The lovely little lullaby Lavender’s Blue (also known as Lavender Blue Dilly Dilly) is great for playing to newborns at bedtime. You can listen to a sample clip and, if you like our version, you can download the full track as an mp3.
This English folk song goes as far back as the 17th Century. Over the years there have been many covers, some good and some ..well, shall we say, not so good!? Burl Ives, Dinah Shore and Sammy Turner have all recorded their own versions. It had a very popular spell during the 1950s Rock & Roll era when a Philadelphia-born singer/songwriter released his version. He was known as the King of Rock N Soul and also as Big Sol- can anyone name him?
The timeless classic Pachelbel’s Canon in D is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul. You can listen to an audio sample and download the full track if you wish.
Johann Pacelbel died in 1706 but his memory lives on through his music. This song is a popular choice for weddings but we thought it could also make a wonderful lullaby. We recorded a very special arrangement using only acoustic guitars. We are delighted with the result- it sounds beautiful but don’t take our word for it -have a listen for yourself.
The timeless classic Ava Maria is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul. You can listen to an audio sample and download the full track if you wish.
The correct spelling is actually ’Ave Maria’ which translates to ‘Hail Mary.’ It is one of the most popular songs to listen to at Christmas time and one of my personal all-time favourites, despite the countless occasions upon which carol singers have murdered it on my doorstep!
The traditional song Scarborough Fair is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul. We recorded a special arrangement of this traditional classic and you can read the lyrics, listen to an audio clip and download the full track as you wish.
Are you a parent who feels they would enjoy imparting valuable wisdom to new parents around the world?
If so we’d like to hear from you. We would set everything up for you so whenever you felt like it you could add a post to this blog with the greatest of ease. By sharing your experiences of night-time parenting you’d be reaching out and helping worried new parents around the globe.
You may even be a new parent yourself and might enjoy decribing your experiences in detail, as they happen. Not only would this be a wonderful record to keep and an invaluable resource for other parents, but if you were ever worried about something, you could post a question and other parents could answer you directly and objectively. There would be a very high level of mutual benefit in doing this. One of the most comforting things that any new parent can learn is that they are not alone and that everyone is in the same boat- you may even end up making a few new pals. There would be no requirements and you could blog as much or as little as you liked about any topic within the field of baby sleep.
Once we get a team of parents on board we would start running regular competitions and giveways to provide even more of an incentive to blog.
So if you’re interested in becoming part of the Lullaby Babies community please email me at:
‘Rock a bye baby’ is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul. The song is estimated to have been written in the 1600s although there is no concrete evidence to support this. Some believe it was a pilgrim travelling to America on the Mayflower who wrote the song after observing the native women rocking their babies to sleep in birch bark cradles. These cradles were hung from trees to allow the wind to rock the babies to sleep. Because the branches of the trees had to support the full weight, they occasionally broke and this obviously meant that, ‘..down would come baby, cradle and all.’ However, like so many of these ancient nursey rhymes, their origins cannot be confirmed and the legends could easily be fictitious.
Lyrics
Please note, we changed the words in last line of each verse as we believe it makes a much nicer sentiment.
Rock-a-bye baby in the treetops
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
But we’ll be there to catch baby and all.
Brahm’s Lullaby (also known as lullaby and good night) is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul. You may read the lyrics, listen to an audio sample and download the full track as an mp3 if you wish.
Hush Little Baby (also known as Mockingbird) is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul. Like with all the featured lullabies - the lyrics & audio clips are available.
Twinkle Little Star is from our new album: Acoustic Lullabies to Soothe the Soul (coming soon). You may browse the lyrics and listen to a short audio clip from this song .
In order to write this blog I have read through a huge selection of literature and research reports. I have tried to summarise and conclude the important sections of these works by writing this blog and saving you, the parents, some precious time. However, if you are interested in delving into even more detail then I thoroughly recommend all of the following resources:
In terms of naps, most toddlers during their second year will start to abandon their morning nap in favour of a longer afternoon one. It’s a natural progression and you should encourage and guide your child though the process of combining the two naps into one. The first sign that the child has reached this stage occurs when he refuses the morning nap until later on and then hardly sleeps in the afternoon. Often, the tot will want to sleep at lunchtime so perhaps trying an earlier lunch (by 15 to 30 minutes) may allow him to eat first and then nap. If he doesn’t get fed before naptime, hunger will probably wake him. As the child grows, he may require a longer nap in the afternoon. If it is not affecting his night sleeping then it’s healthy to leave him to it. If it does start affecting it, you should start waking him up so he has time to tire himself out again before night time (Lavin, Glaser 2007).
The age at which babies start standing varies considerably but it is usually between 10 - 18 months. When your baby starts standing you should lower the crib mattress. Her head should come just above the crib rail when she’s standing. At this height she won’t be able to pull herself over the top rail which could cause injury. Also if your crib has bumpers at this stage they should be removed as she could use them to climb up and over.
We cover safety in great detail as we post about a variety of topics. If you look at our post on SIDS for example, you will see that we fully explain the measures that you can take to keep your baby as safe as possible from the threat of SIDS.
The purpose of the category ‘General Safety’ is to address some of the more miscellaneous safety issues that do not warrant their own category.
