Babies Go….CDs – Hits by Michael Jackson, Take That & more as Orchestral Lullabies

Music for babies is big business and particularly when your favourite artists and a trip down nostalgia lane can be in the offing, they can be a great way to introduce your child to your musical tastes – it sure beats listening to a lot of the repetitive, catchy, nursery rhyme stuff over and over [...]

Lullaby by Sophie Barker

When I had my first baby I bought Lullaby by Sophie Barker and listening to the opening bars of the record still takes me back to the first months of Motherhood. I was reminded of it when reading about the campaign to Save the Lullaby on Noble Savage. Lullaby is a collection of traditional nursery [...]

Hot Buy! Hip Hop Baby CD

Elli writes… We held a naming do for our little one last week. We asked guests to come empty-handed, but people are too generous and we ended up with a pile of lovely stuff. One of the most original gifts was Hip Hop Baby, a CD of hip hop classics rearranged as lullabies. What a wicked idea! [...]

3 Great Christening/Naming Gifts for under £20

I have been bargain hunting this week, in a feeble attempt to help you lot out in the credit crunch. I have to say, given the vast array of gorgeous baby gifts in the shops and online, it hasn’t been easy but here is my pick of the bunch… This rocket music box by Trousellier, [...]

Schoenhut Wooden Toy Piano for Babies

Coming from the famous toy piano German manufacturer Schoenhut is this gorgeous wooden toy piano. The keys are spaced like a proper piano which is great practice for future musicians and it includes a colour chart which is to be placed behind the 25 keys so that you can then teach your baby to play the [...]

Tutti Tune

Brenda writes… I really like this musical set which will get your baby grooving to their bish, bash, boshing. Tutti Tune is double sided and features 7 musical instruments: a drum, 2 xylophones, a scratch guitar, a cymbal, a bell and a disc scratcher and is made from natural wood, and suitable from 18 months. [...]

Baby Grand Piano

I just love this sooo much! None of my kids are that musical but I have tried to get them into it. I bought a piano when my eldest was 4 thinking that if it was at home he would practise but to no avail. I should have saved the money and bought something else. [...]

Putamayo World Playground

BabyGeek has her favourites; La Mariposa from Bolivia, Three Little Birds from Jamaica (sung by Bob Marley’s Mama) and Mardi Gras Mambo from the USA always receive squeals of delight. You can listen to samples on the Lula Sapphire website to find out if it’s for you or not.

Thula Mama

I’m quite fascinated by Thula Mama (pronounced ‘tula mama’) which is a weekly singing group for mothers and babies, and the creator Helen Yeomans has also put together a CD. You can hear samples over at the site but the songs are sung ‘a cappella’ using only the human voice. Just listening to samples was [...]