As a new dad who is constantly drenched in exhaustion and no longer capable of multitasking, middle of the night bottle feedings have become one of life’s biggest challenges.
It’s not the actual preparation of the bottles that make things tough (pro tip: make the bottles before you go to sleep), but the simple task of waking up itself. After that the whole routine basically runs on muscle memory.
I cuddle my newborn, change her diaper, grab a bottle and toss on our favorite playlist to help keep her relaxed — at least I’m assuming it’s her favorite playlist, too, since she can’t really tell me otherwise at six weeks old.
But even if the playlist is just for me (it is) I’m in love with baby music. Because rather than play those dull and creepy old lullabies, I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of Rockabye Baby! covers.
For the non/new parents, Rockabye Baby! covers artists of all generations and genres, turning pop, rock, synth and hip hop songs into perfectly minimalist and instrumental lullabies.
They are as cute as they are fantastic to the point where sometimes I’ll just play them instead of the actual version of the song I want to hear.
My current playlist has more than 70 songs and runs for more than four hours, but I keep finding myself going back to the same handful of songs. So it’s only right to share what I’ve come to cherish during these 3 a.m. sessions.
