Some babies like lullabies or classical music to relax them and put them to sleep. I’m not like those babies. For me, relaxing and calming music is upbeat music. If I’m fussy, I like oldies music to calm me down. Mommy or Daddy dance and sway to the rhythm and I usually stop crying or fussing before the first song is finished. I particularly like Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Suede. The intro often stops my cries right away and then I drift off to sleep. You should give it a listen.
I also like pop and dance music. It soothes and calms me down.
See? Who would have thought that this kind of music would be soothing and relaxing for a baby.
Although I love all of that kind of music, late at night when I need to be rocked to sleep, it is usually Daddy singing or humming This Old Man that lulls me into slumber. I can be crying and almost screaming, but Daddy will push through, continuously singing and rocking me in his arms. By the time the old man plays knick-knack up in heaven and gives a dog a bone for the seventh time, I am usually calm and asleep. Sometimes Daddy is too sleep deprived to keep track of all the ways the old man plays knick-knack, so he just hums deeply with a rumble in chest. That works wonders, too!