Newborn Essentials for Parents & Caregivers

SkillsFuture Eligible

$250.00

Duration

4 hours

Fee

$250

Delivery

Classroom / Home-based

Funding

SkillsFuture Credit eligible

Target

New parents, FDWs, grandparents

  • Safe handling, holding, and positioning of newborns
  • Bathing, umbilical cord care, and circumcision care (if applicable)
  • Diapering, prevention and management of diaper rash
  • Feeding fundamentals: breastfeeding basics, bottle-feeding, burping techniques
  • Newborn sleep safety (back-to-sleep, safe sleep environment per Singapore guidelines)
  • Understanding newborn jaundice: monitoring, when to seek help
  • Recognising hunger cues, tired cues, and distress signals
  • Temperature taking and fever management in newborns
  • Sterilisation of feeding equipment
  • When to bring baby to A&E / polyclinic vs GP

  • Newborn bathing and wrapping technique (demonstration with doll)
  • Umbilical cord care
  • Burping and feeding positions
  • Temperature taking (axillary and forehead)