The decisions and deadlines between the second trimester and the first weeks home: money, leave, birth registration and care, in the order they arrive.
The first year runs on clinic visits and the return to work. Here is what is due when, from the 2-month vaccinations to infant care and childcare leave.
The yearly habits that save families the most money and stress at every stage: leave around school holidays, child tax reliefs, credits and payouts, and protection.
Your baby’s birth date decides the scheme. See what the Baby Bonus gives babies born up to 31 March 2027, what the SG Child Support Package gives from 1 April 2027, and how to claim every dollar of CDA matching.
For babies born or due from 1 April 2026, a couple can get 30 weeks of government-paid leave. See how maternity, paternity and Shared Parental Leave add up and how to split them.
Add up delivery, confinement, gear, care and running costs with estimates you can change. See what the cash gift pays and what the CDA and MediSave grant cover.
Work out your due date from your last period, then see when Singapore’s scans and tests fall, when maternity leave can start and which baby scheme applies.
See MOH’s median delivery bills by ward class, what the MediSave Maternity Package pays, and how much cash to set aside for a public or private hospital birth.
First-trimester screening, NIPT, CVS and amniocentesis: the week windows in official words, published costs, MediSave, IVF co-funding and questions to ask.
How to choose a Chinese name for your baby: meaning, sound and tones, generation names and dialect surnames. Plus a list of names, and how ICA records them.
Raw fish, half-boiled eggs, cockles, kopi, durian, bird’s nest: what do HealthHub, KKH and SFA say? Plus how much caffeine is too much when you are pregnant.
Your fertile days by the calendar, and what KKH advises before you try. Plus when SGH says to see a doctor, and MOH co-funding and MediSave for IVF and IUI.
Work back from your first day at work to know when to shortlist centres, join waitlists and confirm a place. Typical lead times are kept apart from official ECDA and MOE dates.
A calm look at what most children do by each check-up age from 4 weeks to 5 years, turned into a short list of things to raise with your doctor. Never a score.
See where a weight, length or head measurement sits on the WHO Child Growth Standards from birth to 5 years, explained in plain words for your next clinic visit.
Add up a live-in helper’s real monthly cost: salary, the MOM levy and S$60 concession, insurance, security bond, fees, upkeep and air ticket over the contract.
Compare five ways to care for a baby or toddler: infant care, ECDA’s childminding pilot, a helper, a grandparent or a parent at home, by cost and hours.
Find HealthHub’s starting age for solids, baby’s readiness signs, suitable local first foods, foods that must wait, and when egg and peanut can be introduced.
Corrected age, NICU bills and MediShield Life, the MediSave Grant and CDA, maternity leave after a hospital stay, infant care leave and how twins count.
For families with one Singapore Citizen parent: registering the birth, the child’s citizenship and passport, two citizenships at 21, and grandparents’ passes.
Turn school mornings, after school, bedtime or a toddler’s day at home into a picture chart your child can follow. Edit the steps, print it on A4 and put it on the fridge.
When to book your child’s first dental check, and what happens there. Brushing and fluoride by age, free school dental care, and what each type of clinic costs.
See your monthly Basic and Additional Subsidy for full-day infant care or childcare, the minimum co-payment, and what changes when the income ceiling rises to S$15,000 on 1 January 2027.
See each parent’s statutory childcare leave, who pays for each day, and how it changes as your youngest grows. Includes the rules for new jobs and self-employed parents.
Know your child’s P1 registration phase before the exercise opens, see how home-school distance decides a ballot, and what changes for the 2027 exercise.
Shortlist the primary schools near home by distance band in under a minute, then confirm the official distance on MOE SchoolFinder before P1 registration.
Compare an MOE Kindergarten with KCare against full-day childcare for K1 and K2: the 2026 fees, subsidies by income, hours covered and the P1 priority note.
Full-time madrasah or MOE primary school for P1: admission dates against P1 registration, fees, subjects, PSLE, compulsory education and if there is no place.
Understand how each subject mark becomes an Achievement Level, how four ALs add up to a PSLE Score from 4 to 32, and which Posting Group that score maps to.
Order six secondary schools after PSLE results using last year’s ranges in MOE SchoolFinder, MOE’s posting rules and tie-breakers, and the 2026 choice dates.
See what a student care centre costs after MSF’s Student Care Fee Assistance, who qualifies, what changes on 1 January 2027 and what to ask on a visit.
How a child who is not a Singapore Citizen or PR gets an MOE school place: P1, AEIS and S-AEIS by age, the published dates, the 2026 school fees and passes.
What MOE’s 2024 primary Malay Language syllabus covers in P1 and P2. Plus a weekly home-practice card, and free books and worksheets from MLLPC and NLB.
Budget a child’s birthday party in minutes. Compare a party at home, a condo function room, a fast-food package and an indoor playground, then follow a four-week checklist.
See every Child LifeSG Credit and Large Family credit your children have had, what is still on the way, and the new S$2,000 a year Child Credits from April 2027.
See which child and parent reliefs you can claim, whether you are a working mother, a father or a single parent, how much tax they save and what the Parenthood Tax Rebate adds.
See how much of a university bill your child’s CDA, PSEA and your own monthly savings could cover by age 19, and how much more a month would close the gap.
Compare each working parent’s death and critical illness cover with a published industry rule of thumb, so you know which questions to ask at your next policy review.
ComCare, KidSTART, fee help for preschool and school, student care, CDC Vouchers and Child Credits: who each is for and how to ask, and what GCR really is.
Birth-order support for a new baby, how a bigger family can lower siblings’ preschool fees, and what changes for parental leave, childcare leave and costs.
When to call 995, when to go to children’s emergency at KKH or NUH, when a GP or polyclinic is right, fever in young babies, and what to bring with you.
Starting ages for gymnastics, ballet and art, and what a trial shows you. Plus what a term costs, what to ask, and lower-cost classes at a community centre.
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