Favorite unconventional lullabies...

PnkDingo

I work in childcare for over a decade and I'm pretty sure I've heard most of the traditional lullaby songs done in every style under the sun.....as a result I tend to avoid them like the plague!

I've made a metric buttload of naptime cd mixes using things like instrumental beatles songs (jason faulkner), norah jones, jack johnson, katie melua, kenny loggins, quiet disney songs, mama cass, etta james, ella fitzgerald, creed....obviously it's a pretty diverse list lol

So what are YOUR favorite songs you catch yourself singing or humming to LO at bedtime?

kdanis80

Not sure how unconventional but Loggins & Messina Danny's song and James Taylor close your eyes.

PnkDingo

Danny's Song (and Cody's song by just kenny loggins) is on of my favorites! I like sweet baby james by James Taylor, but I don't think I've heard Close your eyes

beanersmommy

kdanis80:

Not sure how unconventional but Loggins amp; Messina Danny's song and James Taylor close your eyes.

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apastinack

I have been singing Paint it Black for weeks now. I can't get it out of my head. LOL

ericalee27

DH and I are deadheads so a lot of dead songs are sung to our boys -- Ripple is probably our favorite to sing to them. 

DS1 can sing most of Van Morrison's "And It Stoned Me" - he calls it The Water Song.  Its seriously cute.

marionravenwood

Lots of show tunes.  My years of being a theater geek in high school and college are finally paying off.  Although I have found many of the lyrics inappropriate.  For example, I sang I Dreamed a Dream, which technically is about a woman bec

Puck1182

I always thought I'd sing a semiconventional lullaby... There's a really sweet lullaby in an episode of Fraggle Rock that Wembley sings called "Sleep by the Light of the Moon." So it's an actual lullaby, but not exactly a common, well known one.
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PnkDingo

Every time you post, Puck, I love you more. I swear we'd be friends if we lived close to one another. I was on youtube searching for a clip of the Fraggle Rock song earlier lol

Rosebean

I sing "my wish" for you by Rascal Flatts to him every night as I put him into his pyjamas. It's something that has so much meaning and as he gets older, I hope it remains like a permenant imprint on his journey in life. It was actually really hard to sin

Puck1182

PnkDingo:

Every time you post, Puck, I love you more. I swear we'd be friends if we lived close to one another. I was on youtube se

RJM050705

Rosebean:

I sing "my wish" for you by Rascal Flatts to him every night as I put him into his pyjamas. It's something that has so mu

Bride-hilda

I can't sing Baby Mine from Dumbo without crying, so my go-to tune is Sing Sweet Nightingale from Cinderella.  

LolaJr

Beautiful Boy by John Lennon

froggystomper

I sing lots of show tunes but we discovered that rocking out (we crank a couple different mostly rock/dubstep playlists while cleaning) apparently knocks runt right out. Like seriously loud rock makes her sleep? Did I hit the baby jackpot?

JuliaBug

I sing "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" to both of my kids. It's my favorite hymn. 

Also, "Soft Kitty" from the Big Bang Theory. =D  

tamarar5

Lullaby by the Dixie Chicks

IncogNeato

I love the song, "Goodnight" by the Laurie Berkner Band. SO cute and DD1 loves it. https://www.vevo.com/watch/laurie-berkner/goodnight/US85Z1100012 It is so sweet.

Mark&MandyLa

I sing "Daniel" by Elton John to my son, but with altered lyrics that I came up with while he was in the womb (in an attempt to put a joyful spin on the song). It's amazing how it calms him down! 

EDIT:

My husband and I also play a lot

RJM050705

I just realized that what I should be singing to DD is the soundtrack from The Little Mermaid.  

PnkDingo

I can't remember the exact name of the CD, but there are Karaoke instrumentals for soooo many Disney songs that are such soft awesome music if anyone's LO is a music-to-sleep kid. (hell, -I- am a music to sleep kid every chance I get to be, but Michael is