I started singing it to Hayden before nap and bed a few months ago, making it a regular part of our routine. Three books, a cuddle, the song, a kiss kiss, into the crib and a few head rubs before drifting away to sleep.

It goes a little something like this:

I love you a bushel and peck A bushel and peck and a hug around the neck A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap A barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep About you, about you

You may know it. I looked it up online and I didn't realize that it was from the play "Guys and Dolls". To hear the tune and read the full lyrics, click here.

Hopefully, someday Hayden will be singing it to his child. -- mam