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Babysitters are less common in Singapore than in other locales, as most families with small children hire live-in domestic helpers. Note that this has changed a bit over the years, especially since Covid struck. Finding live-in helpers become really hard to find. Increasingly – families in Singapore, including many expats, or foreign visitors coming in for work or social purposes – need their household chores and child minding attended to by alternatives.

Nevertheless, high school students are often very keen to have part-time work, and some expatriate social organizations keep lists of interested students available for babysitting. See the ‘Networking’ section for contact information for expatriate social organizations and clubs.

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Furthermore, many of the maid and part-time domestic help agencies offer babysitting services. If you have yet to make friends with other parents and are looking for referrals consider posting a message on the Motherhood noticeboard.

  • Amahs On Wheels Pte Ltd: Domestic cleaners/maids offer services including regular cleaning, spring cleaning, laundry collection, baby-sitting and pet-sitting services. 56B Somme Rd, Tel: 6837 2708 Domestic One Home Services: A licensed housekeeping company for expats and locals. Also offers babysitting services, Tel: 6100 2388 / 6388 1329 / 9127 4848.
  • Innovon Services: Innovon Services is a MOM registered babysitting agency. Babysitters island-wide, either on a monthly or hourly rate basis, Tel: 9487 5408. Fees vary
  • BBNanny: Professional nannies, preschool teachers, nannies/mothers’ help, confinement nannies, and babysitters for in-home childcare services. Tel: 6299 4993. Telephone for rates. Min 4 hours per session.
  • Mary’s Care & Services: Professional nannies, babysitters and confinement nannies for mothers and child care educators available for consultation, Tel: 9653 2433.
  • Meide – Book Online @ baby.meide.sg  or Email them at meide@meide.sg or WhatsApp +65 8595 8579 OR CALL  SMS  anytime 24/7 ~  AND they will allocate a coordinator to cater to your requests – enquiries are ENTIRELY FREE OF CHARGE
  • Just Us: Offers a range of childcare and care for the elderly options including babysitters, nannies, tutors and night nurses, Tel: 62994993 / 96998324.

Top Tips

01 A service of SingPost, vPost, allows users to set up overseas mailing addresses in the US, Europe, and Japan so that buyers can purchase from there.
02 When searching for rental properties find listings that are not co-broked. You will be charged commission on co-broked properties.
03 When searching for property look for any nearby spaces that may be built on. There is a lot of development taking place and building work is noisy.
04 Despite what many websites say, quarantine is no longer required for the majority of domestic animals arriving in Singapore.
05 If take Permanent Residency in Singapore and have, or are considering having, children. Be aware that male children may have to do national service.

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Interesting fact

Singapore has more than 3,000 kilometers of roads. Stretched end to end, they can cover the distance from Singapore to Hong Kong.
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