I can't sing. I suck. I mean...it's bad. I always wished I could sing, I wanted to be a rock star when I was 11; but thank god it was not to be. But some crazy maternal hormone makes you sing to your kids. And some crazy homing device implanted in the newborn brain makes babies want to hear their mothers sing more than anything else. So I sing to them as they lovingly look into my eyes as if I am Sarah Brightman with the added bonus of an attached trough for them to eat out of. The paradise that is sitting in mommy's arms whilst she sings and feeds you. Someday they will realize that milk comes from cows and mommy shouldn't sing.
But what is more amazing than them enjoying my crappy singing is the songs I sing to them. Stuff from my childhood that I haven't thought of in years, that I didn't even realize I knew the words to, comes out of my mouth in all of its off-key glory. Here is a list of their favorite mommy songs (with links to lyric):
Annie's Song--John Denver
Top of the World--Carpenters
Keep Feelin' Fascination--Human League
Angel--Stevie Nicks
Sarah Smile--Hall and Oats (A Naim fave.)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough--Supremes
Puff, the Magic Dragon--Peter, Paul & Mary
Sweet Child o' Mine--Guns 'n Roses (We change the "she" to Aaron in the first verse and Naim in the second. Aaron's Fave.)
Dream On--Oak Ridge Boys (This one I blame on my mother.)
Amanda--Waylon Jennings (This one I blame on my father.)
Baby, Baby--Amy Grant
Now that I Found You--Alison Krauss
One Love--Pat Benatar
Don't Dream It's Over--Crowded House (This song came to me when I was pregnant and, well...some people were mean to me. The kids still like it.)
Sentimental Lady--Bob Welch
How's that for lamely eclectic? Anyway, I know the words to these songs for some reason and they are guaranteed to bring on smiles or sleep in my guys. How 'bout you all? What works for your little ones?
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