I have left these here in case you want to read some of the more detailed descriptions.ĭaisy Daisy (Daisy’s Bath Time) Whilst on the Unit I met baby Daisy with her Mum. Here are some of the extended stories and the first recorded versions of the songs you have just heard which were uploaded as the project was developing. You can write simple songs like this using your babies’ names and references to their personalities. I sang with babies on the neonatal unit when they were alone and awake and this song came out of that experience. I wrote this song for my best friends’ baby and recorded it onto the CD as an example of simplifying songs and leaving plenty of space. Lylah, a sibling on the unit, created a sweet song for her baby sister Josie which you will hear over audio clips taken of the mechanical sound world in intensive care. This song is for Romiley’s Mum who loves West Africa. You will hear simple vocal harmonies on this recording which are fun to try. This is a Senegalese lullaby in the Wolof language taught to me by Marianne Clarac from France – one of the most experienced musicians working in neonatology in Europe ( “Fly little bird to your grandparents’ house”. In this recording you will hear sounds from the ICU unit in the background – a familiar sound world for babies on the unit. There we will sleep and will sing to the child: Sleep, Sleep, my little falcon, Sleep sleep my little dove”. There we will go and rock the child to sleep. “Where the cottage is warm and the tot is weeny. The Dream asks Sleep: “Where should we rest tonight?”. “The Dream passes by the window and Sleep by the fence. Mum wanted to find a Ukrainian lullaby so I learned one for her. I sang with a Ukrainian Mum and her baby on the unit in the isolation room on the intensive care unit.
One day she was sitting all alone so I let her fly away.” My friend Sonya and her son Bertie are singing on this track and making trumpet sounds with their voices. “The nightingale’s baby ate lentils and rice, drank water, sang songs next to my bed. Thye also came up with songs to sing for babies and you’ll hear these along wight he sounds of family voices in the background.Īn Urdu nursery rhyme I shared with a Mum from Pakistan who then sang it with her baby girl. This version is created and performed by siblings on the unit, Bobby and Lylah who sing, strum the kora and play shakers. Sing nursery rhymes and children’s songs from around the world My friend Sonya and her son Bertie join me for parts of this song. Staff will take plenty of time to support you in this activity as it can sometimes be difficult for premature babies to burp due to their size and stage of development. It’s an adaptation of ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ and you can change the speed so it’s the right pace for your baby. This is a song that could be used whilst ‘burping’ babies during their feeds by gently patting and rubbing their backs. In this recording you will hear the original song sung by my friend Sonya and her son Bertie and then an adaptation of the song for Daisy’s bath time!
During my residency Daisy had her first bath which I accompanied form a discrete distance.
I sang this old time song for a baby on the unit called Daisy and Mum commented on how singing had distracted Daisy from crying. Later in the residency she told me she had been singing with her twins and was really surprised how calming it was for them and for her. This very slow lullaby draws on the lyrical and musical content of one Mum’s favourite American Rock/Punk Songs. Mum was at home with one twin whilst Dad was tenderly stroking the head of the other twin in hospital singing a slowed down version of the original rock song. It can be difficult for babies to adjust to the normal sounds of home life after being in the hospital environment and staff commented that it was a positive thing to introduce family voices and sounds like this onto the Unit.Ī song for twin babies adapted from a dad’s song choice and featuring some of his own improvised lyrics. This is an adaptation of a song a Mum and Dad had as the first dance at their wedding with a verse written for each of their four children and audio clips of the children enjoying themselves during an art & music session in the HDU room.
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