Radio: Finding a sleeper hit for toddlers
Lullabies have deep roots down at the very foundations of childcare: the noun itself has Middle English and Hebrew origins.
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Sweet dreams are made of these
Lost in Lullabies
BBC RADIO 4
This beguiling half-hour (16 November and available on BBC Sounds) homed in on the difficulties Matt Edmonds was having in persuading his three-year-old to fall asleep. The natural solution seemed to be a lullaby, but unquenchable Abe was having none of it.
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