“Sitting in indecision has a way of keeping you in conversation with the threats of every path; once you choose, you get to focus on all the beauty. Another one? All that all over again? We must be the luckiest people alive.”
So happy for you guys Haley congratulations!! 🎈 🎉 🥳
Congratulations! I feel like a para social weirdo feeling such delight but there you have it. Wishing you a smooth and healthy pregnancy. Writing down all the stuff Sunny said was brilliant; my favorite was “she might touch me” 😭she definitely definitely will!!
I remember being so nervous about transitioning from 1 to 2 kids but it was much easier than I feared (every one is different, etc) because while it’s true that each pregnancy and child is different, the experience and wisdom you have to apply it to this new scenario makes a big difference. For me, this meant an ease that I didn’t have the first time around and that I’m thankful for. Good luck and can’t wait to read more!
Feel this so hard at the moment - "We’d decided we wanted another baby (...) In the harsh light of the present, “another baby” felt increasingly insane. Another one? All that all over again? And why would we do that?". We've just decided to try for another, two women so IVF, which is such a #decision to make but very much going with our hearts on this one. I carried our first and my partner going to carry our second (all things going well etc) so intrigued to see how the second-time-around stuff feels when we'll be experiencing some things for the first time as individuals.
I read your newsletter announcing your first pregnancy while pregnant with my now 2.5 year old. And I just read this newsletter as I am 12 weeks along with my second. This couldn’t have been better timing, as I am sitting here wondering “what am I getting into again?” And “I was just starting to find myself once more and now we have to start all over” so this newsletter couldn’t have been better timed! Congratulations to you, Avi, and Sunny! Looking forward to once again being on a similar timeline!
I was going to leave a very similar comment! Congrats to you and congrats Haley!! My daughter is 2 so I’ve been following Maybe Baby kid content closely to get a sneak peek at what’s coming around the corner. And now I am also pregnant with my second. Also due in Oct! I am so excited to be aligned with you Haley. You have a special way of putting motherhood into words and I’m looking forward to embarking on 2-kid-life with you/hearing your take!
Just reupped my subscription because kids in NYC $$$ 😂
Congratulations to all three of you. Watching the sibling relationship develop is my most rewarding part of parenting. Also, having another child makes you realise even more that they just are who they are and maybe you don’t have as much influence as you though (in a good way!).
Not going to lie, the transition from 1-2 was the hardest year of my life but it also gave me so much resilience that I still look back now 11 years and 3 more kids later being proud of getting through it.
It’s going to be wonderful - even when it’s actually the shit hitting the fan!
saving "Sitting in indecision has a way of keeping you in conversation with the threats of every path; once you choose, you get to focus on all the beauty" for a rainy day <3
Congrats! I think we’re the same weeks gestation, so I selfishly hope you keep writing about pregnancy and birth and parenting a newborn round two, etc!
My 3 year old didn’t say such sweet things when we told him. He said “can we send it somewhere where there is not us?” He has since (maybe?) come around to the idea of having a little sister.
love love love — congratulations to all 3 of you !! ‘All that all over again? We must be the luckiest people alive.’
Reading this from my bed as I hear my 3 kids scurry around the kitchen with our fated fourth (2 weeks old !!) on my chest. Everything is easier the second, third, fourth time; though I needed plenty of reminders leading up to this big change 💞
Reading this on Mother’s Day while my 15 month old is asleep on me and my partner is parenting our 4 year old in the other room, I was moved to tears by Sunny’s list and your pic! I’m so happy for you, Avi, and Sunny. Also can’t wait to welcome you to the flex that is having multiple kids in NYC.
I’m so excited for you all! Sunny’s responses are amazing and what a brilliant move writing down everything she said.
