Any parent will tell you that being out and about with a baby is difficult - especially when you’re on your own. So, the chances are, if someone offers to help you in whatever way they can, the chances are you’re going to want to accept it - but would you ever go as far as letting a stranger hold your baby?
A confused mum has sparked an interesting debate on Mumsnet after she was scalded by her friend for letting a kind stranger hold her six-month-old in a local cafe. “I went to a very small countryside cafe this morning with my six-month-old. There were a few people in the queue who were all together in a group - all women over 60 and obviously part of some sort of social/hobby group,” she wrote on the forum.
