If you live in NSW and you have had a baby this year, you will be among the first to receive a bundle of goodies valued at more than $300 from the State Government.

The Baby Bundle contains a sleeping bag, play and change mats, thermometers and books, among other things.

It is part of a $157 million parenting package, announced by the State Government in June last year, and is designed to complement other services for new families, including access to a child and family health nurse and home visiting programs.

'A pleasant surprise'

Coffs Harbour couple Aleesha Jurd and Nathan Harrison were among the first in NSW to welcome a baby in 2019 — Max Levi Harrison was born at 5:23am on January 1.

He is the couple's second child after three-and-a-half-year-old Jed.

Ms Jurd said she did not know about the Baby Bundle before receiving it.

"Not until a midwife came in and told us all about it, so it was a pleasant surprise," she said.

"I think they did pretty well with the things that were included.

"The products seem to be nearly all Australian-made and owned and I thought that was a nice little touch, supporting Australian businesses."

"Amongst the pamphlets that were included there was also information about dads and depression, I thought that was good because a lot of the time I think that's forgotten … we all know post-natal depression with mothers is pretty common too, so it's good to include that."

'Very useful' for new parents

Port Macquarie mum Sybil Juzwiak Doyle is expecting her second child, a boy, in February.

She wished something like this was available when she had her daughter, Ahliyah who is now two and a half.

"It's really nice the Government is offering that to all parents, I think it will be much more useful for new parents rather than second-time parents," she said.

"In the beginning when you're pregnant you don't know what to buy, there's all these things you can buy and you go and buy all these things, half of them you don't need.

"Half of it you did need but you didn't know you needed it, like changing mats, when you're out and about you need the changing mat, the play mat, it's very useful."

Olivia Tierney with some of the items included in the Baby Bundle. ( ABC News: Kerrin Thomas )

Olivia Tierney, the Acting Midwifery Unit Manager at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, said staff were excited to give the Bundles away.

"It's a really great opportunity to give them a gift as they're going home, to give them that bag with all those essential bits and pieces in there," she said.

"[It begins] that conversation around development for their baby and reading to their babies, and it sort of takes that education just a little bit further, so the staff are looking forward to being able to give them out."

No nappies

Sybil Juzwiak Doyle with her daughter Ahliyah, dog Alaska and chicken Salt. ( ABC News: Wiriya Sati )

The item that stands out to Ms Juzwiak Doyle by its absence is nappies.

"As a first-time parent, often you go to the supermarket and it's like 'woah, what should I get,' so it'd be nice to have some newborn nappies in there," she said.

"What I feel would be even more useful is having a few modern cloth nappies.

"The Government is spending so much money on taking care of waste in landfill and all these nappies take years and years to break down, so if there were some modern cloth nappies in there, with instructions on how to use it, parents might change their mind on using them."

Ms Juzwiak Doyle said she does not think she will use the cream provided.

"All the creams and things like that are very personal, most people will use it but I don't think I will, so maybe giving another option," she said.

A spokesperson for NSW Health said the contents of the Baby Bundles have been carefully chosen and contain items from Australian-owned businesses.

"The products and information chosen for the Bundle had to meet specific safety standards of NSW Health," the spokesperson said.

The Government expects it will hand out around 50,000 Baby Bundles in the first six months of the program.

"[The] contents of the Baby Bundle will be reviewed again mid-2019 when NSW Health reviews feedback from families who received one and shared their views in our interactive online survey," the spokesperson said.