it’s not that people don’t want kids, it’s so hard to afford.
My Bto has been delayed from last year September till this year (April to June). Recently, we were told that it will be June end or July and this delay has caused so much problems.
My wife and I have been renting a room for the last two years. She is currently pregnant and we had hope the house will be in time for her to do confinement. But nope, H D B is not able to confirm the date nor provide any help.
My inlaws and parents have no spare rooms. We are now looking at a confinement center after birth that cost anywhere between 16-20k for 28 days…
We are also in the midst of getting an ID for our 4 room. Some IDs have told us straight that 50k is too little. That’s excluding furniture and appliances lol…
We finally found one within the 50k mark and are trying to get affordable but quality appliances but not going to be cheap.
Next we are going to queue for infant care at my workplace because my parents are too old and coe is higher than my annual income. It will cost around 1.6k a month excluding diapers and milkpower etc. We still have to buy insurance etc etc.
That’s not counting the monthly allowance we give our parents, some of their groceries and utilities.
Im literally packing food to work everyday since last January. I don’t know where else I can save money from and the share market wiped a significant chunk of my savings. Sigh.
Rant over. Sucking it up and going to work tomorrow. Stay strong fellow Singaporeans. Life hard.
Netizens’ comments
It is tough for any class but the rich, wages have not kept pace at all with the situation.
I lost my job last when my wife was in 2nd month of pregnancy with twins. Started in July and only found a job in March, close to 9 months.
Exhausted almost all savings, never sought any help, was stubborn on that.
The main expenses are going to be Diapers Milk powder
Luckily the kids were not fussy about the brand of milk so I tried the expensive one to the Malaysian version than settled on S26 as a good compromise.
Diapers just try variety no need to over stock as your baby will grow very quickly.
Essential is a hot water filter dispensing machine, u don’t want to muck around at night trying to boil water etc.