Breastfeeding Isn’t One Decision — It’s a Combination That Shifts Over Time Most breastfeeding advice tends to treat it as a single choice: are you nursing, or are you pumping? And then leaves “what happens”/your output as the result of that. In our view, there are actually two separate dimensions running alongside each other in…

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The practice of confinement traces back to the traditional practice of “zuo yue zi” (坐月子, “sitting the month”) — a structured postpartum recovery period centered on the mother’s physical healing. A confinement nanny “yue sao” (月嫂) traditionally takes over newborn care, household tasks, and the preparation of warming, nourishing confinement meals, so a new mother’s…

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Once baby arrives, one of the biggest practical decisions a family faces is who helps look after mother and newborn during the postpartum period — and in Singapore, there’s genuinely more than one path. Broadly, families choose between four options: a live-in confinement nanny, help from mum or mum-in-law, a stay-out nanny or postpartum doula,…

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If you’re pregnant and starting to look into antenatal classes, you’ve probably noticed there are two very different paths: a group class — whether run by a hospital or an independent provider — or a private, one-on-one class at home. Both cover similar ground — labour, breastfeeding, newborn care — but the experience of each…

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Chances are, when you think of “sleep training”, you think of “cry it out”. Are they the same thing? We’d like to clarify that the definition of sleep training is teaching a baby/child to fall asleep independently, without assistance from caregivers. As shared in our previous post, children can learn new sleeping habits, and they…

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Some of you may know that we are offering a potty learning workshop in collaboration with Tiny Play Club tomorrow. One of the things I am going to be sharing is how the potty leaning journey with all 3 kids have been very different – how we used elimination communication (yes, new term! haha) with…

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All of us, from babies from ~4months old to adults, sleep in cycles. We start off drowsy, transition through light sleep, into deeper sleep, back into light sleep, and then we often wake up for a moment (even if we don’t remember it). “Sleeping through the night”, is hence not the “goal” of sleep training, since…

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With so many brands and models of electric breast pumps out there today, it can be quite confusing how to go about picking one. While googling for “best breast pump singapore”, choosing what your friends use or reading reviews might be some good ways to go about deciding, this post aims to  help break down…

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I’m continuing this series on routines which started with What To Do from Day 1, and continued to Weeks 2-3. Around the time baby turns one month old, baby is ready to stay awake for slightly longer than before, so below is a guide for timings to follow: Time Activity 7.00am Wake baby, change diaper and…

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We understand cloth diapering can seem very daunting, especially how there seem to be SO MANY different systems, brands and materials out there. Fret not! Here’s the 101: All cloth diapers require 2 things: (i) A waterproof outer cover (also called the “cover” or “shell“) (ii) An absorbent inner layer (also called the “diaper“, or…

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