Keep Calm and Carry On - First Episode

In this 2012 series, media personality Jaquie Brown chronicles a year as a young mother, as she raises her first child Leo. With a single rule — not to offer advice — Brown aimed to document honestly the realities of modern parenting. This first episode looks at everything from worrying nipple advice to installing car seats, from the pelvic floor to the post-baby body. Brown's candid reflections (captured in video diary 'Little Brother') are mixed with experts (Plunket nurses, baby whisperers), and a look at Kiwi child-rearing social history. The show was produced by JAM TV for TV One.

I’ve learned about my strengths, my patience, my resourcefulness – I can make a meal out of all sorts of things that are left in the back of the fridge and if I turn them into a face, Leo will eat them.

– Jaquie Brown to Donna Fleming, in The Australian Women’s Weekly (NZ edition), 4 September 2012

Key Cast & Crew

Oliver Harris

Editor

Jane Andrews

Director, Producer

Jaquie Brown

Presenter

Jo Tuapawa

Research

Matt Aickin

Sound Mix

Simon Tutty

Additional Camera