Question for Christian mommies

olga&shaun · September 2011

Do you have any cute/special prayers or nursery rhymes you teach your LO for bed and dinner time that you'd like to share? I can't really remember any nice ones, and DD is absolutely FASCINATED when we take hands and close our eyes for a prayer before dinner. She holds our hands until we finish and even closes her eyes for a couple of seconds, and then smiles at us when we're done. It's so cute. So I'd like to teach her an easy one to encourage her to say it with us. Any ideas?

Fiasco77 · September 2011

Now I lay me down to Sleep? Our night time prayer is more freestyle:) I just say bless this person, that person, and pray for the relatives we have lost.

Nephs13 · September 2011

When I was growing up, my family would say this prayer before dinner:

"God is great; God is good. Let us thank Him for this food. By His hands, we all are fed. Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen."

I think that's how it went, at least!

hterry85 · September 2011

Starting at about 3 we had SS say the dinner prayer. It just went something like - Dear Jesus, thank you for our food, Amen. Over time he started adding to it on his own. The first one he added was "and thank you for my sissy" lol It's so cute

Wally3 · September 2011

We sing Johnny Appleseed for grace - ds loves it. We Do Now I lay me - for night foloowed by good bless yous.

titicole · September 2011

Nope we are pretty freestyle. He loves to say Amen with us. And he is used to the routine of bedtime prayers, even though they are different every night. We do lay hands on my tummy and pray for the baby everynight. Sometimes he isn't interested and sometime he is. It doesn't matter, mommy or daddy will pray.

olga&shaun · September 2011

Thanks for the replies so far! 'Now I lay me down to sleep' is a good one for bedtime. DD actually has a soft toy sheep with a button that says that prayer, now that I think about it!

zeptattoo · September 2011

Nephs13:

When I was growing up, my family would say this prayer before dinner:

"God is great; God is good. Let us thank Him for this food. By His hands, we all are fed. Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen."

I think that's how it went, at least!

My Grandmother used this one too!

Jessys_Girl · September 2011

olga&shaun:
Do you have any cute/special prayers or nursery rhymes you teach your LO for bed and dinner time that you'd like to share? I can't really remember any nice ones, and DD is absolutely FASCINATED when we take hands and close our eyes for a prayer before dinner. She holds our hands until we finish and even closes her eyes for a couple of seconds, and then smiles at us when we're done. It's so cute. So I'd like to teach her an easy one to encourage her to say it with us. Any ideas?

Bedtime:

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my soul to keep, and in keeping me please keep others that I see, Mommy and Daddy, and sister, and brother.,..(etc.)"

Dinner:

"Thanks God for the food and everything that is good". (simple kids prayer. Whenever we have the kids do the blessing at a meal this is the one we have them do).

Cookie Monster Mama · September 2011

We don't say anything special at dinnertime prayer. We just fold hands, close eyes and bow heads and either my H or I pray and we all say Amen.

Bedtime I currently read three books and then sing "Yes, Jesus Loves Me". He knows it coming and he tries to say the words (he's 21 months). We should start with a nighttime prayer but I thought it was too early.

lildevil968 · September 2011

Nephs13:

When I was growing up, my family would say this prayer before dinner:

"God is great; God is good. Let us thank Him for this food. By His hands, we all are fed. Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen."

I think that's how it went, at least!

My family used this one as well.

When we pray together we pray for everyone in the world, and then DD adds her friends.

kerribear1717 · September 2011

I have a little book with the words to "Jesus Loves Me" the song that goes - Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so ...

I used to love when I was a kid to say grace and my favorite was "God made the sun, God made the sea, God made the fishes and God made me. Thank you for the sun, thank you for the sea, thank you for the fishes and thank you for me." My church classes must have taught it because we did like sign language for sun, sea, and fish, then point to yourself for me.

goldenleaves · September 2011

We don't have any set prayers we say, but Ryan loves to put his hands together when we say "Let's pray!". It's awesome.

Cytina · September 2011

When I was a kid, I had a plaque on my wall with a variation of the standard:

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep,

Guard me Jesus through the night and wake me with the morning light."

My mom always thought "If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take" was too morbid for a little kid.

KRISTA555 · September 2011

We sing "Jesus loves the little children", but we sing it an alternate way that my mom used to sing to me when I was little (we are Norweigan): "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world! English, Irish, Dutch, and Jew, and the little Norweigan too, Jesus loves the little children of the world"

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guard me Jesus through the night, and wake me with the morning light, Amen"

When we pray and say "Amen", Maddie always claps and says "yaaaay".. lol!

