Bedtime songs for babies to fall asleep

About this lullaby

This lullaby runs for 8 hours without a single break. That covers several full sleep cycles in a row. When a child stirs between cycles the same quiet melody is still there, and most of the time they settle back down on their own. That covers several full sleep cycles in a row. When a child stirs between cycles the same quiet melody is still there, and most of the time they settle back down on their own.

The sound stays soft the whole way through. There are no vocals to pull a drowsy mind back toward listening, and no bright instruments fighting for attention. A child's brain is very good at noticing change, and change is what wakes them, so we take the changes away.

The heart of this video is the old, proven lullaby melodies that families have always used. We play them slower and softer than most recordings you will find. There is a reason these particular tunes survived centuries of bedtimes, and this video leans on that reason instead of fighting it.

Babies and toddlers are still learning how to settle themselves. Silence can make small sounds more noticeable, a creaking floor or a car outside, and any of those can wake a light sleeper. A familiar melody also lowers the feeling of being on guard, so two calming effects work at once.

The screen stays dark and gentle from start to finish. The colors stay muted and the motion stays soft. If your little one opens their eyes in the middle of the night, what they see helps them close them again instead of waking them up.

You will find more than one use for it. Some families play it during naps, others in the car, others to smooth over the strange first nights of a holiday. A constant, gentle sound is a small piece of home you can bring with you anywhere.

It is not only for children. The slow pace, the soft volume and the lack of interruptions calm a busy adult mind just as well as a toddler's. If the whole house needs to come down a notch in the evening, this does the job for everyone in it.

Thank you for letting our music into your home at the quietest, most important part of the day. Parents from all over the world come back to these videos night after night, and we do not take that for granted.