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Hellobee Boards Topic: What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:23:19 +0000 SweetCaroline on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2415948 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:05:13 +0000 SweetCaroline 2415948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Amazing Grace Every Heartbeat There She Goes (Doo Wa Diddy) Sing A New Song Baby Got Back (only in the very early, sleep deprived days...) Very strange playlist I've got here. Glad to see I'm not the only one though :silly: MrsGeePerez on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2415860 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:32:11 +0000 MrsGeePerez 2415860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh I love you - a bushel and a peck - a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck! That gets lots of smiles. @Corduroy: haha, I think I will start to sing that one on the changing table. lady baltimore on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2415641 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:30:31 +0000 lady baltimore 2415641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My dad's lullaby for me was "Norwegian Wood", so I sing that a lot, plus a good bit of James Taylor ("You Can Close Your Eyes" is a favorite). If I have to comfort LO for a long time, I turn to show tunes, as I know lots of lyrics. Might as well use Rent, Spring Awakening, and Book of Mormon before she's old enough to understand the profanity. :wink: Eko on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2415622 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:46:09 +0000 Eko 2415622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH has been singing a lot of Stone Temple Pilots. DS seems to like it. Corduroy on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2415569 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:37:02 +0000 Corduroy 2415569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pyscho Killer - the baby loves it. Anagram on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2415564 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:31:14 +0000 Anagram 2415564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HLK208: yup, the "hey Ho" part and I sing the main part. She's my backup singer, haha. HLK208 on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414561 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:02:22 +0000 HLK208 2414561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Anagram: haha! I sing the "hey, ho" song all the time! It's the first song that DD1 and DD2 sang along with! Anagram on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414553 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:51:57 +0000 Anagram 2414553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ You can't Always Get what you want. :silly: and the "Hey Ho" song by the Lumineers. catlady on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414549 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:43:20 +0000 catlady 2414549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Lately we joke around by singing the beginning of Adele's "Hello" because she likes to sing "it's me". :silly: Bao on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414495 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:56:17 +0000 Bao 2414495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All about that bass :silly: it's a family fave FaithFertility on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414468 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:16:24 +0000 FaithFertility 2414468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ You are my sunshine Me and you-Kenny Chesney (wedding song) MrsF on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414461 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:10:34 +0000 MrsF 2414461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ circle game - joni mitchell cowboy take me away - dixie chicks some old vespers songs from my camp days when she was a colicky baby we used to dance to some michael buble songs to get through the evenings so I sing those every once in a while for old time's sake. Truth Bombs on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414449 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:05:15 +0000 Truth Bombs 2414449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Christmas carols! Silent night is her favorite. youboots on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414435 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:43:56 +0000 youboots 2414435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My favorite things- sound of music My humps- Fergie Yellow Submarine- The Beatles Hotel California- The Eagles Mrs. Pen on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414398 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:17:55 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2414398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smelly cat We will rock you Honey I'm good Say Geronimo (bombs away) Those are his favorites lol travellingbee on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414388 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:02:15 +0000 travellingbee 2414388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Indigo Girls- Power of 2 You are my sunshine A song from the thirties called Don't sit under the apple tree Littlebit7 on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414374 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:47:51 +0000 Littlebit7 2414374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The fresh prince of bel air theme song The wheels on the bus (but I make up the entire contents of the bus and the sounds they make). DH and I alternate coming up with the next verse when we are in the car Shania Twain The songs for the us states and us presidents I have a terrible singing voice but whatever dc yoga bee on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414359 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:30:25 +0000 dc yoga bee 2414359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Somewhere over the rainbow You are my sunshine Amazing Grace sleepybear on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414353 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:24:34 +0000 sleepybear 2414353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Whatever is in my head - I sing Blackbird a lot, sometimes I'll do The Eagles' ballads. Rainbow Sprinkles on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414322 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:49:54 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2414322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All My Lovin' (Beatles) Old hymns (Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art) 90s Shania Twain Adele Hallelujah Disney soundtracks (Especially Part of Your World, Beauty and the Beast, Can You Feel the Love Tonight and a Whole New World) pregnantbee on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414315 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:43:05 +0000 pregnantbee 2414315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS has started loving the Beatles! And can identify Florence + the Machine. LOL. woodentulip on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414302 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:33:30 +0000 woodentulip 2414302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We love singing a lot of Beatles songs, and some good old folk songs like Waltzing Matilda, etc. The girls often request the Beatles tho! HLK208 on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414298 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:28:56 +0000 HLK208 2414298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ "All you need is love" and old songs like "Itty Bitty Pretty One", and some country, especially Dixie Chicks. avivoca on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414242 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:34:21 +0000 avivoca 2414242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We listen to/sing the Frozen soundtrack a lot. Like, every car ride. Other than that, she is fond of "Soft Kitty" from TBBT. I sing it to her when I'm trying to get her sleepy for naps and it tends to work. erinbaderin on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414240 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:30:42 +0000 erinbaderin 2414240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ From 3-5 months the only way to get my son to sleep was to sing him the theme song from The Monkees. honeybear on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414193 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:51:04 +0000 honeybear 2414193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 'Pippin' and 'Les Mis'! Might be a little 'A Chorus Line' and 'Guys and Dolls' thrown in there too for good measure. :) jape14 on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414189 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:46:16 +0000 jape14 2414189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we basically never listen to kid music with our 16mo. we did a semester of Music Together and he wasn't a fan. his favorite song is a-punk by vampire weekend - he gets up and dances anytime it comes on pandora. it's one of the only songs I've ever purchased on itunes, haha! and, when he was really little (like, when I was on mat leave), my favorite song to sing to him was live & let die by paul mccartney & wings. mrsjazz on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414170 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:35:19 +0000 mrsjazz 2414170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Unfortunately my LO likes Taylor Swift so I get requests for Shake it Off. mediagirl on "What non-kiddie songs do you like singing to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-non-kiddie-songs-do-you-like-singing-to-your-kids#post-2414158 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:19:26 +0000 mediagirl 2414158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Other than the standard Itsy Bitsy Spider, Ba Ba Black Sheep, Mary Had a Little Lamb....what normal songs do you like to sing to your kids? I always have The Beatles in my head so I sing a lot of Hey Jude and In My Life. And then I get requests for Mary Had a Little Lamb. :silly: