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The Petrie method of child birth according to The Dick van Dyke Show.
Having My Baby is the twenty-sixth and final episode of ALF's third season, This is the season finale. It originally aired on May 8, 1989.
Summary[]
In this episode, ALF is preparing for the arrival of the Tanner's new baby. ALF gets so worked up about the baby's upcoming arrival that he is dead asleep when the time comes. When he awakes, the Tanners have a new family member, Eric William Tanner.
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ALF is trying to put a diaper on doll to practice for when the baby comes. Lynn comes in to help and then has him try.
Act One[]
ALF studies an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show and takes notes to see what to do for when the baby comes. Brian comes in and later Kate is cranky about him leaving his baseball glove on the floor. Brian says Willie told him to expect that, and that ALF has been helping prepare. Kate tells him that that's Willie's job. Willie comes in later, and that night ALF walks in on Kate in bed and incorrectly assumes she's going into labor. He tells Willie about how Rob on the The Dick Van Dyke Show, slept with his suit on every night in case Laura went into labor at night. Kate gets moody again, and Willie tells ALF that he will help Kate without ALF's help because he managed to do it twice before,. Kate then notices an overnight bag with a champagne bottle on a rope inside which ALF says is for Christening the baby. ALF watches more Dick Van Dyke and repeatedly watches the same scene over and over. Kate comes in and tells ALF not to panic. On the Dick van Dyke show, ALF watches a scene where the phone rings and Rob thinks it's his wife going into labor. Kate calls home from her office, ALF panics and thinks it's time, Lynn then takes the phone and asks if things are ok. She was just calling to let Lynn know to get dinner ready.
ALF goes into Kate and Willie's room with a stopwatch to conduct a labor drill for Willie and sees how long it takes for him to be ready. Kate gets upset and tells ALF that the stress she's being subjected to is bad for the baby.
Act Two[]
The family is eating breakfast and Brian thinks the pancakes taste funny. Willie added things to them Brian didn't recognize. Lynn comes in and Kate mentions ALF having come in a few times to bother them. ALF later comes in, tired, and moans about having stayed awake. Willie again reminds ALF to settle down. ALF falls asleep listening to him and when Lynn wakes him up, he thinks it's time again. Later at 3AM ALF is tossing diapers into the trash can. His noise doing so woke Kate up, and she comes in to make him quiet. Again, he thinks it's time but Kate tells him no. She suggests he go to sleep. Sometime later, He's fast asleep, and Kate goes into labor. Willie helps get the car ready, and Kate rushes in to wake ALF up. He's completely out. Later ALF wakes up and finds the Tanner's baby, Eric in the crib. He sees him and exclaims about him. Wille then comes in to tell ALF that they just brought him home and that ALF was asleep for almost 2 days.
ALF laments about them not waiting for him to wake up so he could help. ALF then notices how happy Willie is, and how he'll never experience it. Willie says they'll need his help raising Eric, and Brian comes in to let Willie know it's time to feed Eric. ALF then talks to Eric and says he smiled at him
Epilogue[]
Eric is in a baby car seat in the living room, and ALF is talking to him about how the TV remote control works, and how television is fun to watch.
Trivia[]
- This marks the first appearance of Eric in the series.
Title Reference[]
"(You're) Having My Baby" is a song by Paul Anka.