Not the Instagram Mum: The messy, sweary, tea-stained truth about motherhood that never makes the grid

By Helen Rose

The messy, sweary, tea-stained truth about motherhood that never makes the grid

Motherhood isn't all matching pyjamas, beige nurseries, and toddler charcuterie boards. Real mum life is cold tea, crumbs in your bra, Wotsits ground into the carpet, Aldi car park meltdowns and 2am Google spirals that convince you your kid has everything from croup to Victorian ghosts.

This isn't a glossy parenting guide. It's a funny, sweary, brutally honest motherhood memoir for every knackered mum who's ever felt like they're failing because their house doesn't look Instagram-ready.

Inside you'll find:

The Myth of the Perfect Grid - why Instagram motherhood is smoke, mirrors, and beige lies.

The 2am Google Spiral - late-night panic Googling about rashes, Lego, and whether bourbons count as a food group.

Mum Outfits That Never Made the Feed - leggings with toothpaste stains, bras older than your kids, and jumpers doubling as tea towels.

Family Days Out (The Version No One Posts) - overpriced ice creams, tantrums, gravel-covered 99s, and why the goat sneezing was the highlight.

Closing Letters to Mums Everywhere - because you're not broken, you're just bloody tired.

This book is for you if you've ever:

Felt guilty scrolling perfect parenting Instagram accounts while hiding in the loo with biscuits.

Wondered if your kid will survive on beige food forever.

Screamed into a tea towel on the kitchen floor.

Compared your laundry mountain to someone else's curated neutral wardrobe.

Wanted a real motherhood survival book instead of another smug how-to.

Not the Instagram Mum is the hug (and laugh) you need when you're knee-deep in laundry, sleep-deprived, and convinced you're failing. It's proof that messy mums, sweary mums, and tired mums are still brilliant mums.

If you love funny parenting books, honest motherhood memoirs, and writers who tell it straight - this is your bedtime read (when the kids finally shut up).

Because you're not failing. You're just not the Instagram mum. And thank God for that.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQJFVW9Z
• ISBN13: 9798264605307
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"