What it costs to have a baby in Singapore
Buying everything new for a first baby in Singapore comes to roughly S$4,170 on Paperbump's own estimates, and roughly S$2,373 if you buy second-hand wherever second-hand is sensible — about 43% less. None of the figures below are medical costs, and for a foreigner the medical costs are the big ones. Checked 21 September 2026.
General information, not financial advice; prices are estimates.
- Everything new
- about S$4,170
- Second-hand where sensible
- about S$2,373 — 43% less
- Things counted
- 23
- Last checked
- 21 September 2026
Where the money actually goes
Most of the total sits in a handful of items. The rest barely moves it.
What is not in this list, and what it costs
The antenatal package, the scans and the delivery are billed to you: a foreigner gets no subsidy in a public hospital and the private route is common. Budget those separately from this list, on the written estimate your hospital gives you, and check first what your employer's plan pays.
Where these figures come from
Paperbump's own estimate of what each thing costs in Singapore, not a quote and not a price anyone is offering you. Each range is pitched at a well-reviewed mainstream version — not the cheapest on the shelf and not the top of the market — and was set in September 2026 from prices listed by the main baby retailers in Singapore as they appeared in search results. Nobody paid to be on this list, and no shop page was opened to set a figure, so treat every range as an order of magnitude rather than a price tag. Your own figure always wins, and the moment you type one it replaces ours in the chart.
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