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No help, just commiseration! Our late teether has gotten 5 teeth in the last month, and our late crawler had decided that walking is a good idea. Oh, and did I mention, he has a fake cry now? It's hilarious, but I miss my itty bitty baby!

1. My daughter is alllllll about brushing her teeth as long as mommy or daddy is ALSO brushing teeth. So I'll give her her toothbrush and she'll "brush" while I brush my teeth. Then we switch and I brush her teeth while I hold my brush in my mouth and let her hold the end of it and "brush" my teeth.

2. We still give LO veggie pouches and she sucks them down. Then I don't worry as much when when she doesn't eat many off her plate.

Try tipping her upside down whole brushing her teeth?

LOL! We must have 2 peas in pod! Except for the veggie, my girl won't eat any meats.

1) Tootbrushing - like you, I had used the washcloth method since early newborn. Around 10 months or so, she started refusing the banana brush and would bite my fingers if I tried the washcloth. I still try to make the banana brush fun every night. But now I let her have a soft, adult brush and we just brush with water in the morning gently. Or on occasion, she loves watching me brush with my sonic toothbrush, so I let her "feel" it gently. She loves it. Not sure if electronic toothbrushes are okay yet, but I've been thinking about getting her a kids one, just to use gently sometimes.
2) Meats (or in your case, veggies) - We can only get her to eat them in purees. Really, really finely blended purees. With veggies, it should be even easier to get them in the pouches! There's tons of veggies mixed into the pouches.

I am kind of scared of the upcoming toddler stage. For a couple of weeks now, she is always doing something daily that drives me crazy!!!

Diaper changing is the worst it's ever been!
She is spitting out her food, water, and milk!

No help here either...I have a 19 month old who has never liked when we brush his teeth! He's also been on veggie strike since about 14 months. He just now starting to get back into cooked carrots. Last night, we managed to get 5 soy beans in him! I was so excited.