Julie Jay: We have all experienced our own '17 diapers' moment

After women started sharing their own moments of perceived parental failure to support a woman vilified for failing to dispose of soiled nappies in her home, I can't help but think it is these moments, not the moments of triumph, which connect us

Julie Jay: "I was once caught short minus a nappy bag somewhere between Barack Obama Plaza and the Red Cow Inn and ended up leaving a soiled nappy under my driver’s seat for a good fortnight before finally locating the odour source."

This week, a Utah mother called Hannah, went TikTok viral for a video where she documented herself picking up the many used disposable diapers — or nappies — lying around her home, following 24 hours spent solo parenting.

In the end, Hannah accumulated 17 soiled diapers, which she had folded neatly like little chicken fillet wraps. Despite quickly amassing 96,000 likes, the comments were initially overwhelmingly negative, Hannah informed the American publication People magazine.