Where to Buy?

Most department stores have pretty decent baby department.  Research to see which ones tend to be cheaper.  Several factors to consider are :
1. Whether generally the store sells cheaper?
2.  Whether the store carries sufficient product range and type to worth your trip there?
3.  Whether you have the store's discount card?
4.  Whether the store is having a sale/fair?
5.  Whether the store carries the things you want?
6.  Convenience.

E.g. My husband and I prefer to shop at Tangs, Robinsons/John Little and Isetan, because we have the store cards.  Among all these places, we usually buy from Robinson's/John Little because my husband's office is near them.  All these places have pretty decent baby department.

Specialty Shops

I find specialty shops, such as Mothercare, tend to be a bit more expensive than department stores.  On the other hand, they carry certain products not available in department stores.

Neighbourhood Shops

Neighbourhood shops can be really good!  Especially for baby clothings.  It is pointless to spend a bomb on newborn clothes because babies grow so fast.  So it is useful to buy '4 for $10' type of clothes.  The quality is not bad too!  Also, certain 'traditional' things may only be available in neighbourhood shops.  I bought my automatic sarong from a neighbourhood shop in Ang Mo Kio.

Buy Online

Of course, at this day and age, you can get a lot of things online.  At the moment, I don't see many local (Singapore) websites specially for baby stuff.  Most of the websites are US sites.  What I like about some of these overseas sites is that they sometimes sell things that are pretty good but unfortunately not available locally.  E.g.  I bought some cloth diapers from Earthbaby.com which are much much better than what you can get locally.

What to Buy?

Wow!  This is a really major topic because there are so many things.  But I shall start off with some basics.  I will give you some general guidelines and general list of things you may need.  I have also included my own personal preferences for certain products.