Well, I have two boys, now grown, but I went through several years of being sleep deprived. They used to like for me to either sing to them or read to them. That was fine and I enjoyed it TO A POINT but there's a limit as to how many hours a night you can "perform". But then I hit on a solution that worked well for us. I taped myself either singing their favorite songs or reading/telling their favorite stories. We'd have our "story time" or "song session" and then I'd put on a tape for them so they could listen. This soothed them and it was still mom's voice even though I was in the next room hopefully getting some much needed rest. They'd listen to the tapes over and over - all I'd have to do was come in periodically and reverse the tape or pop in a new one. I came up with some pretty good tapes, if I do say so myself, incorporating songs and stories. It was good fun for me and worked well for the boys. Also was good when they stayed with a babysitter sometimes, listening to good old mom was almost as good as having her there - it cut down on the separation anxiety.