Comments on: Save the Lullaby! – Plus a CD Giveaway

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Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:08:58 +0000

[...] Little Star’, especially the version on an album ‘Lullaby’, which we were kindly given to review earlier this year. We absolutely adored the album, and were thrilled when the people at the Rainbow [...]

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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:37:28 +0000

[...] especially the version on an album ‘Lullaby’, which we were kindly given to review earlier this year. We absolutely adored the album, and were thrilled when the people at the Rainbow [...]

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Save the Lullaby! – CD Giveaway Winner — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:32:59 +0000

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By: Muddling along mummy

Muddling along mummy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:49:35 +0000

Mine is twinkle twinkle but I have personalised you are my sunshine for no1 but I’m still trying to find something for no2
.-= Muddling along mummy´s last blog ..A letter to my daughters – why I am going back to work =-.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:49:15 +0000

We got a CD with a book of lullaby’s for Harry when he was tiny an in a desperate bid to help him settle (as my singing wasn’t helping!) we put on the CD an he settled lovely!!

He’s almost four an still has it played to him when he goes to bed everynight, its just part of his routine now! I do wonder if he’ll still want it when he’s 18! lol x

By: Dara

Dara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:36:27 +0000

Oh – and I don’t need the album, nor am I a UK reader so can’t win it anyway so don’t include my comment in your draw! Just wanted to “share” when I saw this post!
.-= Dara´s last blog ..Why I Wish My Son Were an X-Man =-.

By: Dara

Dara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:17:43 +0000

Oh My. That’s a horrible statistic! Now I’m not one that says that Mommy and Daddy’s music has no place in a parent’s lullaby lexicon, but the traditional lullabies are a meaningful component of our mass literacy and, yes, popular culture.
They also present a child’s first introduction to sounds and rhythym and have been found to encourage the early literacy skills a child needs – unlike “My Humps” or “All the Single Ladies.”
Before my third child was born, I was director of our province’s early literacy program and I know from experience that many parents don’t know these songs. I compiled a booklet of songs and rhymes that parents should know but always wished we had something like this cd to include so that parents would know HOW to sing the songs.
When my first was born I realised that I had forgotten some standards, but a quick internet search allowed me to find them again – and some new ones too!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:31:41 +0000

That’s not too sentimental, it’s beautiful. I’m sometimes the same.

By: SandyCalico

SandyCalico — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:58:16 +0000

I love Zero 7!
I love the lullaby we sang at Sing and Sign, it’s the Brahms’ tune, and Twinkle Twinkle too. Sometimes the words catch in my throat when I sing to my children, because I am so happy that I have children to sing to.
Sorry, that’s far too sentimental. I’ll stop now!
.-= SandyCalico´s last blog ..Guest Post Day – Baby Baby Welcomes Sam from Mumazing =-.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:54:32 +0000

A new version of Twinkle Twinkle? I know it has extra verses but shall keep my ears pinned back for the new version.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:53:37 +0000

I’ll have to look that one up too!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:53:08 +0000

Long live the lullaby indeed!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:51:59 +0000

I had a pull string toy when I was a baby that played Brahms Lullaby. I can remember it clear as day. Lovely memories.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:51:04 +0000

I’ve never heard of ‘I see the Moon’ I shall have to Google that one!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:50:13 +0000

I thinkTwinkle Twinkle is a firm favourite with alot of children. My little man still loves to sing it to his baby sister complete with actions.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:49:08 +0000

It does seem odd that people wouldn’t know any lullabies, but I guess if your parents sang pop songs then it is plausible that they could die out .

I can’t imagine schools giving up on them though and introducing Lady Gaga instead……just imagine!

By: Mummydotty.x

Mummydotty.x — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:35:11 +0000

My favourite lullaby has to be Beautiful Dreamer! But Twinkle Twinkle is the one that everyone knows. DS even came home from nursery singing a new version!!!

By: Dymphna

Dymphna — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:03:08 +0000

My favorite lullaby is hush a bye mountain, I first heard it on Chitty Chitty bang bang, Very melodic and lyrics are beautiful! D x
.-= Dymphna´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday – a day late .. =-.

By: Careyannie

Careyannie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:07:55 +0000

My little boy who has just turned 6 has just asked me to sing him a lullaby 'Mum sing the one about the wind' so I sang Rockabye Baby! After two of my warbled versions 'Ok Mum you can stop now!' Cheeky scamp!! When my three were babies I used to sing La Vie En Rose to them not a lullaby but a song my own Mumma sang to me. Long live the lullaby in all its forms! .-= Careyannie´s last blog ..In the Thick of it!!! =-.

By: Emma Button

Emma Button — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:52:29 +0000

My favourite is Brahms' lullaby. Its very traditional and very peaceful. I think it is probably imprinted on my brain from when I was a baby. Someone gave me a pull-string toy for Lara's cot which plays a small excerpt and it always makes me feel sleepy (even if Lara is still wide awake). .-= Emma Button´s last blog ..Can Reusable Nappies Work With A Childminder? =-.

By: mummylimited

mummylimited — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:45:49 +0000

I sing ‘I see the Moon’ to my little boy. Also, but less traditionally ‘Morningtown Ride’ which I’m not sure is classed as a lullaby but I love it and it has 3 verses and a chorus so you don’t get so bored!
.-= mummylimited´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday – I left him for 2 minutes… =-.

By: Hayley

Hayley — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:30:12 +0000

My favourite would have to be rock a bye baby but my sons favourite is definately twinkle twinkle little star! .-= Hayley´s last blog ..Number 10 =-.

By: Mummy Owl

Mummy Owl — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:29:48 +0000

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star has to be my favourite lullaby too.

I remember hours of singing this over and over and over again as i tried to soothe a colicky baby to sleep. If now, at age 3, Oli is unsettled at night i sing it to him still and he has even started singing it to his baby sister when she wakes crying!

I cant imagine people not knowing words to lullabys. They are a tradition that needs to stay.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:52:19 +0000

Hiann, you know the Wiggles freak me out! Over 3 years a mother and my kids are still blissfully unaware……thank goodness!

By: hiann

hiann — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:51:16 +0000

saw this cd on tv earlier!

my fav is twinkle twinkle too! am trying to learn the next verses too! you have to hear sam from the wiggles sing it: its lovely!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:41:24 +0000

Awww what lovely songs, but I am laughing at your son! Mine shouts at me to stop singing too these days……cheeky monkey!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:40:22 +0000

Twinkle Twinkle is definitely a lullaby Jen! It was composed by none other than Mozart!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:56:45 +0000

I sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, not necessarily a lullaby, but it worked:) Will check out the FB page:) Jen. .-= Jen´s last blog ..99: Skeletons in the closet? =-.

By: Dot

Dot — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:29:31 +0000

I have three favourites, and the reason is simple: they're the ones my parents used to sing to me. My mum sang Brahms' Lullaby and Golden Slumbers, which I've just discovered to my astonishment is by Paul McCartney (never made that connection). My father sang his own version of Rockabye Baby to the tune of the Giants' Song from Rhinegold. These three (though I use the conventional tune for Rockabye Baby) make me feel happy and calm and lapped in the safety of home, and I started singing them to my son as part of a new bedtime routine when he was fourteen months old. Then a few months ago he asked me to stop. Which I found rather hurtful:-) .-= Dot´s last blog ..Bigamy? (updated) =-.