Actually - it didn't make me feel bad. I feel angry that it's OK to demean and pick on other women who don't parent the way you think you did 15 or so years ago. And where's the positive message in that?

As it happens, I know I'm a great mother - but sometimes my child has cried. My child wasn't constantly in my arms. Any woman who says her child was cuddled the second they wanted for as long as they wanted for that first year or two is deluding herself. The idea that "if a child cries he will leave home without a goodbye" is so utterly preposterous I'm putting it up there with "cosleeping will kill your child", "demand feeding will kill you", "you should use a pushchair instead of a sling" and "I am a slightly confused little old lady you have just met, please let me have your daughter for a week" (yes, she was that confused, bless her).