About healthykids.sg

Who's behind the website — and why it exists.

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Dr Joel
Medical Doctor · Singapore · Father of a 3-year-old
✅ Practising Medical Doctor 🏥 Singapore-Based 👶 Dad of a Toddler 📚 Evidence-Based Practice

Why I Built This

I'm a practising medical doctor based in Singapore, and I'm also the dad of a 3-year-old daughter. Those two roles collide daily.

In clinic, I answer the same questions over and over: "Is this fever serious?" "When do I give Panadol vs Nurofen?" "Is my child hitting their milestones?" Parents leave reassured — but only because they happened to be in front of a doctor. Most Singapore parents don't have that luxury at 3am.

I built healthykids.sg to change that. Not to replace your doctor — but to give every Singapore parent the same clear, honest, evidence-based answers that I give in clinic, available any time, for free.

The Mission

Evidence-based child health guidance, written in plain English, by someone who is both medically trained and actually living the Singapore parenting experience. No jargon. No American content that doesn't apply here. No paywalls.

What's on the Site

healthykids.sg has two types of content — free tools and medical articles:

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Symptom Checker
60+ symptoms with red flags
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Vaccine Checker
Singapore schedule explained
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Development Tracker
Birth to age 6 milestones
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Growth Calculator
Height predictor + WHO percentiles

How Content Is Written

What This Site Is Not

⚠️ Important: healthykids.sg is an educational resource. It does not constitute personalised medical advice and is not a substitute for a consultation with a qualified doctor. For any specific health concern about your child, always consult your paediatrician or GP. In an emergency, call 995 or go to your nearest A&E.

Content Categories

🩺 Illness & Medications

Fever management, paediatric medication dosing, common childhood infections, vaccine schedules — the questions that come up most in clinic.

😴 Sleep

Sleep training methods, age-by-age schedules, night feed guidance, Singapore-specific challenges (HDB, helpers, grandparents).

🌱 The Parenting Journey

From fertility and pregnancy through delivery, newborn care, and toddler years — written from personal experience as much as clinical knowledge.

🌿 Weekend Guide

Singapore family activities, kid-friendly parks, cafes and rainy-day ideas — doctor-dad tested, toddler approved.

Get in Touch

Have a question you'd like to see answered? A topic you'd like covered? Use the form on the homepage or reach us at the link below. We read everything.