I also love the revelation that you’re doing something new by virtue of having experience this time. I’m 15 months into having two kids and I’ve found the baby phase the second time to be completely different - I got to *enjoy* it in a way I never fully did the first time around, freed of all the anxiety and uncertainty, and maybe even more so, the burden of researching everything and making a million tiny decisions. The other thing I didn’t grasp ahead of time is that my parenting capacity would grow to meet the new status quo - so instead of parenting two kids feeling noticeably harder than when I just had one, it’s more that now when I’m just with one of them, it feels so easy. I took my 4 year old on a little NYC spring break trip to stay with my best friend, and it felt both like a mini parenting break, and a preview of the future when both my kids are old enough to be easier to travel with.
This resonates. I genuinely loved the baby stage the 2nd time around and now I wish I could do it all a third time (but at 42 feeling like I'm probably too old).
Congratulations Haley 🩵 my daughter is 16 months and I’ve recently become obsessed with having another baby. It feels very hormonal, I don’t know that I’m ready yet (or ever will be) but one of the things I’m so drawn to is the idea of re-experiencing having a child. It will be different - but doing it for the second time, with the knowledge and experience of the first, feels like an opportunity to give myself more grace. Love this piece!
Same here with a 14 month old — I'm in such awe of him that I've been dreaming about doing it all over again. Huge congratulations Haley, and I loved reading Sunny's reactions!
Congrats and happy Mother’s Day!! Recontextualizing the comments rec of the week for fiber-filled breakfasts a few months ago in light of this news (lol) and wishing you a smooth rest of pregnancy!
I’m 8 months pregnant with my first and crying fat tears at Sunny’s quips about baby sister. The biggest congratulations, so excited for you two!! 🤍 happy Mother’s Day and thank you for writing so much over the past few years that’s helped me get excited for motherhood in all its beautiful, chaotic, tangible reality
'She might look outside if it's raining', 'she's gonna laugh' - dear god 😭🥰💗
“Sitting in indecision has a way of keeping you in conversation with the threats of every path; once you choose, you get to focus on all the beauty. Another one? All that all over again? We must be the luckiest people alive.”
So happy for you guys Haley congratulations!! 🎈 🎉 🥳
releasing this on mother's day 🥹🥲 so happy for you! consider me sat for all of the STM content 🫡
Congratulations! I feel like a para social weirdo feeling such delight but there you have it. Wishing you a smooth and healthy pregnancy. Writing down all the stuff Sunny said was brilliant; my favorite was “she might touch me” 😭she definitely definitely will!!
I remember being so nervous about transitioning from 1 to 2 kids but it was much easier than I feared (every one is different, etc) because while it’s true that each pregnancy and child is different, the experience and wisdom you have to apply it to this new scenario makes a big difference. For me, this meant an ease that I didn’t have the first time around and that I’m thankful for. Good luck and can’t wait to read more!
Congrats team! 🧡🧡🧡
Feel this so hard at the moment - "We’d decided we wanted another baby (...) In the harsh light of the present, “another baby” felt increasingly insane. Another one? All that all over again? And why would we do that?". We've just decided to try for another, two women so IVF, which is such a #decision to make but very much going with our hearts on this one. I carried our first and my partner going to carry our second (all things going well etc) so intrigued to see how the second-time-around stuff feels when we'll be experiencing some things for the first time as individuals.
Wishing you two so much luck!!! <3
Thank you!! 🧡
I read your newsletter announcing your first pregnancy while pregnant with my now 2.5 year old. And I just read this newsletter as I am 12 weeks along with my second. This couldn’t have been better timing, as I am sitting here wondering “what am I getting into again?” And “I was just starting to find myself once more and now we have to start all over” so this newsletter couldn’t have been better timed! Congratulations to you, Avi, and Sunny! Looking forward to once again being on a similar timeline!
I was going to leave a very similar comment! Congrats to you and congrats Haley!! My daughter is 2 so I’ve been following Maybe Baby kid content closely to get a sneak peek at what’s coming around the corner. And now I am also pregnant with my second. Also due in Oct! I am so excited to be aligned with you Haley. You have a special way of putting motherhood into words and I’m looking forward to embarking on 2-kid-life with you/hearing your take!
