steps to hire confinement lady in Singapore

This article will explain how to hire a confinement nanny in Singapore:

Step 1: of hiring confinement nanny  Think about what you need

It is important to think carefully about job scope of confinement nanny before you engage a confinement nanny agency or search around for confinement nanny. Having a clearly defined job scope will avoid any dispute with confinement lady later on and it is also easy for for confinement agency to give you a reasonable price.

Step 2: Language ability of confinement nanny

It is important for you to think about your language requirement of a confinement nanny. If you can only communicate in English, you need to tell the confinement nanny. This is because some of the confinement nannies may not be able to talk to you in English. 

Step 3: Book early or search early

If you want to hire a confinement nanny through agency, you should book one or two months earlier before the expected due date of birth delivery. There are about 12 confinement nanny agencies in Singapore which should give you enough choice. 

If you want to self-hire confinement nanny, you should start to ask your friends or relatives earlier for recommendation.

Step 4: Agreed with jobs scope and other conditions

Before you sign any deal, you should confirm with agency or freelance nanny about the job scope and other terms and conditions of services to avoid any dispute later on. 

Step 5: Pay the deposit

If you hire confinement nanny through agency, you will need to pay the deposit after you come to an agreement with terms and conditions of service of confinement nanny agency.

For freelance confinement nanny, you may also need to pay the deposit.

Step 6: Apply for temporary work permit

You need to apply a temporary work permit for your confinement nanny if she is from Malaysia. If you hire her through confinement nanny agency, the agency will do all the paper work for you.

If you submit the application online, the processing time will be one working day.

If you submit the application manually, the processing time will be 5 working days.

For more details on the steps, you can refer to : steps of hire confinement nanny in Singapore

Cost of confinement nanny in Singapore

Cost of Hiring Confinement Nanny in Singapore

Cost of hiring confinement nanny includes the following items:

1. Red packet or ang pow. Two red packets will be needed. Total amount will be about $240 dollars. 

2. Extra fee for festival season: This is the fee when your confinement falls on festival season such as Chinese New Year. The extra fee will be more than $500. 

3. Basic pay: This forms the biggest part of the total cost. It will range from $2300 to $2600. For experienced confinement nanny, this will go up to between $3000 to $4000. Exact fee will also depend on the job scope of the confinement nanny.

4. Daily expense: meals, toiletries, water and electricity. This could cost you at least $500. 

5. Fee for work permit: if you hire a Malaysian confinement nanny, you will need to apply a work permit for her. The administrative fee will be about $30. Please note that it is illegal for a Malaysian to work as a confinement nanny under social visit pass. 

6. Levy for confinement nanny: you will need to pay $60 as levy for confinement nanny. For non-Singaporean employer, this cost can go up to $265 per month. 

7. Agency fee: this is usually included in the package of service if you hire a confinement nanny agency. 

8. Medical insurance: It is compulsory as stated in the Ministry of Manpower. 

9. Medical checkup: this is optional. It will costs more than $200 if you want your confinement nanny to go through medical checkup. 

As can be seen, there is a lot of extra cost to hire a foreign confinement nanny, but this does not mean that it is cheaper to get a local. Local will charge more for basic pay and it is hard to find one. 

For more details, you can visit cost of confinement nanny in Singapore 

Baby Diaper in Singapore

Because of hot and humid weather in Singapore, it is not suitable for baby to wear clothes diaper in Singapore, this makes it hard for parents in Singapore to save on baby diaper. Disposable diaper is probably the only choice that many parents in Singapore have.

There are about 10 brands of disposable baby diapers in Singapore which include: Pampers, Huggies, Merries, Mamypoko, Petpet, Drypers, Onwards, Goon, Moony, and labeled diaper like fairprice baby diaper. 

All these 10 brands can be divided into 3 sources: Merries, Mamypoko, Moony are Janpanese brands, Pampers, Huggies are American brands while Petpet and Drypers are originated from Malaysia. Out of the 10 brands mentioned here, Pampers, Huggies, Drypers are the common choice among many parents, partly because of its price. 

It is not cheap to buy diaper in Singapore. Merries Mamypoko and Moony and diapers that originated from Japanese tends to be the most expensive one. One package of tape diaper can cost $27 while one baby pant can cost $0.5  to $0.6. This will add to the cost of raising kids in Singapore. 

Malaysia brands like Petpet, Drypers are cheapest if labelled brands are excluded. 

Again, diaper in Singapore costs more than those sold in some foreign countries like Malaysia. But it is still considered cheaper than those in China where chinese buyers values the foreign brands highly. 

Because of its relatively large size, Singaporean does not buy much diaper from neighboring countries where diaper is cheaper. 

The only way to save on diaper is to train baby to use toilet. For many babies, you can train them to use toilet once they reaches 18 months old. To see how to train your baby to use toilet, you can visit when to start potty training? for more information. 

To save money on baby diaper, you can also consider visiting the following website:

Pampers promotion

Huggies Promotion

Merries promotion

Mamypoko promotion

Drypers promotion

Petpet Promotion

Hope it helps you save in raising kids in Singapore.