World Breastfeeding Week 2025 Events In Singapore

1 August 2025 marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week. Here’s how to celebrate breastfeeding in Singapore with other mamas and families!

World Breastfeeding Week 2025 runs from 1 – 7 August 2025! This annual celebration and awareness campaign highlights the benefits of breastfeeding in 170 countries across the globe, including Singapore. The theme for World Breastfeeding Week 2025, set by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Actio,n is ‘Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create sustainable support systems’. The theme highlights how breastfeeding supports sustainability while reducing the impact of climate change.

As ever, we feel it’s important to highlight all the ways you can celebrate breastfeeding (and seek out support on your own journey) here on our Little Red Dot. Breastfeeding can be absolutely wonderful and rewarding, but it can also be challenging, isolating and demoralising; this annual celebration is a fab way for mamas to enhance their support system and know that they are part of an important worldwide movement. Stay tuned, as we share other breastfeeding stories from mamas in Singapore throughout the week, including the all-important question: How do you know when it’s the right time to STOP breastfeeding?

Read more: All About Breastfeeding in Singapore – Expert Tips, Best Gear & Accessories

World Breastfeeding Week Events In Singapore:

National University Polyclinics: Expert talks for all

Calling all new and expecting parents–you’re invited to attend a FREE series of talks held by National University Polyclinics in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week. Learn from the experts themselves; know everything there is to know about breastfeeding from experienced clinicians and lactation consultants. You’ll be able to understand more about how to navigate those early days after birth, how to support Mama’s mental health and how to form your “village” to ensure a positive breastfeeding journey. Caregivers and healthcare professionals are also more than welcome to join!

When: 2 August 2025, 10am – 2pm
Where: Online – Register here.
How much: Free!

Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group

This year, the Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group‘s World Breastfeeding Week event highlights the need for stronger community support, whether it’s at home, at work or anywhere in between. Look forward to a line-up of talks and panels by lactation consultants, parenting coaches and more. There are family-friendly activities, too. Parents can attend a soundbath session, while kids can join a drop-in programme. Don’t miss the Breastfeeding Supporters Awards too — a heartfelt way to honour those who’ve supported mums on their journey. Donations go toward supporting BMSG’s important work.

When: 30 August 2025, Lifelong Learning Institute
Where: Lifelong Learning Institute
How much: From $10/pax – Register here

In case you missed it:

WATCH Breastfeeding 101: Sassy Mama Expert Chat X Osler Health International

Learn everything you wanted to know about breastfeeding (but were afraid to ask!) Whether you’re expecting and thinking about breastfeeding or currently breastfeeding, this Sassy Mama Expert Chat with Dr. Trisha Upadhyaya from Osler Health International, covers valuable pointers such as nutritional benefits and current breastfeeding recommendations, how to get that perfect latch, troubleshooting common breastfeeding woes like low and oversupply, cracked nipples and pain, tongue and lip tie, blocked ducts, engorgement, mastitis and more. 

Breastfeeding in the News

In 2022, the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) updated breastfeeding guidelines. Now, it supports “continued breastfeeding until two years or beyond, as mutually desired by mother and child”. The update is in line with WHO guidelines, too, as WHO has recommended breastfeeding for up to two years and beyond for several years now. Just remember that nursing your babies gives them the absolute best immunity protection possible.

Best Nursing Rooms to Breastfeed in Singapore

First off, if you’re nervous about breastfeeding out of the house, mama, be sure to check out our 6 P’s to Ensure Success Breastfeeding in Public. It’ll ease your mind to have a plan beforehand, and we promise: it gets a little bit easier every time!

In our experience, the ability to nurse in peace goes a long way toward establishing a successful breastfeeding relationship. We also know that hunger can strike babies anytime, anywhere, so it’s key to know where you can find a cool, quiet place on the go. We scoured the island for The Best Nursing Rooms in Singapore and put together a photo slideshow of our top 10 pics, and also listed out all the other rooms on the island that we could find info for. Be sure to check it out, mamas, and let us know if there’s something we missed!

Lactation Consultants in Singapore

Breastfeeding might be the most natural thing in the world, but it often doesn’t feel that way when you’re doing it for the first time! So many mamas all over Singapore have raved about the difference a lactation consultant can make, whether it’s helping your baby get a good latch, identifying issues like tongue ties, or giving you pumping strategies to stimulate milk flow. Check out our directory for a list of lactation consultants in Singapore, or look to other resources like Stork’s Nest Singapore, the Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group or La Leche League Singapore.

Speaking of Stork’s Nest, if you’re pregnant or just starting on your breastfeeding journey, you will DEFINITELY want to check out these 15 Things to Know About Breastfeeding (Before You Breastfeed), courtesy of Stork’s Nest’s amazing founder, Jani Combrink!

You Got This, Mama!

However your breastfeeding journey goes, Mama, we hope that it’s a smooth and positive experience for you and your bub. If you’re nervous about continuing it when you return to work, be sure to check out our Expert Tips on Breastfeeding When You Return to Work, which will give you the best chance for continued success. You can also read other mamas’ stories, from a recent recollection about the ups and downs of breastfeeding twins to another mama’s humorous struggles with insane nipple pain.

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