Category: Pregnancy and Birth

At Parents Guide Illawarra, we have researched the best toy stores around. The following is a list of our favourites in the Wollongong, Shellharbour, and Nowra areas. We hope you get to experience some of these awesome stores in person! They’re great for a rainy day out, or to explore for birthday gifts. Why not […]

What to do with your baby in Illawarra and Wollongong and how to meet other new parents and mums! As of 14 weeks ago, I officially became a “local mum” following the birth of my daughter Lenny. For all the new parents reading this, I firstly want to say the biggest well done to you […]

Need local advice and support on baby sleep, settling, feeding or to help manage post natal depression (PND)? There are several parenting and post natal support services in Wollongong, Shellharbour and Illawarra wide. Parenthood is an incredible journey, but the self-doubt and sleep disturbances can be tough. Particularly if your baby seems relentlessly unsettled. Sleep […]

Looking for amazing things to do with the kids in Shoalhaven and South Coast of NSW? The weekend or school holidays arrive, the kids are whiney and you need to GET OUT! But where to go for the best family-friendly fun, an easy hour of Wollongong & Illawarra? So here are your best family friendly […]

There are so many creative, wonderful ways for families to enjoy Autumn and Winter across Wollongong and the Illawarra! Parents Guide Illawarra have collated free and cost effective ‘family QT’ ideas – so your kids can have fun. Here’s how your family can enjoy the changing of the seasons together… Also, we’ve got Autumn School […]

Frantically Googling ‘Chemists Open near me?’ Here are Illawarra’s after hour Pharmacy’s… Because of course kids never seem to get quite as sick in the daylight hours when you could more easily do something about it? So, what do you do when the clock strikes six o’clock, and you are in urgent need of a […]

Do you cringe at the thought of placing your foot to the ground each morning? Busy mums are frequent sufferers of Plantar Fasciitis. Expert Podiatrists from Tread Right Podiatry & Biomechanics are here to help. Tread Right Podiatry & Biomechanics is a local Illawarra, family owned and operated podiatry practice located in Woonona. Parents Guide Illawarra recently had the chance to sit down and pick the brains of […]

Help, Advice and Support for New Parents On becoming a parent, it becomes near impossible to prioritise ourself. As parents we need to know quick, effective ways to self soothe and re-group. It helps us be the best patient, loving parent we know we can be. So, here at Parents Guide Illawarra, we turned to […]

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! A new baby is such an exciting time and once the dust settles it’s time for one of your baby’s big firsts; a Christening, Baptism or Naming Day! At Parents Guide Illawarra, we want to help you plan your perfect event, So we asked the Christening events experts […]

Your baby is born with its own individual temperament – the way your child responds to the world and to their own body. Temperament helps to explain how children in the same family often have such different personalities and why parents sometimes find it tough to raise certain children but not others. (with many thanks […]