The EC Potty Song

In what has become a series on recent silly songs, this is my show-stopper.

I have a song for Elimination Communication and use it as cue for Belle when she sits on the potty. It also incorporates the Pss sound often used for cueing.

Is there Pee in your body?
tune: There's a Song in My Tummy by Laurie Berkner

Is there pee in your body that needs to come out?
Is there pee in your body?
Is there pee in your body that needs to come out?
Is there pee in your body?
Is there pee in your body that needs to come out?
And when it does its going to go in the potty!
Pss, pss, pss, pss, pss, pss
But your pee in the potty!

Variations include:
"Put your pee in the potty"
"Is there poop in your body/put your poop in the potty"

More Silly Songs: Toddler and Early Preschool

Willem is at the age where he loves hearing songs that are song about him. There are lots of songs by many children's artists that are designed to replace children's names like Willoughby Wallaby from Raffi (which works so nicely for the name of Willem).

Here are some others that we've adapted to sing about Willem, family members and friends.

My Friends Lie Over the Ocean
tune: My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean
This one is pretty simple you insert other peoples names in the place of "Bonny." This was in someways therapeutic for Willem when we were separated from our friends and home over the summer. He really enjoyed being able to remember the friends he had back home and sing about them. He was so happy to see them again when we got home.

C is for Cookie or ___ is for ______
This one we got from a youtube video of Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. Willem knows and recognizes the letter C and that Cookie starts with the letter C!
Here's the video:


We have adapted it for Willem and Belle's names and for that reason he knows and recognizes the Letters W and B.

Here's how our version goes:

W is for Willem
He is my little boy
W is for Willem
He is my little boy
W is for Willem
He is my little boy
Oh, W W W is for Willem!
Willem, Willem Willem starts with W!

or

B is for Belle
She is my little girl
B is for Belle
She is my little girl
B is for Belle,
She is my little girl
Oh, B B B is for Belle!
Belle, Belle, Belle starts with B!

You get the idea. We also sing C is for Carolyn since that is Belle's first name.

More Silly Songs: For infancy

With WIllem, I've had a lot of fun using the melodies of songs that I know and changing the words to include themes from our day to day life, or names of people we know. To see some of them that I came up with when Willem was younger, search "silly songs" on my blog and you'll find other examples.

When Belle was born, I felt like I needed some that were more specific for non-mobile infants and the following are what I came up with.

Rock and Roll (the baby!)
tune: Raffi's Shake the Sillies Out

You gotta rock, rock, rock until you roll
Rock, rock, rock until you roll,
Rock, rock rock until you roll
Rock till you roll all the way over!

I sang this while rocking Belle's body from side to side and then at the end rolling her over unto her stomach. She thought this was great fun and then enjoyed being able hold her arms out to prevent me from rolling her over (and who says babies don't have other ways than crying to communicate!) Of course, Willem wanted to join in on this game so I'd take turns. First with the baby, and then with the 2 yr old!

Tickle Tickle
tune: Alouette

Tickle, tickle, tickle tickle tickle
tickle tickle tickle tickle tick
Tickle all the way up to the neck
Tickle all the way down to the hips
Tickle up here,
Tickle down there
Tickle Tickle

As suggested by the lyrics, I tickle all over and then specific parts. My favorite is tickling the feet on "tickle down there" and making sure I sing with a deep voice as I do so.

More Silly Songs

The newest one is to the tune of "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes":

Getting Dressed
Shirt, pants, socks, shoes and coat
shoes and coat
shoes and coat.
Shirt, pants, socks, shoes and coat
Now we are ready to play.

This one is to the tune of Laurie Berkner's "I Really Love to Dance"

Willem Loves to Dance
Willem loves to dance
Willem loves to dance dance dance dance dance dance dance dance
Willem loves to dance.

Alternate versions of "I really love to dance" are to skip the remainder of the verse and just sing the chorus using different actions. In Laurie Berkner's version, a child's friends spin, paint, etc but the child only wants to dance which is what she does! But we like to sing it so we love to do all sorts of things!

