Casey's friends saw her interacting with Caylee as one would a puppy. Playing with her, bringing her along to her little outings, photographing her.
However, and this we know, she was NOT working - she lied about that. While she was supposedly at work, she was away from her own child.
If she wan't with Cindy, where was she?
Susan Smith had all kinds of friends saying what a great mother she was -- but she drove her little sons into a lake and drowned them. I think Casey and Susan Smith are equally "good mothers".