Sporty Mel C shows off her very own Baby Spice during a rare public outing

New mother Melanie Chisholm was spotted making a rare trip out with baby Scarlett Starr yesterday.

The Spice Girl carefully wheeled her five-month-old baby through London as she chatted with a friend.

Scarlett, who was born at London’s Portland Hospital on February 22, is the first child for the singer and her partner Thomas Starr.

Precious cargo: Melanie Chisholm wheels her five-month-old daughter Scarlett Starr through London yesterday

Melanie fell pregnant just months after the Spice Girls reunion tour ended in 2008.

'Being backstage at the shows with the girls and all the kids made me think, "Yeah I could be a good mum,"' she has admitted.

She added: 'I used to love the fact that I was the only Spice Girl who didn’t need to lug around loads of baby stuff. Mad, innit? Me, a mum.'

Shopping trip: The former Spice Girl took her baby on a shopping trip with a friend

The 34-year-old was the last of the Spice Girls to have a child and has had plenty of advice from her old bandmates.

Emma Bunton, who was nicknamed Baby Spice, was the first to meet the new addition, declaring her ‘One of the cutest little girls I’ve ever seen.'

She added: 'Melanie is an absolutely natural mother.’

Emma is mother to a son while Melanie Brown has two daughters, Victoria Beckham three sons and Geri Halliwell a daughter.

Melanie and Thomas, her partner of six years, are said to be planning their wedding.

Girls together: The Spice Girls during their farewell tour - before the arrival of baby Scarlett