1 year old with NO teeth wants to eat "big kid" food

[fifilabouche]

  We did have guests round today, so a bit of special effort with the roast lamb!  I am a bit of a foodie though, can you tell?

[Colin Macs Mom]

A woman after my own heart 

[appletree]

Thanks ladies!  She's been doing really well on "people food"  and is pretty much rejecting babyfood now as it's not as tasty! However, she's not getting the really good stuff like Fiona's serving - as a matter of fact I'm not either...........what are you making for dinner tomorrow? lol   Wendee

[fifilabouche]

Not so fancy here today  - cheese and ham omelettes with beans!
Hope you get on well and be prepared for stuff getting thrown on the floor!  We bought a cheap shower curtain to go underneath the high chair, then when it was completely smeared it went into the washing machine.
BTW, my DD didn't get her first teeth until 16m, and her second two are just about through at 20m.  I had visions of taking her for dentures at one point!

[appletree]

lol about the dentures!  Funny thing, her bottom 2 teeth have just cut through the gums. I think the "big kid" food was incentive for them to pop out. haha    Wendee (by the way, ham and cheese omelettes so yummy to me)

[Lu_C]

My DS has had only 4 front teeth for months now and I think (hope!) more are coming now; he's very cranky and sleeping pretty badly.
How do you all find your LOs when they're teething? Do they struggle with it? I have a little theory - they eat 'big kid' food with their gums (DS eats what we eat) which toughens their gums up, which makes cutting teeth harder for them than their miniature counterparts - what do you think?

(Any magic tricks for making teeth cutting less arduous for all concerned?!)

Cheers, Lucy

[fifilabouche]

Can't offer any words of wisdom I'm afraid.  No.3 tooth has just come through and no.4 is making an appearance.  I can't say that I notice her being more upset.... after blaming all her little quirks on teething for 16months now I've decided it can't be her teeth!
Frozen peas straight from the freezer are very cooling on sore gums - DD loves them.
Is he biting hands and other stuff?  Could a dose of calpol at night help with the pain during the worst of it?

[Bryony]

Wendee - you might want to look at the baby-led weaning (BLW) thread - there a growing number of people skipping the puree stage anyway and going straight for solid foods. Katie is now 7.5 months and has no teeth - she has never had purees and only has stuff she can pick up and eat herself. She eats toast, veg, fruit, rice cakes, home-made burgers...  other babies her age eat a much wider range of stuff. I find Katie gags sometimes if she ends up with a big bit of food at the back of her mouth but it doesn't seem to bother her!

HTH

Bryony

[appletree]

Thank you Bryony  - I'll check it out. Wendee