A childcare expert who recommends that mothers resist cuddling their babies and put them in a strict routine from day one, has been asked to stay away from a major conference after opponents threatened a protest.

Claire Verity charges £1,000 a day as a maternity nurse to the rich and famous. She rose to prominence after appearing as one of three experts on the Channel 4 series Bringing up Baby.

She was due to appear at The Baby Show at Earls Court in London in two weeks to discuss her methods, which include putting babies to sleep in their own room from the day they are born. The invitation has been withdrawn.

Tommee Tippee, the baby equipment manufacturer who invited her to appear on its stand, said that it had “regretfully” revoked its invitation after a deluge of e-mails from angry mothers.

A spokeswoman for the company said: “We have asked Claire not to come to our stand due to the controversy surrounding her at the moment. Unfortunately her opponents have made things very difficult and we have decided that for her sake as much as anything she should not attend.”

Ms Verity was forced to call security at a speaking event in Harrogate earlier this year when she was repeatedly heckled. She has accused her opponents of “bullying”.

In Bringing Up Baby she mentored couples using the Truby King Method, an uncompromising feeding and sleeping routine which includes leaving babies outside on their own to “get some fresh air” and limits cuddling.

It shaped the upbringing of Britain’s postwar baby-boomers and she adapts it for her own work as a maternity nurse. Its most controversial aspect is the recommendation that babies are put to sleep in their own room from the day they are born. The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths issued a warning to Channel 4 that its advice was putting babies’ lives at risk.

The foundation said that research had made clear that leaving a baby to sleep in a separate room increased the risk of cot death and that babies should share their parents’ room for six months.

Last night a spokesman for Ms Verity said that she was “very upset” to have been asked to stay away from the exhibition. Friends said that they were outraged at the “witch hunt” against her.

In a recent interview with The Times, Ms Verity, who has no children of her own, accused members of the the National Childbirth Trust of trying to silence her.

“I’ve been hung, drawn and quartered by the National Childbirth Trust,” she said. “They accuse me of being a bully: I think they are the bullies. They look appalling – and they are appalling. I just loathe them.”

She said that her routines allowed mothers to “regain control of the situation”. She bans mothers from cuddling babies to sleep, but boasts that she can get a baby sleeping through the night within a month.

She believes that tiredness is a key factor in postnatal depression, and so a routine is vital if the mother is to avoid teetering over the edge. “A baby is easy once it is clean, warm, fed – and left alone,” she told The Times.

The NCT was unavailable for comment last night.

Channel 4 said that it stood by its programme and that Ms Verity had numerous followers. “We are aware there are many different views on how to bring up babies and the series would spark debate,” said a spokeswoman. “Claire and the programme makes clear that we are comparing parenting styles from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

“She is a an experienced nanny with impeccable references from her clients. In fact the couples in the series have continued to practise her methods after filming ceased.”