Mother and Baby Singapore

Everything a new parent in Singapore actually needs to know.

Calm, practical guides for Singapore parents, from the first scan to the first day of preschool.

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Parenting guides written for Singapore

Mother and Baby Singapore is a parenting guide for first-time parents raising a child here, covering pregnancy through preschool. We follow the same stretch every new family does: the pregnancy months, the newborn weeks, infancy, the toddler years, preschool, and the gear you buy along the way.

Written for Singapore means the rules that actually apply to you. Birth registration goes through the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA). Vaccinations follow the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS) from the Health Promotion Board (HPB). Preschools and infant care are licensed by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). Car seat law comes from the Land Transport Authority (LTA), not from a shop. Once school starts, the Ministry of Education (MOE) reaches you through Parents Gateway (PG). A guide written for another country will not tell you any of that.

Our guides answer the question first, then give the Singapore specifics, then say what to do next. Where a cost, a wait or a trade-off is real, we say so and stamp the month we checked.

What sits in each part

The site is organised the way the years actually run.

Pregnancy. Our pregnancy guides run from a positive test to the packed hospital bag: what each trimester brings, which symptoms need a call, how antenatal care works here, and what to eat. The pregnancy due date calculator is there because a date is the first thing most people want. Bleeding, mood changes and prenatal depression are covered plainly, with the point at which to get help.

Newborn. The newborn guides cover the first weeks at home, which are mostly feeding, sleep and paperwork. We walk through registering the birth, the screening done before discharge, latching and supply, and the decision to mix feed. Confinement is treated as the practical choice it is, whether that means a centre, a nanny at home, or neither.

Infant. The infant guides pick up once the newborn fog lifts and run to the first birthday. Solids start here, and so does most of the gear buying. We cover expressing and storage, sleep that changes every few weeks, immunisation appointments, managing a helper, and going back to work.

Toddler. The toddler guides cover roughly one to three, when your child becomes a person with opinions. Sleep moves out of the cot. Potty training arrives, usually not on schedule. We cover tantrums, first words, childcare and babysitting, parental leave, and what to do with a tired weekend in Singapore.

Preschool. The preschool guides cover ages three to six and the run-up to Primary 1. Choosing a centre is the big one, so we cover curricula, fees, subsidies and what to ask on a visit. Illness policy has its own guide, because hand, foot and mouth disease will find your child eventually.

Reviews. Our gear reviews cover what parents here ask about most: car seats, strollers, bottles, sterilisers, formula, monitors and toys. Each roundup says who a product suits and who should skip it. We do not carry star ratings we did not earn, and car seat advice follows the LTA rules rather than a shop's. The car seat manual library is free to download.

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Who writes this

Wei Chun

Wei Chun

Founder & Editor

A Singapore parent writing the guide he wished he'd had — practical, calm, and grounded in what actually works.

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How we work

Every guide carries a byline and the date it was last updated. Wei Chun writes and edits the site, and also runs My Miracle Baby, a companion site about raising a child with additional needs.

We earn trust by doing the legwork, not by telling stories. We read the scheme rules, compare the real options, and check figures against the agency that sets them. Where something cannot be verified, we leave it out.

Health guides cite HealthHub and the Ministry of Health (MOH), assert nothing clinical on our own authority, and say when to stop reading and see a doctor. If anything here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will fix it.