Drinking Custard: The Diary of a Confused Mum

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If you’ve ever had a little tyrant in your life then this is the book for you, as reading Lucy’s adventures in motherhood strikes home on many levels – from having your boob grabbed by a well-meaning breastfeeding nurse, to feeling the pressure of living up to the Instagram-Mummy-Blog images of How To Be a MumTM Lucy’s book is honest, and that’s really all I ever wanted from a parenting book when my kids were young.

This means preparing local organic foods (but don't ask me to give up coffee), growing fun fruits and veggies (except when my CSAs do it better), and keeping a wishlist that includes backyard geese. Maybe other readers identified with the content, but I don't find individual children anywhere near as interesting as their parents do. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you.Her variation was a little flour stirred in with egg yolk, sugar mixture, and then cooked with milk. The next goes on to her meeting and getting together with Jon, who adds “interruptions” through the book. I loved the down to earthness of Lucy's writing the " warts and all grime " the honesty and lack of delicate flim flam.

From when Lucy was hospitalised with indigestion in her third trimester (blame the burrito), to when she was *this close* to slapping her hypnobirthing instructor, to finding herself drinking a whole pint of custard in one sitting. I wasn't expecting anything too literary and it was light and easy to read, but I'd have preferred it to be funnier if it was just a collection of diary entries. It's a funny book, but there's real heart too; the importance of extended family and childhood experiences are a recurring theme, as well as Lucy's nostalgic ties to her homeland of Hull. Beaumont lived with Jon in Surbiton and became a tad obsessed with how she appeared to the other women. I'm not overly familiar with Beaumont as I don't necessarily enjoy most Radio 4 comedy, and this was a light-hearted read with one or two memorable anecdotes and a fair bit of filler.Divinity candy, Italian or Swiss meringue frosting, pure white cake, angel food cake, meringue cookies, combine with whole eggs and make your own Egg Beaters. I'm really not a fan of 'mumsy' books so 'Diary Of A Confused Mum' is not a title I would usually pick up. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). She has also appeared on numerous TV shows including 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Jonathan Ross, QI, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, and Celebrity Gogglebox.