Baby Guru needs an English lesson

By Victoria Farncombe on Apr 7, 08 09:53 AM

I've just had a look at the website of Claire Verity. Remember her? She was the meanie maternity nurse from controversial Channel 4 show Bringing up Baby which pitted three forms of childrearing against each other.

Claire promoted the Truby King method of parenting which includes putting babies in their prams outside, no matter the weather, and letting them cry themselves to sleep.

Unsurprisingly, childless Claire became a figure of hate (she has no less than six Facebook groups dedicated to her downfall).

So, bored, I thought I'd have a butchers at her website - see whether she's still in business or if she's been lynched by an angry mob of NCT members. And I found something really shocking.

Nope, it's not the sickly picture of her gingerly holding a baby.

Nor the pleading 'Message from Claire...' which asks us to look beyond her Cruella de Vil reputation and see the successful nurse underneath.

But her grammar: It's atrocious! You'd think she, more than anyone else, would need the services of a decent PR agency.

Anyway, if you want to feel grammatically superior (and let's be honest, who doesn't?), knock yourself out here.