Multiparenting Cayen & Cayson

Being a typical kiasu mum, I am very careful with the food I eat and what I use for both my pregnancies. My mantra is "rather safe than sorry". Also, some of these things below are not that intuitive at all hence, I am writing down to share with all of you as you may not google as much as I do over everything.  Please note that I am not a doctor, so when in doubt, ask your doctor.  I am ordering this in order of common knowledge to the uncommon ones. Starting with the common knowledge ...  1. Don't eat raw foods   This means no salads, sashimi , half cooked beef steaks (sobs!) and runny eggs. Also, I am also careful of fresh juices and certain types of cheese if they are unpasteurised.  This is to avoid  risk of contamination with coliform bacteria, toxoplasmosis, and salmonella. Sources:  http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/foods-to-avoid-during-pregnancy/ http://www.babycenter.com/404_is-it-safe-to-drink-unp...

Cayen had constipation a few weeks ago. However, as he has developed into a real picky eater, he no longer eats papaya which helps to ease constipation.  Being a non papaya eater myself, I decided to innovate a little and try a new way instead of giving up. I googled papaya ice cream and found some recipes to do that. All involved quite some work like blending etc which I didn't want as I didn't want a lot of hassle. So I simply improvised using the simplest way and minimum ingredients.  So I took a ripe papaya and mashed it with a metal fork. I placed them into a mould used for ice cubes. Then I dropped honey on top. Froze that for an hour or two and it was ready.  When I served it to him, he lapped it all up as it tasted mainly of honey and was cold and nice, just like ice cream.  After a while, his constipation was cured... 

Cayen is a kid who loves to eat .. And he especially loves fruits and anything yummy. Since young, ie from 6 months onwards , we have been very careful with what we feed him. No salt , no sweet stuff and certainly no adult food. So while we exposed him to a variety of fruits, we have limited him to a rather bland diet of cereals and porridges and he was a healthy water throughout, at least till 1 year old. Since then, we have been much more liberal and chicken rice and not-too-sweet cakes were also permissive in his diet. Then we noticed the change. He is now showing distinct preferences. He can self feed chicken rice fairly well but he would take double the effort for the usual pork or fish porridge. Just last Sunday, he demonstrated how he preferred the sweet raspberry to the sour strawberry (though I was amazed how he could even distinguish between the two fruits to start with, since  I had already chopped them up ).  Summary : if you wanna have an easier tim...