New baby
They are three days old and already have a name nobody has sung yet. Be the first.
A song for a new baby, with their name in the lullaby
A new name deserves to be sung. Tell us who the baby is, how they arrived and what you hope for them, and you get a gentle original song you can play at bedtime for years.
Hear the second a name lands
Niamh, my sweet girl, you are eighteen today.
You wrote“Learned to swim in the cold lake at Grandpa's house.”
The song singsI still see you splashing in the cold lake at Grandpa's house.
From a real song made here: “Your Gentle Way”, for Niamh, from what her mum typed.
The moment you give it
The house is dark except for the hallway light. A tired parent rocks in the chair, plays it quietly, and hears the baby's name sung for the first time, in a lullaby about how this small person arrived.
The first night home, 3:10 am
For the feeds when everyone else is asleep.
Play it soft.
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
A song from a parent to a daughter
Our closest sample is a piano ballad for a daughter turning eighteen, the style most parents pick for a lullaby.
What you get for $12.99
You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.
- Free preview
- The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
- The song
- The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
- Lyrics
- Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
- Their link
- A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
- Photo video
- Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
- The name
- Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
- Re-record
- One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
- Name sung wrong?
- After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
- Languages
- Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
- Teaser
- Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
- For this song
- Nothing ships: the preview, the unlock and their link all happen here, so it works the same day.
What to write about a newborn
- Why you chose the name, or who they are named after.
- The night or morning they arrived, and who was waiting outside the door.
- The first thing everyone noticed: the hair, the hands, the frown, the yawn.
- The nickname they already have at home.
- The people and pets who are about to fall for them: big sisters, grandparents, the cat.
- One wish for them, said simply.
For example
A parent might type something like this:
- Theo is named after his great-grandfather, who fixed clocks in Ohio.
- He arrived at 3:12 in the morning during the first snow of the year.
- His big sister June already calls him her baby and reads him the same book every night.
Style and voice for a lullaby
Pick the piano ballad for a slow, quiet song, or indie folk if you want fingerpicked guitar. A female or male voice both work; many parents choose the voice closest to whoever does bedtime. Ask for something soft in your lines, and say whether you want the song to feel sleepy or celebratory.
Who sends one
- Parents, as a song for the first weeks at home.
- Grandparents, who want to welcome the baby in a way that lasts.
- Aunts, uncles and close friends, as a present that does not need a shelf.
More song ideas
Questions
Their first song, with their own name in it.
Type the baby's name and the story of the day they arrived.