. . . to the tune of "Rubber Ducky"

I'm sure every parent does it, makes up silly songs for their baby, or changes the words to songs in their baby repertoire. The sad truth is that sometimes making up stupid lyrics is the most brain-stimulating thing I might do in a day.

I don't even have a rubber ducky, but when my brain is running on auto pilot, "Rubber Ducky" is the song I find myself singing in there. So much so that new versions just keep coming out. My favourite is:


Poopy Baby (to the tune of "Rubber Ducky")

Poopy baby, you're the one
you make diapey time so much fun
Poopy baby I'm awfully fond of you
Poop poop poopy doop.

Poopy baby, joy of joys,
When you're pooping, you make noise
Poopy baby I'm awfully fond of you.

Oh, every day when I make my way to the diapey,
I find a lovely poopy that's yellow, goopy and smelly
Scrub-a-dub dubby.

Poopy baby, you're so fine
And I'm happy that you're mine
Poopy baby I'm awfully fond of you!

I also found myself singing a "Baby Mum-Mum" version including "when I eat you, you make noise" . . .

In the same vein, desperate times call for desperate measures, and before we revolutionized our sleeping arrangements and put a futon on the floor of our bedroom for Madelbean's naps, we would spend hours each night rocking her to sleep (now a few minutes lying down with her does the trick!!). During those sweet, but let's face it--slightly boring, times, the brain starts turning to mush, and my husband and I created a little word game song to keep us entertained.

It came up by accident since neither of us can ever remember anything past the first couple verses of the Mockingbird lullaby. We would start singing

Hush little baby, don't say a word
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.

and keep going until we couldn't remember what comes next. At that point, you have to make up a rhyming line to complete the verse:

And if that looking glass should break,
Mama's gonna buy you a giant cake.

And if that giant cake gets ate,
Mama's gonna buy you a souvenir plate.

And if that plate should gather dust,
Mama's gonna get you a Mozart bust.

La la la . . .

We have others, including one for "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" and another one for "Kumbaya", but that one's the most fun and the most challenging. Try trading off verses with your partner so you can both share the joy of those long sleepless nights!