SINGING TO YOUR TODDLER

JeriJay

I like to sing to my 18 month old but I don't know any songs other than "you are my sunshine".  When he gets upset during the night I sing a song to calm him, I usually make up songs that are really stupid, and I mean really stupid.

Does anyone know any good songs?  Not sure how I will know how the melody goes but thought I would ask any ways.

Thanks!

slmcronelaw

I sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star before bed sometimes, but mostly I sing Taylor Swift songs! LOL. I have also sang her a Sammy Kershaw song (you are the love of my life) and I have even sang her some Richard Marx!   She doesn't care what songs they are, she loves when I sing her to sleep.  If I stop and she is still awake she will start humming to let me know I need to start singing again!

khagan9368

I'm huge on "hush little baby dont u cry, mamas gonna sing u a lullaby" followed by whatever rhymes pop into my head... 

Karla and Alex

Twinkle Twinkle, Somewhere over the rainbow, Billy Joels Lullabye, any Beatles or Michael Buble tune.

LoriJ11

I put a radio in my DD 's room and bought Jewel's lullaby collection. We sing along to some of the songs or sometimes I put on what I like for bedtime (Nora Jones, Michael Buble, ect.)

I sing hush little baby or twinkle twinkle at night. 

Day, itsy bitsy spider (play along with hands), Old mc donald (she loves the animal noises and I pick ones she knows)

hersheykiss

Itsy, bitsy spider

Twinkle Twinkle

Ring around the rosie

ABCs

 

SnowshoeMom

My husband says he feels like he lives in a musical.  He also says that I need to stop being our son's jukebox.  That said, a few of our faves are:

Wheels on the Bus (he makes the round motion with his hands when he wants to hear it)

Baby Sharks (he makes the shark sign when he wants to hear it)

Itsy Bitsy Spider (uses his fingers to show the spider)

Where the Wild Things Are (not a song, but he requests that I "say" the book by roaring then clapping)

Songs that I sing on my own for him (outside of his requests):

Peter Pan (You Can Fly, Following the Leader)

Erie Canal

Clementine

I've Been Working on the Railroad

ABC's (forward and backward ... it's an experiment and sadly our soothing song)

Toothbrush Song (tune of Three Blind Mice)

Deck the Halls (even now because he sings along)

... and quite a few others.  These are my favorites of the month.

If you don't know ALL the lyrics, who cares.  And if you're really wanting to get it "right" just google the song name + lyrics.

Jocelyn0415

Go To Sleep Little Baby from O Brother Where Art Thou is what I sing to Evie.

Que*Syrah

DS really likes the ants go marching one by one.

jdouglas84

We do Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Down by the Bay, Old MacDonald Had a Farm....

I first started doing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" with DD when I was drying her off after baths and during diaper changes to distract her. Now it's her favorite. She "demands" we sing it constantly, she will walk up to me jibber jabbering away (it sounds like she's trying to say itsy bitsy) and doing the hand motions. 

Torani

DS adores "If Your Happy and You Know It." Sometimes its the only way I can get him to let me change his diapers.  He loves the clapping hands, and I stomp his feet for him and he loves it!  Pick up a cheap children's songs CD or google children's songs for some more ideas.

Torani

fredalina:

"You Are My Sunshine" (all 4 co-dependent verses lol) is our bedtime song.  Char will get in bed and sing "Sunshine, only sunshine, take my sunshine AWAY!"  She's quite insistent, too.

LOL!!

versam

Jocelyn0415:

Go To Sleep Little Baby from O Brother Where Art Thou is what I sing to Evie.

versam

Jocelyn0415:

Go To Sleep Little Baby from O Brother Where Art Thou is what I sing to Evie.

 

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!

versam

Jocelyn0415:

Go To Sleep Little Baby from O Brother Where Art Thou is what I sing to Evie.

 

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!

DarcyLongfellow

I'm pretty much Abigail's walking jukebox. I have a couple children's CD's that I love. One is Milkshake, another is a Little People CD, and the one we listen to most is the CD from her Music Together class. Even if you don't want to take a Music Together class, I really recommend getting a CD from them -- they have a couple collections available for purchase on their website.

nndidiamaka

DarcyLongfellow:

I'm pretty much Abigail's walking jukebox. I have a couple children's CD's that I love. One is Milkshake, another is a Little People CD, and the one we listen to most is the CD from her Music Together class. Even if you don't want to take a Music Together class, I really recommend getting a CD from them -- they have a couple collections available for purchase on their website.

We have all of the collections.  Two of them I got from attending classes, the rest of them I bought on Amazon.  They are about the only things we listen to.  I also sing lullabies from different movies -- "Stay Awake" from Mary Poppins, "Baby Mine" from Dumbo, etc.  I'm a big musical fan as well, so I sing love songs like "If I Loved You" from Carousel and "Till There Was You" from The Music Man.

Just have fun with it.  Sing what you like.  Go to the library and find a kids CD that you and your child can learn together. We sing so often that even at 17 months old, Curly is now initiating songs like Twinkle Twinkle and ABCs (as well as several from Music Together) and they're recognizable even to strangers.

RaeAnt

https://www.rhapsody.com/songs-kids-love-to-sing/25-toddler-songs

https://www.rhapsody.com/songs-kids-love-to-sing/25-sleepytime-songs

Songs I've sung are

Down by the station
down in the Meadow
How much is that doggie in the window
I had a little doggie
Tomorrow
Edelweiss
Sound of Music
My Favorite Things
Rainbow Connection
Over the Rainbow
She'll be comin' round the mountain
Oh Susannah
The Bear went over the Mountain
 On top of Spaghetti
 I could have Danced All night
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

I"m sure there are others, but I can't think of them. Do web searches for children or toddler songs. Often times you can find them with the music as well. Sesame St. also has cute CDs out with classic children's songs that may help jog your memory. Even a you tube search I'm sure could bring some to mind. My songs are all really eclectic from when i was little, to show tunes to some classical tunes as well that I didn't list.HTH