Baby found with dead mother improving

A baby found with his dead mother in Wollongong has been moved to a Sydney hospital and is in a non-life threatening condition, police say.

The eight-month-old boy was transferred to Randwick Hospital from Wollongong Hospital.

Police found the woman's body and her baby at 2pm on Tuesday at a home in Woonona, in Wollongong's north.

Police initially described the baby as critically ill, but his condition has improved.

Detectives say the mother's death is not suspicious.