Sweet Song

Late one night, when Trent was in the hospital, I rocked him to sleep and softly sung "You Are My Sunshine". As I remember it, his tiny body relaxed into sleep as I whisper sang to him, not wanting to wake any of the other babies or disturb any other wakeful person with my terrible voice. Whenever he was a little too restless, a little cranky, a little bit on edge; I'd softly sing or hum it to him. A lot of the time I just made up my own words to the tune, and that was good enough. Soon enough, it became his sweet song. The song that whenever it came out of my mouth, he'd relax, he'd stop crying, he'd look up at me or fall asleep. To this day, when he's extra cuddly or needing a little bit more mommy time, I can hum it and he relaxes into me once again and I can see all his baby'ness that is slowly being replaced by boy'ness.
The other day, I walked into the living room where, just moments before Sawyer was howling. Things had gotten quiet - and as every mom knows, that's when there's trouble.. usually. What I saw, and heard, instead, melted my heart. Trent was sitting in front of Sawyer singing "Baby Beluga". Sawyer, with his big bright eyes, just watched his brother intently. When Trent finished singing (with 3 extra verses about pirates and dinosaurs) I applauded and told him that it was very sweet to sing to his baby brother. And he looked at me and said "oh dat's just Sawyer's song. It always makes him happy when you sing it."
I guess over the last few months, whenever Sawyer has been a little restless, a little cranky, a little bit on edge, I've been singing or humming or making up my own words to "Baby Beluga". In my new baby haze, Sawyer got his sweet song.

Did/Do your children have a sweet song? What do you find yourself singing or humming or making up words to the tune of, to quiet your babies?