33 Songs for Moms — to Get You Through the Ups and Downs of Motherhood and all the freakouts that come along with becoming a mom.

Becoming a mother is an amazing feeling but also scary as… well you know. It is seriously scary and overwhelming and wonderful all at once. It’s cray. There are moments that all moms experience (well at least all mothers I have spoken to, I guess I can’t speak for every single mother on the planet). There are like 35.2 million times I freak out every day. Literally. But, here a couple of my bigger ones followed by a list of 33 songs for moms to get through them.

The pre-birth freakout.

It goes like omg I have to push what out of what… panic attack. An orange isn’t meant to fit through a straw… this isn’t going to work… omg get it out freakout. If you end up having a rather lengthy labor and delivery like a lot of first time moms do it starts to get a little crazy in your labor and delivery suite. You go from GET THIS THING OUT OF ME LIKE NOW to OMG I’M NOT READY TO BE A MOM MAKE IT STAY IN ME FOR AN ELEPHANTS GESTATION PERIOD back to SERIOUSLY IF YOU DON’T GET THIS THING OUT OF ME RIGHT NOW… I wish I could say this was my most irrational freakout buuuut it isn’t… yea I get way more irrational later on in the post.

The exhaustion freakout.

This is the, you are exhausted from sleep deprivation and you don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel freakout. The newborn stage is beautiful but it is also trying and exhausting. This freak out looks more subtle but overall ends with you wishing your life away. (I was suffering from Postpartum Depression and this stage was absolutely the hardest for me. Check out my post about it here)

You are constantly saying things like I can’t wait until this baby sleeps through the night. Or I can’t wait until this baby stops eating so often. Or I can’t wait until this baby can talk and tell me what he wants. It is such a hard time and I was wishing it away but then I heard some of the songs I list a little later in the post and I completely changed. Now I try to enjoy everything no matter how frustrating it can be.

The how the hell am I going to keep anything bad from happening to my child freakout.

This is my absolute biggest freakout. Literally, I think about this every single day and try, not always successfully, to not spiral into a full-blown panic attack. Having a baby is literally the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. I am normally a little uptight about stuff but overall pretty chill. But, seriously NO BODY TOUCH MY BABY THIS ISN’T A PETTING ZOO… amirite new mommas? Why do complete strangers feel the need to touch babies they don’t know… it’s infuriating.

When we first brought our son home from the hospital I would randomly freak out about something bad happening to him. One particularly bad evening, I was talking to my husband and freaking out about our son being hurt in a house fire. So, my husband level-headedly says “Well, we will protect him. We just installed all new smoke detectors. He isn’t going to be hurt.” And I respond like a crazy person “not here I mean in his frat house in college.” My husband just stared at me and somehow responded level headily again “let’s just get through today ok?” Now, I know my hormones played a large role in this specific example but still the worrying never ends.

With everything going on in the world it is seriously a scary time to raise a child. Between school shootings, terrorist attacks, hate crimes and every other tragically terrible thing going on I freak out wondering how I will keep my son safe. It is not easy thinking about the future when your amazingly beautiful baby will be off on their own and you can’t control the entire world. I can’t right? Alright alright I know I can’t. So since we can’t control everything here are some songs to help you get through the tough times and remind you that your little one will be just fine.

 

* All of the links below will take you to the Amazon Music page and you can listen to them through Amazon Music Unlimited (if you don’t have Amazon Music you can start a 30-day free trial here) but I’m sure you can find them all on Spotify or Youtube if you don’t want to use Amazon Music.

Songs to get through the long nights

(some of these will just pump you up, some will make you feel better for not being blissfully happy at 2 am try to calm your baby/will make you cherish those 2am sessions and, some will just cheer you up)

Gotta Get Thru This – Daniel Bedingfield

Last Time For Everything – Brad Paisley (This song literally changed my life. I was having an extremely hard time with my son and being a new mom and wishing my life/motherhood away and this song made me take a step back and want to take in every second. I wrote a whole post about it check it out here)

Don’t Blink –Kenny Chesney

It Won’t Be Like This For Long – Darius Rucker

Mom – Meghan Trainor (Serious mom goals here)

Then They Do – Trace Adkins

Slow Down – Nichole Nordeman

Good Ol’ Days – Macklemore Feat. Kesha

Eye of the Tiger – Survivor

Happy – Pharrell Williams

How You Like Me Now – The Heavy

Last Hope – Paramore

 

Songs that capture the essence of motherhood

*(A lot of these might make you cry. So, yea get some tissues. But, hey motherhood is beautiful so it is to be expected)

The One Thing – Shakira

Speechless – Alicia Keys

What I Never Knew I Always Wanted – Carrie Underwood

This Angel – Jennifer Nettles

Lullaby for Wyatt – Cheryl Crow

A New Day Has Come – Celine Dion

I’ll Always Be Your Mom – Aimee Zimmermann

You’ll Always Be My Baby – Sara Evans

A Mother’s Love – Mark Masri feat. Jim Brickman

Handprints On The Wall – Kenny Rogers

You’re Gonna Be – Reba McEntire

 

Songs for when you’re scared about your baby growing up

*(some of these will make you feel a little bit better about the state of the world and the others will help you feel like you can at least help your baby be happy despite the state of the world.

Never Grow Up – Taylor Swift

Humble and Kind– Tim McGraw

Most People Are Good – Luke Bryan

My Wish – Rascal Flatts

Ready, Set, Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus Feat Mylie Cyrus

Lullabye – Billy Joel

I Got You – Ciara

Anything Like Me – Brad Paisley

Mama’s Song – Carrie Underwood

A Mother’s Prayer – Celine Dion

I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

 

Pin now read later.

I know that was a lot of songs to throw at you at once so pin this later for those late night breastfeedings/rocking/cuddling sessions when you may need a little pep-talk in a song. I hope these songs help you as much as they helped me!