Thank you for your question on the poem that includes the stanza: "Dust balls go to sleep I'm watching my baby and babies don't keep." I really enjoyed researching this question, as my Mom hung a copy of this poem on the nursery wall when I was a child.

I found the following website using a Google search for "Dust balls go to sleep I'm watching my baby and babies don't keep":

The Johnson Journal: "Quiet Down Cobwebs, Dust Go to Sleep..." http://kmcjohnson.blogspot.com/2009/03/quiet-down-cobwebs-dust-go-to-sleep.html This blog states that the poem, written by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton, was published in 1958 in Ladies Home Journal. A copy of the poem is included at the bottom of the blog post.

I then completed a Google search for "Song for a Fifth Child" AND Ruth Hulburt Hamilton and found the following websites:

Eagan West Mom's Club: "Song for a Fifth Child" http://www.eaganwestmomsclub.org/Poetry/SongForChild.htm

The Peaceable Walk: "Song For A Fifth Child" http://peaceablewalk.blogspot.com/2008/07/song-for-fifth-child.html

I hope this information proves useful to you. Thank you for using AAQ!