So, I was putting Amara to sleep tonight and I decided to do a little serenade. Any song you want can be a lullaby - you just have to slow it down, preferably to match the pace that you are rocking.
The program included Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Hava Nagila, If I Had a Hammer, Frank Sinatra's I Never Knew (but only the chorus). Amara had fallen asleep and I was just singing for the soul, a last few rounds of Twinkle Twinkle. My eyes were closed and I was just enjoying myself and I looked down to see two little peepers sleepily gazing at me. Amara had woken up, albeit not completely, to catch the last few moments. She had the most blissful, in love, effortless smile I have seen in my life. Her mouth was open a little bit, almost like she was trying to sing along and I just got so tickled at the idea of her trying to sing along that I stifled chuckles the entire rest of the song, and even one additional round to redeem myself.
When I laid the sleeping angel in bed I thought to myself that she might have the most peaceful night of sleep that she has had thus far in all of her 4 months.
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I just caught up with your posts. Your writing is still a pleasure, and your content makes us feel the WOW you are experiencing as MOM. That WOW-MOM thing makes so much sense, given the way your world gets turned upside down when God's new ingredient is added.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are great. Personality is coming through.
By the way, you are right. Anything is a lullaby. When my grown twin daughters were lullabiable (made that one up myself), I quite often used My Girl. When necessary, I even threw some Temptations choreography in there. It sort of did the same thing as the swing.