It was also an important moment in her life that she's ignoring. It's not really about her being involved with the babies life- it was forcing her to accept the reality she created. Daryl realised she'd been in denial about the baby and as her friend wanted to help her come to terms with it

This. It’s disengenous to claim that those comments were jokes to make the audience laugh- if it’s comedy at all it’s cringe comedy (you wouldn’t review the office by criticising a Michael Scott line)