Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a sweet and funny rumination on the realities of motherhood. I particularly enjoyed the run down at the beginning of the realities of the initial months of parenthood. It was scary to see how much correlated with my own experience and all the guilt and crap you end up buying.

The story itself is a sweet and charming easy read. I hadn't read the first book in the series so am not able to comment as to how this one compares but I didn't feel like I had to have read it to enjoy this one.

If you're a new mum looking for a cathartic release and some validation that actually, you're doing a good job (you are) then you could do worse than read this book. However you're probably like me, reading it when your child is nearly 2 because you didn't have the time until now.

thank you for allowing me to read this book. it was very easy to read. i enjoyed the story line and the characters. look forward to reading more from this author.

An absolutely fantastic follow up from the first book. I loved these 3 characters so it was so good to have them back. Their stories and lives are so relatable and the girls themselves are 3 of the nicest girls you would ever meet. Few big bombshells in this book I just couldn't believe they were happening I wanted to shout no a few times at the decisions some of the girls were making. Such an easy to read fun and exciting book. Please bring us another book with these characters!

This is my second book by Helen Wallen and I can't wait to read more. I found myself relating to Liz in this book about how she was feeling in regards to something but I can't say what it was as it would spoil the book. I love the friendship between Emily, Molly and Liz and how their always there for one another to give advice and support each other. I found myself getting annoyed at the reckless choices of one of the woman, this at a time when sensibility was the order of the day. Although I loved Tom, I found his controlling manner rather frustrating. Molly is her own person and shouldn't be dictated by anyone.

I can't wait for the third book.i hope it's soon.

Thanks goes to net galley and the publishers for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

I thoroughly enjoyed Helen Wallen’s first novel, “Baby Boom” so I was really keen to get stuck into book 2, “The Mummy Lesson’s” and find out what Emily, Molly and Liz were up to.

From the first page it felt like I was catching up with old friends and I sped through the pages getting lost in Emily and Molly’s mummy journeys. Everything I enjoyed from the first book was present in this sequel, the warm natural friendships between the women, the honesty about what it’s like to be a mother and the hilarity of the Whatsapp chats, but with an added dramatic storyline for Liz which kept me firmly on the edge of my seat terrified that Gerard and Liz might come to an end (Team Giz forever!)

I enjoyed the character development between books for Emily and Molly. Becoming a mother changes you in ways that are deeply personal and individual and it was so good to see each woman handle her new role in her own way. Equally, it was nice to see that when all three friends met up their friendships were exactly the same and none of them were left out.

As well as the realistic parenting parts of the book, the dramatic storyline added real tension to the plot. Liz is the character I relate to the least and I felt like we got a bit more of her in this book. She became a bit more vulnerable which was really interesting to read. I can’t help but feel like Liz’s story wasn’t completely resolved though, which has left me really hoping that book 3 is in the works!

I really recommend Helen Wallen’s books to anyone who enjoys a fun, hilarious contemporary page-turner. You don’t have to be a parent to enjoy these books, there’s plenty of plot and character for everyone to enjoy them. If you are a parent though you’ll laugh at the sheer accuracy of some of the descriptions in these books.