Breastfeeding
Postpartum Doula vs. Birth Doula vs. Confinement Nanny — What’s the Difference?
In Singapore, “doula” is usually understood to mean a birth doula, while postpartum support is usually associated with a confinement nanny. But the term “postpartum doula” is often unheard of, and gets misunderstood as something similar to a birth doula, or an unfamiliar, slightly confusing third option for some form of confinement nanny. It’s neither.…
Read MoreA First Visit From Your Postpartum Doula: What To Expect
“Postpartum doula support” can sound a little abstract until you know what actually happens during a visit. Here’s a realistic walkthrough of a typical first visit — illustrative rather than any one specific family’s exact session, since every visit flexes around what a family needs that day, but built around the pattern a first visit…
Read MoreHow to Avoid Nipple Confusion
“Nipple confusion” is often the term used to describe a baby having a preference for being fed through a milk the bottle over the breast, or struggling to switch between the two ways to feeding. If you’ve just had a baby and are worried about introducing a bottle out of fear of nipple confusion happening,…
Read MoreBreastfeeding Approaches and Goals, Explained
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…
Read MoreWhat a Confinement Nanny Can (and Can’t) Help With for Breastfeeding
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…
Read MorePostpartum Care Options in Singapore
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,…
Read MorePrivate vs. Group Antenatal Class in Singapore
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…
Read MoreHow to Choose the Best Breast Pump For You
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…
Read MoreWeeks 3-4 after Baby is Home
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…
Read MoreWeeks 2-3 after Baby is Home
I’d written about a possible routine which new parents can follow immediately after they return home from the hospital, so this post is a continuation on what to do right after that. Baby usually regains his/her birth weight between 8-12 days after birth. Once birth weight is regained, baby is ready to get used to…
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