Jillibean85 · September 2011

When we were little we would all sing/say as a family in prayer:

"God our faaather, God our faaaather,

We thank youuu, we thank youuu,

for our many blessings, for our many blessings,

Aaaaamen, Aaaaamen..."

ZoeyMarie · September 2011

Do you have a traditional table prayer? G isn't old enough, yet, for the practice, but we'll use our common table prayer and have him repeat the words after us.

Come, Lord Jesus. Be our guest. Let these gifts to us be blessed.
Oh, give thanks unto the Lord. For he is good. His mercy & love endures forever.

hterry85 · September 2011

ZoeyMarie:

Do you have a traditional table prayer? G isn't old enough, yet, for the practice, but we'll use our common table prayer and have him repeat the words after us.

Come, Lord Jesus. Be our guest. Let these gifts to us be blessed.
Oh, give thanks unto the Lord. For he is good. His mercy & love endures forever.

We do this one at church potlucks and such, except with the added line - And let there be a goodly share on every table everywhere.

Annie Marie · September 2011

We do this part of "Now I lay me down"

Thank you Lord for another day,
The chance to learn, the chance to play.
Now as I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Please, guard me Jesus through the night,
And keep me safe till morning's light.

canary11 · September 2011

When I was pregnant, I had a lot of anxiety over the possibility of losing the baby. Early on, I confessed this to one of our priests. He told my husband and I to put our hands on my belly every night and pray the "Our Father" (AKA "Lord's Prayer"). It really helped ease my mind. And, its stuck. Each night before we put DD down in her crib, we pray like this again. I love the ideas of these cute rhyming prayers, too, and I will probably incorporate those as well! :-)

jf198400 · September 2011

We say grace at dinner. At bedtime we do Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, the Guardian Angel prayer, and God Bless our family.

emsumm · September 2011

I'm Jewish, but I think the best route would be to pick something simple and do it every time. We say the Sh'ma before bed and the Bracha over bread before meals. They are the same prayers that every Jew says ever time at the same times (assuming they pray). It's nice because it's not only consistent within our home, but also will be the same at synagogue and other friends and family's homes.

Gracey_Manor Maid · September 2011

We also do now I lay me down to sleep at night. My nephew taught penny the "superman" prayer for meal times which we usually do at breakfast and lunch.

superman prayer

(to the tune of the superman theme song and standing with your hand on your hips...like your superman lol)

"Thank you GOD for giving us food,

Thank you GOD for giving us food!

For the friends that we meet,

For our daily treats,

thank you God for giving us food!"

I think he learned it at preschool. lol

wtiger9 · September 2011

Angel of God, Gaurdian Dear

To whom the Lord entrusts me here

Ever this night be at my side

To light and love, to rule and guide.

MrsBraun · September 2011

We say the Lord's prayer at dinner time...DD doesn't know "amen" yet, but we are working on it!

For bedtime I have a book called "Baby Prayers" and I read a part of that every night...it's like "thank-you, God, for the beautiful world and everything in it...etc. etc."

cassielynn09 · September 2011

We have 2 prayers that DD loves:

A,B,C,D,E,F,G..thank you God for feeding me. (Sing to tune of alphabet)

Thank you Father, Thank you Father, for our food, for our food, and our many blessings, and our many blessings, Amen, Amen (Sing to tune of Are you sleeping)

zarapipe · September 2011

Before bed:

God in Heaven hear my prayer,

Keep me in your loving prayer,

Be my guide in all I do,

And bless all those who love me too

law8296 · September 2011

We are freestyle with meal prayers and bedtime. But I like the idea of a regular prayer at dinner for DS to learn.

glasgow_girl · September 2011

Gracey_Manor Maid:

We also do now I lay me down to sleep at night. My nephew taught penny the "superman" prayer for meal times which we usually do at breakfast and lunch.

superman prayer

(to the tune of the superman theme song and standing with your hand on your hips...like your superman lol)

"Thank you GOD for giving us food,

Thank you GOD for giving us food!

For the friends that we meet,

For our daily treats,

thank you God for giving us food!"

I think he learned it at preschool. lol

This is my favorite blessing (thank you church camp!!)

chuleta111 · September 2011

We say, God is great and God is good. Let us thank him for our food. Bless it to our bodies in Jesus name. Amen, Amen. We also say Now I lay me when we go to bed at night.

AML84 · September 2011

I pray for my son each night. I usually say, " Dear God, thank you for Mommy, thank you for Daddy. Thank you for loving me and please protect me from all sickness and harm." I figured I'm covering the important things, teaching gratitude, and keeping it short.

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