Lullabies
After a week you can see it happen: by the second song the shoulders have already dropped, long before the words mean anything. The pictures below let you keep the same order night after night without anyone having to remember it.
♀Sing a lullaby
A mother in pyjamas holds a swaddled baby and sings, with music notes, stars and a moon above.
♀Rock and sing
A mother sits in a rocking chair with a baby in her arms and sings, with music notes in the air.
About this visual support
Rhythm does more than melody. Three songs in the same order turn into a way of telling time after a few evenings: when the first one starts, the body knows roughly how far it is to darkness and quiet. A child who struggles to shift down from the pace of the day gets something to count on, and the wind-down does not have to be negotiated from scratch.
Visual support makes the song list visible. Three cards in a row, one per song, and the child can see that there are exactly three, not four and not one more. A tip that usually removes the nagging is letting the child pick the order once, early in the evening, and then laying the cards out that way. The choosing happens while there is still energy for choosing, and once you reach the bed you simply follow the row.
The cards here are free to download. If the singing belongs together with brushing teeth and a bedtime story, you can put the whole evening into Routined and test it for fourteen days at no cost.