A definitive list of what makes a “supermum” has been released and before I read it I thought I’d score pretty well. I’m caring, sometimes organised, happy to do what needs to be done – most of the time – but according to this list I am falling way short on the perfection we are all aiming for.

I also know plenty of mums doing a much better job than I am. I can just picture them, sitting in the perfect, recently renovated kitchens, sipping herbal tea, nibbling on protein balls, calmly placing a “tick” next against the “perfect mum” checklist.

The study reported in The Express in the UK was meant to highlight how mums compare themselves to each other. We all have one of those mum-friends who seems perfect, who posts on Facebook all the time, who make motherhood look effortless and leaves us feeling less-than.

I bake your birthday cakes from scratch kids! Clearly that means I love you more than "packet mix mums".

When you work your way through the list you realise how high we set the bar when it comes to our own parenting performance. Talk about pressure. Talk about ridiculous. Talk about the waste of energy comparing yourself to someone you know who can't really be perfect, because perfect doesn't exist.

Just to ensure you don't feel totally crap after reading this I will indicate which parenting points I am winning and which I am definitely not achieving in any way, shape or form.

So here goes:

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The kids get to bed on time but I have sent them to school in the wrong uniform, or wearing the wrong socks more times than I can count. I also regularly lose track of sport and library days.

My fridge is well-stocked but I didn't notice my daughter had nits until she was infested and it took three treatments to get rid of them.

As I sit here writing all three of my children are at home with Impetigo, otherwise known as "school sores". The only way I could get them take their medicine was to bribe them with lollies and promise to get them McDonalds for dinner.

But I'm still a good-enough mum, not a perfect mum, just someone who loves her kids and is trying her best. I truly enjoy raising my kids. I love everything about it, even picking up after them and chasing them around the house with steroid cream begging them to stop scratching their sores because "they'll spread, and Mummy needs to go to work tomorrow!"

Thou shalt not judge our performance as a parent...that's the only commandment we should listen to or share when it comes to this crazy ride called parenthood.

Remember, that "perfect" mum from the checklist? She doesn't exist. We know that deep down. We know that we pretend too sometimes.

We're all good at some things and not so good at other things, but all that matters is how much we love love love them and how much we let ourselves just enjoy - not compete - in this parenting game.