Nursery Rhymes

Whenever I dreamed of being a mom, it always included singing beautiful songs for my babies. Any song that had a sweet melody, I'd make a mental note and say to myself, I'll sing this for my baby one day! The beautiful thing about nursery rhymes and really any song you sing for your child, whether you have a good voice or not, is that they will love it. They love YOU! As you are, every imperfection you see in yourself, your children only see you as perfect. ^_^

So sing for them!

Some of my favourite nursery rhymes to sing for M & B are:

Hush Little Baby

Hush little baby (i like to replace 'baby' with their name, ie. bennie) 

Hush Little Bennie, don't you cry

Mama's gonna sing you a lullaby.

Hush little Bennie, don't say a word,

Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird

If that mocking bird won't sing

Mamas gonna buy you a diamond ring

If that diamond ring turns brass

Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass

If that looking glass gets broke

Mamas gonna buy you a billie goat

If that billie goat won't pull

Mamas gonna buy you a cart and bull

If that cart and bull falls over

Mamas gonna buy you a dog named rover

If that dog named Rover won't bark

Mamas gonna buy you a horse and cart

If that horse and cart falls down

You'll still be the sweetest baby in town

^_^ Hands down my favourite lullaby! If my over-active naughty little 7 month old instantly falls asleep to this, I can guarantee it'll work on any baby! Give it a Go~

For when they are up and active, my most favourite rhyme is

"Five Little Monkeys"

Five little monkeys, jumping on the bed.

One fell off, and bumped his head

Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said

No more monkeys jumping on the bed (do a no-no finger wagging, they LOVE it)

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed,

One fell off, and bumped his head

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said

No more monkeys jumping on the bed..

continue til 1 monkey is left :-D

During bath time,  my favourite song is 

"5 Little Ducks"

5 Little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away

Mama duck said "Quack quack quack quack"

But only four little ducks came back

4 little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away

Mama duck said "Quack quack quack quack"

But only three little ducks came back

this continues until

1 little duck went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away

Mama duck said "Quack quack quack quack"

But NO little ducks came back

No little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away

BABA duck said "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK"

And all the little ducks came back!!

Sometimes I like to say Mohi came back or Ben came back, especially when singing it with my 21 month old, he finds that hilarious.