Anyone with nontraditional lullabys?

[julie216]

Growing up I LOVED the Sound of Music and I too sing those to DD.... Will probably continue to sing those when the duo is born!

[andindria]

Currently, my DS doesn't get lullaby's.. The poor little man has to deal with my singing, which is bad enough to make dogs howl. However, when I do sing to him at night to get him to sleep or when he's sick or throwing a tantrum, he gets the songs from his two favorite Disney shows. Frozen (UGH JUST BURN THE MOVIE!!) or Jake and the Neverland Pirates songs. He loves them and will normally calm down almost instantly after I start singing.

[ladymouse]

Hush Now Quiet Now... I am a nerd.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQs-W7_gFrM

[ladymouse]

Oh. DH sings "Wayward Son" to DS. Apparently, his aunt and uncle also sung it to their son. And American Pie was the only song I could think of for about a month when he was little.

[Girlymama79]

I actually sing the hunger games lullaby to my girls. I don't like traditional ones. Though I did change the hunger games up mostly because I couldn't remember all the parts and added my own.

Kids love it mama loves it.

[headisbest]

Pretty much any Irish Shanty song......it was what I had growing up (and Gaelic lullabies but I am not nearly as fluent as my father). I will withhold them having their grandfather play the bag pipes to lull them to sleep though. Pretty sure that is why I can sleep through an earthquake though

[dabearsfanswife]

I picked out "You'll be in my heart" from Tarzan. So darn cute.

[billyhorrible]

These were the songs I sang to my son and will probably sing to the next one:
Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)
The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkle)
Lullabye (Billy Joel)
Whiskey Lullabye (Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss)
2 AM (Anna Nalick)
Candle on the Water (Pete's Dragon soundtrack)
Stay Awake (Mary Poppins soundtrack)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)
Restless (Alison Krauss)

[dabearsfanswife]

Jan 26, 2015 0:21:04 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

These were the songs I sang to my son and will probably sing to the next one:
Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)
The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkle)
Lullabye (Billy Joel)
Whiskey Lullabye (Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss)
2 AM (Anna Nalick)
Candle on the Water (Pete's Dragon soundtrack)
Stay Awake (Mary Poppins soundtrack)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)
Restless (Alison Krauss)

Ooooohh, I love 2am

[Deleted]

My dad always sang me a bunch of random songs from the 60s and 70s when I was a baby/child. One of them "D'yer Mak'er" by Led Zeppelin) we actually used as our father-daughter dance at my wedding.

I plan on singing my son a bunch of Fall Out Boy - maybe he'll choose one of those songs for our dance...

[mathlete]

My mother used to sing:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (but slower...and with less clapping and backup singers haha): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thz1zDAytzU
Summertime (Ella starts around 1:30): www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3kQt14_5OQ
How Much is That Doggy in the Window
And tons of songs from the Sound of Music

[nicolec78]

When my DS was little I would sing Walking after Midnight by Patsy Cline, it was his favorite. My DD loved Don't Stop Believing.

[empireceo]

My kids love Dream a Little Dream of Me. And I like singing it, so win

[queenofcats]

Jan 25, 2015 20:51:06 GMT -5 dabearsfanswife said:

I picked out "You'll be in my heart" from Tarzan. So darn cute.

One of my favorites!

Whenever I listen to disney songs I picture singing them to baby, but we'll see. I know "lion sleeps tonight" will probably be sung at least once.

[tabH]

Hi there - from May 15... Saw this post and wanted to chime in. Have you guys heard of the Rockabye Baby! albums? They do lullaby renditions of many artists, from the Beatles to Lana del Ray. I played Coldplay, Pearl Jam and JayZ songs for my LO and she loved them. You can find them on iTunes.

[blush]

I didn't pick out a song, I just sang whatever I sang and played every sort of music we like. (we listen to everything) I mean the classic baby songs were sung but so many regular songs too. No reason to limit anything.

[annabananabomb]

Jan 27, 2015 14:21:04 GMT -5 empireceo said:

My kids love Dream a Little Dream of Me. And I like singing it, so win

LOVE this adding it to the repertoire

I've been singing the following songs to my belly and will continue when bubs arrives:
Can't take my eyes off of you (Frankie Valli)
Skinny love (Bon Iver)
Rise (Eddie Vedder)

And basically any song that I know the lyrics to that I randomly sing anyway. Sometimes they're not really baby appropriate but that doesn't seem to stop me

[sissykate21]

Jan 28, 2015 9:04:39 GMT -5 tabH said:

Hi there - from May 15... Saw this post and wanted to chime in. Have you guys heard of the Rockabye Baby! albums? They do lullaby renditions of many artists, from the Beatles to Lana del Ray. I played Coldplay, Pearl Jam and JayZ songs for my LO and she loved them. You can find them on iTunes.

I've got the Metallica disk from Rockabye Baby. It's pretty great. 

We sing Amazing Grace to DD only to the tune of House of the Rising Sun. She loves it. 
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[ombradellarosa]

I can't believe I'm not singing more, I usually sing all the time. I like this question because I want to be thinking about it so I can get baby used to the songs in advance!

One thing that was very soothing to me during my brief stay in the ER was to sing "The Age of Aggression/Oppression" from Skyrim to the baby. My friend who was with me was shocked by how violent the songs are but I insisted that baby likes it! It is a soothing melody to me.

[mrsbeachcat]

I play the ukulele and a little guitar and lately I've noticed how many "love songs" can just as easily be about maternal love. I'm not a huge fan of traditional lullabys anyway, so I've been boning up on some songs that I actually like. Today I started to teach myself "You and I" by Wilco. They also have a song which was meant to be a lullaby called "My Darling", but it has a chord progression that my fingers refuse to do. Luckily there's a Dixie Chicks song called "Lullaby" that has just two chords and is SUPER easy to play, so that should be fun.

[angelasashes]

I've been singing "Baby Mine" to my bump. Yes...that's the song from Dumbo!