https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 05:35:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057821 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:01:20 +0000 Chaosmaven 2057821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've sung "Stay Awake" from Mary Poppins to DD since she was a baby. I love your selections, "Godspeed" might have to go into the rotation for a future LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057809 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:57:40 +0000 jhd 2057809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's favorite is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We are branching out to other nursery rhymes and kids songs now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057754 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:31:50 +0000 Mamaof2 2057754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: @Anagram: ha -me too~!</p> <p>my words are"</p> <p>Close your eyes<br /> Go to sleep<br /> now its time to get some rest<br /> mommy's tired<br /> so is H<br /> Now its time to get some rest</p> <p>then I hum a lot! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057746 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:27:49 +0000 Anagram 2057746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: brahms lullaby! My words aren't like Jewel's, but this is her version (same tune as mine, but I basically repeat 'Go to Sleep, Go to sleep...Go to slee-eep my baby, Go to slee-eep, go to sleep, go to sle-e-e-e-eep!"</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0eASoAXTx0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0eASoAXTx0</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057736 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:24:03 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2057736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: I didn't realize Golden Slumbers was a Beatles song! I have a version on a CD from when I was a kid by Jennifer Warnes, and that is already on our playlist &lt;3 so pretty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057730 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:22:36 +0000 Mae 2057730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to branch out a little-- I always sing the same few songs. Mostly because there aren't that many songs I know all the words to! I always sing: </p> <p>how sweet it is - james taylor<br /> sweet baby james - james taylor<br /> blackbird- beatles<br /> the way I am - ingrid michaelson<br /> I'm yours - jason mraz<br /> I will follow you - death cab for cutie (less often because it is a little morbid, but also sort of sweet in a morbid way!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057724 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:21:02 +0000 tinyperson 2057724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO changes her song lineup every night. Twinkle Twinkle is usually in there, Baa Baa too, but last night I had to sing Mary had a Little Lamb about 80 times. Baby Beluga is popular too. Otherwise, if she has no requests, I usually sing Jesus Loves Me and several Beatles songs (Good Night - White Album, Yesterday, Golden Slumbers). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057722 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:20:45 +0000 littlebug 2057722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every night after reading, D asks to "nuggle" and then once we're all settled in, he whispers "Mama sing." I sing 2 verses of "Lullaby" by the Dixie Chicks, and then "Stay Awake," from Mary Poppins. My mom sang "Stay Awake" to me when I was little, so it's super special to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057721 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:20:32 +0000 Meridian 2057721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: What is the "go to sleep" song, is that the name of the song? Sometimes I'll sing the words "go to sleeeeep, go to sleeeep" in the tune of a lullaby, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057701 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:12:51 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 2057701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a playlist of quiet/relaxing songs we put on before bedtime, while we get ready for bed/do quiet play -- it's a lot of Beatles songs :-) I sing him Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show/Darius Rucker) every night as a lullaby. I love it because it reminds me of our college friends -- we all used to belt it out at parties whenever it came on the playlist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057680 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:01:52 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2057680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sing Tell Me Why, The Riddle Song and another song I learned at camp when I was young which I *think* is called Cowboy Lullabye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057669 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:57:30 +0000 dagret 2057669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L has just started refusing all the songs I used to sing to him, and now asks for songs that don't exist. His most popular request lately has been for "candycane song" which is a made up song about candy canes, and it's different every time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057631 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:38:43 +0000 rachiecakes 2057631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erind425: aw, my mom used to sing that to me!</p> <p>My son HATES lullabies and used to cry when I sang or played them when he was little. Now he tells me he doesn't like them because they "sound sad".<br /> He used to sleep if I sang 'Party Rock Anthem', hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057627 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:36:36 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2057627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: That is so sweet that you have that special song from your mom &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057621 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:34:34 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2057621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many good ideas! Thanks ladies &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057619 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:34:12 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2057619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: I think we have the same musical taste :) I love that Joshua Radin song. I had never heard the Brandi Carlile one but I love that too. So pretty! I had never heard Dixie Chicks Lullaby either but I love that one too. Godspeed has been one of my faves since I was younger and a family I nannied for used it as a bedtime song. I always imagined singing it to my little boy someday, and did for a very long time &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057607 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:25:22 +0000 yoursilverlining 2057607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO requests the same 3 songs every.single.night:</p> <p>1. Yesterday (Beatles)<br /> 2. Goodnight song (Daniel Tiger)<br /> 3. Our lullaby (I sing LO the same one my mom sang me, it's originally a poem that my mom put to music) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057601 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:22:56 +0000 jape14 2057601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedtime song is Sweet Baby James (James Taylor). Bonus points for the lyric "if it helps you to sleep"?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057546 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:06:56 +0000 twodoghouse 2057546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sing Moon River and Billy Joel's Lullaby quite a bit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057545 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:06:08 +0000 HLK208 2057545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love Godspeed! Have you heard Lullaby by Dixie Chicks? All of my kids fall asleep instantly when I play it. </p> <p>They also like One Magic Kiss by Brandi Carlile.</p> <p>ETA: and this one! Everything Will be Alright by Josh Radin<br /> <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dAuZTqtBHos" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dAuZTqtBHos</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057507 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:44:10 +0000 Anagram 2057507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always sing the "Go to Sleep" song.....it puts LO right to sleep, haha. It's pavlovian. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057502 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:42:57 +0000 mediagirl 2057502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey Jude. :)<br /> Beatles songs are so easy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/songs-for-bedtime#post-2057484 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:36:47 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2057484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another thread prompted me to ask about this.... :)</p> <p>We have always used music as a sleep cue for LO. When he was really tiny we had 4-5 songs on a playlist so I could sing to him while I was nursing or rocking him before bedtime and then it switches to ocean noise after. Now that he is older it is just one song (I picked my favorite of the 5 to keep). That song has become so deeply associated with LO1 for me that I think I want some new ones for LO2's playlist. </p> <p>If you play music for your LO at bedtime, what songs do you play? I need some new ideas! </p> <p>With LO1 my favorites were these:</p> <p>Dixie Chicks: Godspeed<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4zCkbG-07Y" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4zCkbG-07Y</a></p> <p>Tony Luca: Always<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYmb8aX6oH4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYmb8aX6oH4</a> </p>