Of course, while Thatlilone seems happy to deal with the backlash, there’s no denying that this is gender stereotyping at its most insidious. After all, the year is 2019, and no woman should be pushed to coo over a baby, just as she shouldn’t be pushed to do the cooking or cleaning.

It is a matter with Stylist digital writer Hollie Richardson feels very passionate about. “I absolutely do not have a problem with people bringing their babies into the office,” she tells me. “What I can’t deal with is this weird expectation that we all need to stand around the baby, coo over it for half an hour and ask to hold it. ‘Maternal’ is the last word I would use to describe myself so, unless I know the parent, I just don’t feel comfortable around babies. Also, there are many other personal – and perhaps triggering – reasons why a person wouldn’t want to hold one.”

Hollie adds: “As there is always a huge crowd of people around any given baby in the office anyway, I doubt the parent really cares if I join them or not – particularly if I’ve only ever chatted once when waiting for the photocopier. And yet I must admit that I’ve felt quite guilty in the past, as if I’m a bad person for not being very interested in their little bundle of joy.

“Should I just put my own discomfort to one side and pretend to be interested?”

Of course, every woman is different. Some love spending time with babies and small children, others are interested – but only if they know the parent quite well – and some couldn’t care less. Every single choice is valid: we’re all different and that’s more than OK.

If a woman doesn’t want to hold a baby, that doesn’t make her a monster