🗓️ The major milestones of expectant and new fatherhood

Step by step

1. 1. What to prepare

   Attend appointments with consent, plan transport and work arrangements, and learn everyday care skills.

2. 2. What to check

   After birth, share care and review support needs. Ask about mental health or bonding difficulties without treating them as a failure.

3. 3. In Singapore

   Confirm the maternity hospital’s assessment route and after-hours number. Arrange newborn follow-up with the hospital, polyclinic or GP, including jaundice review when directed. Public subsidies and MediSave arrangements have eligibility rules; check charges and referral requirements.

4. 4. In Singapore

   mum guidance provides four weeks of Government-Paid Paternity Leave for eligible fathers for births from 1 April 2025. Eligibility includes the child’s Singapore citizenship, employment/self-employment conditions and, for birth fathers, lawful marriage requirements. Shared parental leave is six weeks for births from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and ten weeks from 1 April 2026, subject to eligibility. Confirm allocation and notice through mum/MSF; employer benefits are separate.

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