Diary of an (ex)London mum

I have been visiting the Natural History Museum's annual butterfly exhibit for a few years now and this year I thought I would take Baby along.  He is only just over 1 year old but has been showing a lot of interest in the animals we visit at Mudchute Farm lately so I thought he might enjoy some close encounters of the flying kind- the butterflies and  moths fly free range within the exhibition hall and rest on all sorts of things, including humans.  They did not disappoint.  Baby had a great time and in the end it was a bit of a challenge to prevent him from trying to catch a butterfly or two, so there was some added excitement for me.  He was interested in the plants as well. We were at the Natural History Museum last Sunday and it was a gloriously sunny day so we sat outside in the garden for lunch.  Baby noticed that the pigeons would come round to eat the scraps that had dropped out of his mouth.  He found this great fun as he had wanted, b...

My phone is a really useful thing to have to hand these days.  Baby has just had his first birthday and is doing all sorts of interesting things at the moment, and the camera on my phone allows me to capture shots or videos of him doing these things.  However, I frequently forget that the video will come out the wrong way wrong when I play back on the computer if I film in portrait mode.  Being a bit of an idiot when it comes to anything video related, I have been procrastinating about finding a solution for the videos I already have.  While having a break at work today I decided to bite the bullet and found this really easy solution here .  Try it if you have the same problem; if I can do this then anybody can!

Baby is growing fast and that means lots of shopping.  As work has been quite busy I have been doing most of my shopping online and have been using one particular website- Zulily - a lot.  This is a daily deal website that specialises in baby stuff and serves up a selection of high quality things at discounted prices every day.  Shoppers sign up at the website and then get daily email notification of what is on offer.  I have bought clothes, shoes and toys for Baby and other babies over the past 11 months and the service is excellent.  The items are delivered within the time frame specified and the descriptions on the web are good so there are no nasty surprises.  For example, this morning I was particularly happy to receive some bamboo clothing from a brand called Earth Warrior.  I had originally bought them on the basis that the items were made from ecologically sound material and the clothes looked really cute.  However, I was pleasantly surp...