Kiddy Songs

Now most moms spend their time with their babies and toddlers singing “Itsy Bitsy Spider” or “The Ants go marching”, for fun. But as a special mom, I have a special use for these songs.


Ever since Luke was born he loved to hear me sing. We learned early on to play the radio to help him sleep, after all my voice could only hum so many songs. It got to where I would make up my own words to “rock-a-by-baby”, and I could only come up with so many words.

Now instead of trying to keep him asleep, I try to keep him happy. So when we go to draw blood at the hospital, what do we do? Sing “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, of course! When he throws a tantrum, what do I do? I would sing, but he can’t hear me over his screams…so I make lots of noise like bouncing the big exercise ball on the floor (which vibrates the whole house). What does Luke do? He laughs…of course…until I stop…then he cries.

And, when we work on walking and Luke gets tired and upset? We sing!! Of course!! And not the traditional beats, but to the beat of however fast Luke is walking….so sometimes “Itsy Bitsy Spider” sounds more like “IIIIttttsssyyyy….Bbbbiiitttsssyyy…..SSSSSppppiiiidddeeeerr…cclliimmmbbbeeedd….” You get the idea. Personally I like “The Ants go Marching” best when working on our walking….although I usually make up a lot of verses with silly things because I don’t know all the words. But the beat is perfect…sometime we take it slower….but it works!! That is all that matters.