Songs from women about kids?

[Okapi]

So I was thinking about this the other day while listening to "Daughter" by Loudon Wainwright. I can think of lots of songs by men about their kids ("Butterfly Kisses," "Return to Pooh Corner," off the top of my head), but am having more trouble thinking of any by women. Anyone have a favorite they'd like to recommend?

[zinemama]

"Show Me" by the Pretenders
"Eat for Two" by 10,000 Maniacs (though that's about pregnancy)

[Chamomile Girl]

Joni Mitchell "Little Green".

[Jessy1019]

Ani DiFranco's Landing Gear (about her labor/birth) and Present/Infant.

Ingrid Michaelson also has one called Highway . . . I don't believe it's about her child (if she even has one, I don't know) but it's about a daughter growing up, and sung from the perspective of a mother looking back.

[aprons_and_acorns]

Originally Posted by Chamomile Girl

Joni Mitchell "Little Green".

I love that song! It's the first one I thought of too.

For anyone who's not familiar with it, it's about the daughter Joni Mitchell placed for adoption when she was a young woman.

[lynsage]

"I Love You Sweet Baby" by Kimya Dawson! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7nfi42ntXA

[philomom]

Dear Jesse by Madonna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGYmN-1UQzI

Baby, Baby by Amy Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1YjGN88NkE
The video is boy/girl but she wrote it for her baby in utero.

Honest Lullaby by Joan Baez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmGPq...ext=1&index=26

You and me Against the World by Helen Reddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMpV...ext=1&index=44

The Things We've Handed Down by Marc Cohn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiyxq...eature=related

Born to the Breed by Judy Collins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE2QU3jS_Fo

On Children by Sweet Honey in the Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtplvvyl7k0
actually this is Kahil Gibran

Circle Game by Joni Mitchell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR2vGJSX0xo

This one's from Fame... I have no idea who wrote it but I sang it to my babies..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NVKm...ext=1&index=25

Night Vision by Suzanne Vega
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAv_yQxMSiI

Little Star Sweeper (Disney)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJjqmy_CQmM

[Gal]

In my Arms - Plumb
Never alone - Lady Antebellum

[A&A]

Dixie Chicks -- "Lullaby"