them as baby food, but is not at all interested in the real thing. She just spits them out. She does great with fruit, bread, meat cheese, crackers - everything but veggies. I've tried green beans, squash, peas, carrots - all seasoned and unseasoned - and it doesn't seem to make a difference. But she's healthy and growing like a weed, so I'm not worried. She'll figure it out sooner or later.