Making Up Songs Together

One of the things I like doing as a mom is making up songs. Luckily for me, even though I have no musical talent, my kids love to listen to me sing. Making up songs and rhymes is fun and puts a funny and entertaining spin on every day parenting tasks. I usually just sing new words for existing songs to describe what’s going on at that moment. It can be as simple as “dinner time, dinner time, dinner all the way” to the tune of Jingle Bells. Often Lulu asks me to “sing it again!” and I can’t because I forget the words as soon as I’ve sung them. Over the years there have been a few gems that have stuck and today I’m going to share them with you.

I’ve sung this one to both kids when they were babies and would not stop crying during witching hour (to the tune of Cecilia):

Little Lulu/Booboo
You’re breaking my heart
You’re shaking my confidence baby
Little Lulu/Booboo
I’m down on my knees
I’m begging you please
Do not cry, Do not cry

I’ve made up a few songs to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle. This is the latest one:

Lulu Lulu I love you
And you know that’s always true
When you’re clean and when you’re dirty
When you’re three and when you’re thirty
Lulu Lulu I love you
And you know that’s always true

When baby is hangry, she might sing something like this (tune of I’m a Little Teapot):

I’m a little baby
Short and stout
Look at my smile
Look at my pout
When I get all hungry hear me shout
Give me milk and I’ll be out

When I was breastfeeding and baby was not cooperating (to the tune of All About That Bass):

I’m all about that boob, bout that boob, no bottle
I’m all about that boob, bout that boob, no bottle
I’m all about that boob, bout that boob, no bottle
Yes I’m totally breastfed from my toes up to my head

Well my mama she told me “I’m gonna feed you just right”
And she’s trying her very best just to feed me despite
That I scream every time I have some gas or a burp
But she nurses me even when I am being a twerp

When you need a song to make sitting on the potty more entertaining (to the tune of Money Money Money):

Potty Potty Potty
Time for Potty
It is Potty Time

Potty Potty Potty
Time for Potty
It is Potty Time

Aaah ahhh
All the things you should stop
When you need to go to potty
Run to potty time

Another potty song to “make the pees come out” (to the tune of Can-Can):

Can can can you do the peepee?
Can you do the peepee?
Can you do the peepeepeepeepeepeepeepee..
You get the idea with this one…

This one is pretty flexible and you can sing about whatever your child happens to love at the time (to the tune of Elmo’s World):

Nah Nah Nah Nah
Nah Nah Nah Nah
Lulu’s World
Nah Nah Nah Nah
Nah Nah Nah Nah
Lulu’s song

Lulu loves her mommy
Her daddy too
Lulu loves her blankie
And teddy bear

That’s Lulu’s song

A Lullaby for when baby just.won’t.go.to.sleep. (to the tune of Brahms Lullaby):

Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep little Lulu/Booboo
It is time to go to sleep
And to close your eyes tonight

Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep little baby
It is time to go to sleep
And to dream your sweet dreams

(when googling how to spell Brahms – who doesn’t use google as their spell checker – I came across lyrics for a Celine Dion version of Brahm’s lullaby. That’s pretty cool).

Those are all I can think of for now. I’m sure there are more. Try it for yourself. Your kids will love it and maybe you’ll get them to join in and make up songs about what’s going on too. Do you already make up songs in your home? Share them in the comments!