Drinking Custard: The Diary of a Confused Mum

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Drinking Custard Diary Of a Confused mum is all about Lucy's reflection on life before and after becoming a first time mum. I had wondered how often he would chime in and was worried it might be a bit too often but actually there are only the occasional few lines which added to the humour nicely! I moved to Tennessee from Florida this past November and found this (Holiday Custard), as you said, in Walmart.

Not as good, but when you are stuck with family and need to get drunk to get through the holidays, it’ll do. This read like a daily list of what happened, with frequent reminders of how tired she was which may have impacted her memory as she also mentions her famous husband, a lot.By bidding on, or purchasing this item, you are agreeing to us sharing your name and address details with that 3rd party supplier to allow us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. Like when Lucy was hospitalised with indigestion in her third trimester (blame the burrito), or when she was *this close* to slapping her hypno-birthing instructor.

I highly recommend you step away from Instagram and grab this book instead – with or without a tin of custard! My mother made her a boiled custard almost just like this one (my grandmother’s recipe) but it didn’t set. I think one think I appreciated about this book was there was no frills about how tough parenting can be; but it’s still the most amazing thing you can do! Told in seven parts Lucy and her husband Jon embark on the adventure of parenthood with their adorable but terrifying toddler Elsie.

My husband loves their TV programme but I find it a bit confusing as it obviously blends fact and fiction. If anyone was sick or recovering from anything from surgery to a broken heart you could count on her to bring you a quart of cold Boiled Custard. I have a daughter who can only get her medication down by drinking Southern Comfort’s Vanilla Spice Eggnog. I love to see and congratulate success, as with their TV work - I don’t like it forced on my eyes or down my throat. It was heartening to read some of my own thoughts – particularly about ridiculous situations you end up in as a parent – mirrored back at me.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. The fact that she has choices should not obscure the fact that she had what became a tricky birth, sleepless nights for years, and a determined daughter to deal with , and she details all the downsides to her love of drinking custard straight from the packet. I have tasted eggnog just once and didn’t enjoy it, but I certainly have always loved drinking custard. Or anyone who has ever gone to a baby group in the desperate hope of finding kindred spirits (I’m still traumatised by my one visit to Rhythm Time). Lucy has nailed it with this, it is an absolute gem and I am excited to see how she will follow this one.

Tours for inviting me to review on the blog tour and for Octopus Books for gifting a hardback copy of the book. I picked this up after binge watching Meet The Richardsons, and so the idea of Lucy Beaumont narrating a memoir felt perfect. I’m aware I’m not really the target audience for this one but I thought it was absolutely brilliant - one of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to. Lucy Beaumont delivers her laugh-out-loud debut, a ‘mumoir' delving deep into the chaos of becoming a new mother.

Hubs treated me to this after it was mentioned on MEET THE RICHARDSONS , we are not Parents to Human Children but we are Parents In our own fashion. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Beaumont tells the reader about how she met Jon at The Fighting Cocks ( Yes dear reader, this is a real pub, one I went to a few times when I was at Kingston Uni) and how she longed for a baby, to be like the mum in the Fairy Liquid advert. My only experience of raising children is being a fairly surprised 15 year old when Mum announced she was ‘with child’ over dinner and now daily Facetime chats with this ‘child’ who has 2 of his own under 3, I love the chats but am no parent and am pleased to press the ‘End’ button when the noise gets too loud…. This special drink is known by many names: boiled custard, drinking custard, crème anglaise–and bears a strong resemblance to egg nog.You see, we are participating in a rarely mentioned holiday ritual: winter break impacted wisdom teeth removal.