Mums sure do need ample time to rest at night, particularly due to the daily stress of catering for their newborn and family during the day. But just when you need to sleep, your baby begins to cry and trying to rock him or her to bed proves futile. Now, one way to make your baby fall asleep is by singing beautiful baby songs to their ears.
Babies require adequate time to sleep at night as it has been proven to be beneficial to their health. It helps in mental development and cognitive learning, promotes growth, weight gain, builds better bedtime routine, boosts their immune system and so much more.
It is generally recommended that babies under the age of 1 should have 12 to 16 hours of sleep a day, while those between 1 and 2 years should have 11 to 14 hours of sleep a day. So, your newborn sure do needs a lot of time to sleep, and you too! One of the sure ways to achieve this is by singing lullabies to them.
Singing to your newborn is a great way to soothe them and a good time to bond with them, making beautiful memories. It also helps to improve cognitive development and communication between you and your baby, it is also advantageous to you as a parent as it helps to relieve stress.
So, check out these baby songs to rock your newborn to sleep;
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Beautiful Dreamer
Beautiful Dreamer is a lullaby that you can sing to soothe your baby. It tells of a lover serenading a beautiful dreamer. Trust your baby to fall soundly asleep with the pacifying lyrics. It was composed by Stephen Foster.
Check out the music here.
Brahms Lullaby
Composed by Johannes Brahms. It is a collection of lullabies and nursery rhymes to lure a baby to sleep. It is a nighttime classic that can be sung to make your newborn go to sleep.
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Rock-A-Bye
Rock-A-Bye is a nursery rhyme that goes by its name, it helps to rock a baby to sleep. So, mums can always sing this while breastfeeding their babies at night, to help them fall asleep. Newborns sure need soothing songs, and Rock-A-Bye does justice to that. This baby lullaby was written by an English immigrant about the way Native American women rocked their babies to sleep in birch-bark cradles suspended from the branches of trees. In recent times, mums sing this sonorous song to make their babies fall sweetly asleep.
Check out the music and lyrics here.
All Through The Night
This is one peaceful lullaby to help your baby fall asleep. It is a Welsh baby song written by Edward Jones. Looking for that perfect baby song to make your baby fall asleep? Then, try singing this timely classic to them.
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Baby Mine
The lyrics of this lullaby is so powerful that it can make your baby doze off. The song pacifies your baby, tells of what a precious gift he/she is to you and trust me, it is one song your baby would love. This baby song was composed by Alison Krauss.
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Amazing Grace
This is one notable song that several mothers across various cultures and religions have sang to soothe their babies. So, you don’t necessarily have to be Christian to sing this amazing song to the ears of your baby.
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You Are My Sunshine
This baby song tells of how precious, priceless your baby is to you and how much you appreciate having him or her in your life. This song was composed by Jimmie Davis.
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Hush, Little Baby
Hush Little Baby is a lullaby that promises a gift to a baby for being calm and quiet. So, mums can as well sing this to their babies as a way of promising their babies something pleasant for falling asleep.
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The Rainbow Connection
The Rainbow Connection is one nighttime repertoire your baby needs to fall asleep. It has a great soundtrack that will easily sway your baby to bed. It was written by Williams Paul and Ascher Kenneth Lee.
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All The Pretty Little Ponies
This song sounds sweet enough to make your baby go to sleep and it is even sweeter when mum sings it to the ears of her baby.
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Although these lullabies can be played via a record or audio player, it is advisable to sing them to your babies as this will help grow the mother-child bond, and will also engage your child’s brain better as studies have proven. So, get to learn these baby songs and I bet you’ll be glad you did.
Rocky! Tranquilizing! Pleasant! Baby songs are a sure bet for making your newborn drowse off.
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