Nightmare Confinement Nanny: Angel / Angela / Angeline / Tee Ah Kuan
I feel it is my duty as a new parent to share this horrible experience so that no other family falls into the same trap. We engaged confinement nanny Angel / Angela / Angeline / Tee Ah Kuan (she goes by different names) and it was a complete nightmare from day one. She claims to be experienced and professional, but what we endured was the opposite. Please avoid her at all costs — no new parent deserves to go through what we did.
Dangerous Feeding Practices (Overfeeding Until Baby Vomited) During night bottle feeds, she repeatedly overfed our newborn 3 times the recommended amount within 1 hour, causing our baby to vomit violently 3 times in just 2 days. Instead of apologising, she brushed it off as “normal.” We noticed something must be wrong and had to send baby to emergency, where she was warded for 1 night. When the doctor confirmed overfeeding, she twisted the story, blaming direct latching and even claimed her “lactation trainer” taught her that. Later, she shamelessly tried to take credit, saying it was thanks to her “method” that our baby avoided jaundice. Completely reckless, inconsistent, and self-serving.
Pushy, Commenting & Self-Promoting: After securing the job, she slowly revealed her “side business”: massages, Chinese medicine, and Amway MLM products. She constantly pressured us to use them. During breastfeeding, she hovered over me, criticising my technique and making discouraging remarks. She even badmouthed my professional masseuse. To top it off, she once took a photo of my pumped breast milk without consent and posted it on her Facebook with a caption claiming that pumping was “wrong.”
Shocking Lack of Hygiene: Her hygiene standards are appalling for someone entrusted with newborn care: • Doesn’t properly wipe baby’s bottom after pooping. • Doesn’t wash her hands after diaper changes. • Wiped the baby’s diaper-changing station with a floor-cleaning rag. • Left our kitchen in a constant mess.
We were horrified that someone who claims to be an “5-year experienced nanny” would expose a newborn to such unsanitary conditions.
Wasteful & Unsafe Household Habits: She treated our home like it was hers to waste: • Bought huge amounts of food without checking, cooked portions enough for 6 people when only 2 were eating — leftovers piled up for days. • Admitted she over-cooked just to take photos for her “portfolio.” • Spent $100 every 3 days on unnecessary groceries. Bought thawed meat and fish to re-freeze. • Carelessly wasted water and electricity: left aircon on in her empty room, forgot to turn off electric pot (a fire hazard).
This was not only financially draining but also dangerous. When asked to be prudent, she claimed we must be able to afford it since we earn SGD.
Incompetent & Harmful Baby Care: Every time she handled the baby — bathing, changing diapers — the baby cried uncontrollably. When we did the same, our baby was calm. Her philosophy? She said babies should “cry more during the day so they can sleep through the night.” At just 2 weeks old, she made a unilateral decision to force sleep training so she could rest at night. When baby cried, she would hide baby in her room. When we discovered, she said it was “normal.” When we proved we could soothe the baby ourselves, she became defensive — and that was the final straw. We sent her home immediately.
Contract Red Flags & Dishonesty: When we terminated her, she demanded extra payment beyond the agreed prorated contract amount. She claimed the “contract was only for reference” and even said she regretted signing it because then we couldn’t fire her. Completely unprofessional and dishonest.
Blocked us from her FB page: When we fired her, she simply blocked us on Facebook so we couldn’t see what she posted about us, and we couldn’t leave a review there. That says everything about her character.
Final Word of Warning: This confinement nanny was the worst decision we ever made. From dangerous feeding, poor hygiene, and wasteful habits, to incompetence and contractual dishonesty — she caused us immense stress during what should have been a precious bonding period with our newborn. By choosing her, we lost the chance to spend those precious weeks with a competent and supportive confinement nanny — something we can never get back.
For the safety of your baby and your peace of mind, please stay away from Angel / Angela / Angeline / Tee Ah Kuan. Don’t let her trap you into the same nightmare.
