Mel Yuan for Brunswick

Parents will know the importance of crucial Council services for surviving the preschool years.

The Maternal Health Centre provides a crucial check-in when women leave hospital after birth. This check ensures the health and safety of mums and bubs including a safe environment for bub and the all-important post-natal depression screen for mums.

Family Day Care provides a more family-like atmosphere of only a few children in a carer’s own home. Many carers take on the role after caring for their own children, some have been going for decades.

Community childcare is an important option and usually more popular and well-respected than private provider options.

For working parents, having reliable, caring, convenient, and affordable childcare makes work possible.

Council immunisations are a feature of new parents’ lives. The calm, professional nursing staff help make what can be quite traumatic, not so bad.

These Council services are an essential part of everyday life for parents of babies and pre-schoolers. Supporting their quality and access for all is a core service to the community.