Health 80 - The Aunty Natal and Posty Natal Shows

They can be a nuisance sometimes, but...you can't watch the TV all the time.

– Vox pop from a new dad

Good evening, or perhaps I should say 'good weaning', ha ha...

– 'Frontman' Derek Payne opens with a quick joke

Anybody here invite a baby?

– A partygoer (Geoff Murphy) finds a baby on the door step

Don't. It's bad for the baby.

– The doctor (Ray Henwood) on smoking during pregnancy

Cold baked beans, straight out of the tin, I wouldn't have them cooked, you know just the real packed in ones, no juice, just the thick, gluggy stuff, oh! Go down a treat.

– A new mum on her pregnancy cravings

I found that I couldn't ask my wife to lift many of the things, so she was less useful to me at that stage...

– A new dad jokes about how pregnancy affected his partner

I found the antenatal classes very helpful and they were reassuring in that when I went along, there were other women in the same predicament that I was in, if you can call it that.

– A new mother talks about her antenatal classes

Some of the time mothers don't breast feed because they're put off by other people, and I think if they only tried it themselves, I know it's not possible for everybody but ah, I think that more people should try it themselves.

– A mother reflects on breast feeding

I just wanted them to have the protection against the...measles and polio and tetanus and diptheria...

– A mum on the importance of immunisation

It's important to handle the baby, love and enjoy your baby. The way you treat the baby will affect the way it sees itself.

– More key advice from the family doctor (Ray Henwood)