An Unpleasant Encounter at the Laundermat

So I was doing laundry today and Carlee, who is sick, was sleeping in the stroller for most of the time. While the cloths were drying she woke up and so I gave her some snacks and then she fussed a bit while I was trying to get the cloths put into the cart and get out of there (same story as always). Only this time, this lady standing a few dryers down starts talking to Carlee and this is what she says in baby talk tone as she walks closer to us: "hey there, you don't look very happy, what's the matter? Does your mom not talk to you? You look neglected, are you neglected? Are you going to talk to me? Go ahead, tell me." Or something similar. I was like thinking in my head, excuse me!!!! What did you just say??? But she walked away. I sat there and fumed and felt that my heart was hurt by her cruel words. I started to second guess myself as a mother and took a long look at Carlee who was now crying. Paranoid of this ladies judgments wondering if she is going to call Child Services or something, I pick Carlee up and proceed to shove the rest of the cloths in the cart with one hand while I work up the courage to say something to her. On my way out the door I stop by her chair where she is reading and say with much emotion, almost in tears: "Excuse me, I'll have you know what you said to my daughter was very rude and it really hurt me. I work very hard at being a good mom..." She sits forward in her chair, totally alarmed and asks me innocently, "What? What did I say?" I respond confused: "You said I don't talk to her and that she looks neglected." She responds, in shock: "Oh, honey I didn't mean it like that. She is beautiful; look at her. I would never say something like that...I said that only because you were busy doing laundry. Believe me, I know, I have kids." So, at that point I feel dumb. So I say, "Well, good, I am glad I talked to you." She responded the same and we both apologized. There were two other people close by to over hear the conversation. I can think of a few different ways she could have said what she did to Carlee that would have made it come out like she meant it to...