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.
The site is organised the way the years actually run.
Preschool
No. Preschools licensed by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) , the government body that licenses and regulates preschools in Singapore, stay…
Newborn
To hire a confinement nanny from Malaysia, you apply to Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for a Work Permit for confinement nanny….
Preschool
Ten preschool campuses in Singapore say on their own websites that they run the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), and…
Infant
Safe sleep for babies, the rules health bodies give for where and how a baby sleeps, comes down to a few habits…
Newborn
The Baby Bonus Cash Gift is S$11,000 for a first or second child and S$13,000 for a third child onwards, for Singapore…
Pregnancy
Midwifery in Singapore is the care a registered midwife (RMW) gives you through pregnancy, labour and the weeks after birth. The Singapore…
Review
What Singapore Parents Should Know About Washing, Sterilising & Drying Bottles
Review
Six travel systems, sorted by the job each one does best. A travel system is a car seat and a stroller sold…
Review
Six baby sunscreens sold in Singapore, sorted by the job: a compact mineral lotion for trips, a stick for quick top-ups, one…
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.
