Disconnect from technology – turn off your phone, the computer, the TV for a little while.

Technology will distract you from being present with your child. Take the time to really notice your child while it is still with you. Be conscious when your baby smiles at you.

‘You are my Sunshine’ is a popular song recorded in 1939. The song has been covered numerous times – so often, in fact, that it is one of the most commercially programmed numbers in American popular music.

It was covered by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Mississippi John Hurt and Lawrence Welk. In subsequent years, it was covered by Nat King Cole, The Marcels, Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, The Rivingtons, Frank Turner, Aretha Franklin, Anne Murray, Johnny Cash, Brian Wilson, Mouse and the Traps, Gene Vincent, Jamey Johnson, Low, Andy Williams, and Johnny and the Hurricanes, amongst many others.

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

I’ll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You’ll regret it all some day

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But now you’ve left me and love another;
You have shattered all of my dreams

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away