Music for Baby.

That is so sweet!

Some of ours from our three girls playlists:
Blessed by Martina McBridge
I Cross My Heart by George Straight
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
Every Breath You Take by The Police
I Can Only Imagine by Merci Me
Tough Little Boys by Gary Allan (this is on there for my husband, make Chris listen to it - sure to choke you both up)
You're Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins

Close To You... by the Carpenters. "On the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true...so they sprinkled moondust in your hair..." I used to sing this to my daughter when she was a baby...she is now 17 and occasionally she still ask for me to sing it;)
My son I played a song (and ofcourse sang it too)...don't know the name of it but it went "Sweetie pie, sweetie guy. Little apple, apple of my eye..."
Dancingly, Denise

4 on my list (that I see on others above!)
[1] Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
[2] Winnie the Pooh, Kenny Loggins
[3] Cinderella, Steven Curtis Chapman
[4] Butterfly Kisses, Bob Carlisle

and in my goofiest of goofy posts to someone online, we would be great friends! lol lots of my favorite music in this list - i sing blackbird to my daughter all the time. love eva c and elizabeth mitchell and of course jack johnson...so many good ones in this list. music is so wonderful and both of my children love it...we're always singing. enjoy! :)

In agreement for the Jack Johnson Curious George album. Our son never tires of listening to it, and neither do we.
I also like Natalie Merchant These Are the Days, Counting Crows Big Yellow Taxi, Jo Dee Messina Bring on the Rain, and Rich Mullins You Gotta Get Up (if you celebrate Christmas).

it was just my 21st birthday and as part of my present my mum and brother sat down and scanned some photos of when i was growing up and made a video for my party. my mum spent ages finding songs to go with it and she then burnt them onto a cd for me to listen to, i love it, its now a playlist on my ipod (and consently repeated!!)
a couple of songs my mum 'gave' to me were You by Fisher, My Wish by Rascal Flatts. both beautiful songs that really pass on the message of love and devotion, parent to child.

Oh Ali this idea/playlist is wonderful!! Will you be putting together a post of what others have suggested also????
I wasn't aware that itunes did that but very great thing to know. I must put this idea on my to do list. =)
Many happy blessings!!

oh yeah, and for yourself...check out annie lennox's cover of bob marley's waiting in vain.......definitely a favorite.

What a great idea Ali!
Here are some songs that jerk my heart strings:
Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
Celine Dion- A New Day Has Come
Teddy Bear's Picnic- Anne Murray (Canadian classic)

hi Ali
I just love Justin Clarks"songs to make you smile" cd. http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=399082 I started playing and dancing around to this cd when my daughter was about 6 months old. It is such a fun happy cd that both my daughter and i love.

One of my favorites is Upside Down by Jack Johnson (and much of the Curious George CD). Happy happy!

Couldn't have survived those newborn days without my iPod! There are some wonderful songs on that list - some that I haven't heard in a while. I'm going to be putting an old iTunes gift card to good use this evening! Thanks Ali :)

When my daughter was born 3 years ago, I did the exact same thing. I didn't want things that were all "baby" music. I have several from your list but also: Daughters (John Mayer), Pink Moon (Nick Drake), Blue Skies (Lyle Lovett), The Good Night Waltz (Dan Zanes), Catch the Wind (Donovan), Lullaby (Jack Johnson), Into the Mystic (Van Morrison) and You Belong to Me (Jason Wade). I also highly recommend Bedtime with the Beatles - Jason Falkner - very good stuff! Enjoy!

I'm a teacher who plays a lot of quiet music in my classroom. I only play instrumentals because if the songs have words, the kids start singing instead of working! There are some wonderful classical things on iTunes. Mozart for Meditation; pretty much anything by Chris Botti; Phil Coulter; George Winston;James Galway, Flute for Relaxation; Most Relaxation Classical Music 1&2; Best of David Benoit; James Galway, Wings of Song and Quiet on the Set. These all make beautiful background music for anytime. I love it because after a while the kids in my class will start humming the classical pieces!

Oh my all-time favorite cd that my kids still listen to while falling asleep is a compilation that begins with a reading of the story "Guess How Much I Love You". There are then 11 other vocal songs and instrumental lullabies. My two favorite vocal songs from that cd are "Simple Gifts" (Tis a Gift to be Simple) and "The Water is Wide". The cd is on Amazon and you can listen to previews there too.
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I had theme songs for the birth of both my children, it helped me focus. These Are Days by 10,000 Maniacs for our sweet Niamh and Blackbird for our precious Fionn (who ended up with a broken collar bone in birthing, a little odd). But one song I always come back to is Feels Like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk (Canadian songwriter & singer). I seldom post, but love to read . . . thanks for all you share.

You definitely need "In My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride!

you have a great collection. I really love the Putumayo Dreamland CD, it is a beautiful collection of lullabyes from all over the world. I also have all of the Elizabeth Mitchell cds. One more suggestion would be Mae Robertson, she has a beautiful version of Godspeed.

There's some great ones there. Beautiful, soothing, happy sounds.