DO you sing your children to sleep...

[MrsBates]

I always sing them a few songs after their story, or just sing if late and lights out. They have special requests so can't be too bad. Anyone else sing as a regular thing and what songs?

oh dear I'll try that again here

you are my sunshine
Puff the magic dragon he loves that it always sends him to sleep.

She wont let me.

No mummy, no twinkles, no twinkles. NO TWINKLES!

I really dont think its my singing honestly

que sera sera

you are my sunshine

golden slumbers

fly me to the moon

Used to sing away in a manger to ds when I was pregnant and it worked like a charm for the first few weeks, then I tried to find something less seasonal when christmas was over.
Used to sing Morningtown Ride, but had forgotton all about that one, thanks Niecie for reminding me, I will try it with ds now he's old enough to understand the words.
ATM it's Moon River, Raindrops keep falling on my Head, or The Unicorn.

When Ds1 was a baby I used to sing to him 'My Bonnie lies over the ocean ... ' but subsitute Bonnie for his name . Used to have quite a soothing effect on him.

Now my singing has the opposite eefect and both Ds tell me 'Noooooo Mummy ! when I started singing along to Dancing Queen in the car ... dont know why .

It's always been James Taylor and Carol King songs that have come to mind at bedtimes for some reason. That Lonesome Road by JT and anything off CK's Tapestry album.

i always sang mama cass' "dream a little dream " to my children and DS1 has told me that he would like that played at my funeral.

I also used to sing showtunes to DS1 for reasons i have never understood - surry with the fringe on top mostly.
I used to sing 'the drugs don't work' to DS2
and i used to cry a lot
And I used to sing Once upon a dream to DD and dance with her. She still talks about it although she was only such a babe