Hah and I was going to make a similar comment too! Another reader here with a 2.5 year old and a baby due in Oct—congrats to my brethren.
Just reupped my subscription because kids in NYC $$$ 😂
Congratulations to all three of you. Watching the sibling relationship develop is my most rewarding part of parenting. Also, having another child makes you realise even more that they just are who they are and maybe you don’t have as much influence as you though (in a good way!).
Not going to lie, the transition from 1-2 was the hardest year of my life but it also gave me so much resilience that I still look back now 11 years and 3 more kids later being proud of getting through it.
It’s going to be wonderful - even when it’s actually the shit hitting the fan!
CONGRATULATIONS Haley! Sunny's quotes........ perfect.
saving "Sitting in indecision has a way of keeping you in conversation with the threats of every path; once you choose, you get to focus on all the beauty" for a rainy day <3
“I can make space for her” 🥲 congratulations to your sweet family!
Congrats! I think we’re the same weeks gestation, so I selfishly hope you keep writing about pregnancy and birth and parenting a newborn round two, etc!
My 3 year old didn’t say such sweet things when we told him. He said “can we send it somewhere where there is not us?” He has since (maybe?) come around to the idea of having a little sister.
Little dude's a poet
love love love — congratulations to all 3 of you !! ‘All that all over again? We must be the luckiest people alive.’
Reading this from my bed as I hear my 3 kids scurry around the kitchen with our fated fourth (2 weeks old !!) on my chest. Everything is easier the second, third, fourth time; though I needed plenty of reminders leading up to this big change 💞
Reading this on Mother’s Day while my 15 month old is asleep on me and my partner is parenting our 4 year old in the other room, I was moved to tears by Sunny’s list and your pic! I’m so happy for you, Avi, and Sunny. Also can’t wait to welcome you to the flex that is having multiple kids in NYC.
Best wishes to you!
I’m so excited for you all! Sunny’s responses are amazing and what a brilliant move writing down everything she said.
I also love the revelation that you’re doing something new by virtue of having experience this time. I’m 15 months into having two kids and I’ve found the baby phase the second time to be completely different - I got to *enjoy* it in a way I never fully did the first time around, freed of all the anxiety and uncertainty, and maybe even more so, the burden of researching everything and making a million tiny decisions. The other thing I didn’t grasp ahead of time is that my parenting capacity would grow to meet the new status quo - so instead of parenting two kids feeling noticeably harder than when I just had one, it’s more that now when I’m just with one of them, it feels so easy. I took my 4 year old on a little NYC spring break trip to stay with my best friend, and it felt both like a mini parenting break, and a preview of the future when both my kids are old enough to be easier to travel with.
This resonates. I genuinely loved the baby stage the 2nd time around and now I wish I could do it all a third time (but at 42 feeling like I'm probably too old).
Needed to hear this, thank you for sharing!
Congratulations Haley 🩵 my daughter is 16 months and I’ve recently become obsessed with having another baby. It feels very hormonal, I don’t know that I’m ready yet (or ever will be) but one of the things I’m so drawn to is the idea of re-experiencing having a child. It will be different - but doing it for the second time, with the knowledge and experience of the first, feels like an opportunity to give myself more grace. Love this piece!
Same here with a 14 month old — I'm in such awe of him that I've been dreaming about doing it all over again. Huge congratulations Haley, and I loved reading Sunny's reactions!
Congrats and happy Mother’s Day!! Recontextualizing the comments rec of the week for fiber-filled breakfasts a few months ago in light of this news (lol) and wishing you a smooth rest of pregnancy!
I’m 8 months pregnant with my first and crying fat tears at Sunny’s quips about baby sister. The biggest congratulations, so excited for you two!! 🤍 happy Mother’s Day and thank you for writing so much over the past few years that’s helped me get excited for motherhood in all its beautiful, chaotic, tangible reality