Our favorites are:
I really love to sing
I really love to laugh
...to play
...to love
...to hug
...to kiss
...to run
...to jump
...to climb
...to sign
...to read
...to eat
...to drink

So yeah, basically any one syllable action word that we do!

Take a Ride on the Bus

And another recent silly song:

(To the tune of D**k in a Box from Saturday Night Live)

Step 1: Gotta run to the bus.
Step 2: Jump on the bus.
Step 3: Take a ride on the bus.
And that is where we get where we want to go.

or an alternate version:

Step 1: Wait for the bus.
Step 2: Get on the bus.
Step 3: Take a ride on the bus.
And that is where we get where we want to go.

Mama Milk is good for Little babies

Here's my newest Silly Song to the tune of "Octopus" by Charlotte Diamond.

Mama milk, mama milk squirting in your mouth.
Mama milk, mama milk,
Squirt, Squirt Squirt!

Mama milk, mama milk, flowing down your throat.
Mama milk, mama milk,
Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!

Mama milk, mama milk digesting in your tummy.
Mama milk, mama milk,
Yum, Yum, Yum!

Mama milk, mama milk is full of lots of vitamins.
Mama milk, mama milk,
A, C, D and K!

Mama milk, mama milk make babies grow strong.
Mama milk, mama milk,
With iron and protein!

Mama milk, mama milk is good for little babies.
Mama milk, mama milk.
Breast is best!

Mama milk, mama milk that's all for little babies.
Mama milk, mama milk
For at least six months.

Mama milk, mama milk is good for years to come.
Mama milk, mama milk
At least 2 years!*

Mama milk, mama milk is the perfect food.
Mama milk, mama milk.
The Perfect food!

*WHO (World Health Organization) recommends breastfeedinf for two years and beyond.

Jenne's Silly Songs

Those who frequently call me on my cell phone get to hear what I mean by Jenne's silly songs. I do not write my own melodies typically but I will use well known melodies from a variety of sources: popular children's music, traditional children's music, religious hymns, popular music, etc.

Some examples:

Come follow Me, your mama says.
Its time to sleep in your bed.
Come lay down with your blanket.
Close your eyes and fall to sleep.
(to the tune of Come Follow Me, Hymn 116, LDS Hymnal)

(Or to the tune of Once There was a Snowman from the LDS Children's Songbook)
Once there was a Willem, Willem, Willem.
Once there was a Willem, small small small.
With proper nutrition, 'trition, 'trition.
With proper nutrition, he grew tall.

2nd verse
One there was a Willem, Willem, Willem.
Once there was a Willem, small small small.
With the mama milk, milk milk milk milk milk milk
With the mama milk milk, he grew tall.

And my current cell phone message:
You have called a Jenne a Jenne a Jenne
You have called a Jenne, on her phone.
Please leave her a message, message, message.
Please leave her a message, after the tone.

A previous cell phone message:
Hello, hello! Hello, hello!
You've called to me this day.
Hello, hello! Hello, hello!
I'm glad you've called my way.
To share with me a conversation.
Calling you back is my idea of fun.
Hello, hello! Hello, hello!
Please leave a message now.
(to the tune of Hello, Hello, LDS Children's Songbook)

And to the tune of Laurie Berkner's Song in My Tummy:
I've got a baby in my tummy and it wants to come out.
I've got a baby in my tummy.
I've got a baby in my tummy and it wants to come out.
I've got a baby in my tummy.
I've got a baby in my tummy and it wants to come out.
And when it does, I'm going to sing and shout! La la la!
I've got a baby in my tummy!

I've got some love in my heart and it wants to come out.
I've got some love in my heart.
I've got some love in my heart and it wants to come.
I've got some love in my heart.
I've got some love in my heart and it wants to come out.
And when it does, I'm going to sing and shout! La la la!
I've got some love in my heart!

To the Venga Boys "We Like to Party"
We like the boobies!
We like, we like the boobies!
we like the boobies.
We like, we like the boobies!
(what babies say about the preferred food source)

If any one really wants to hear my renditions of these tunes, let me know and I'll post some video for your viewing pleasure.