I can't describe how important this video is for mom's who have anxiety or fears with having babies after their first !! i am saving this for when i'm postpartum with baby #2 (due in 2 months) and will be sending this video to any other moms who are expecting another baby. thank you for making this video ❤i don't have many mom friends and all my closest friends do not have kids so this is the exact thing i needed to hear coming from another *experienced* mom. thank you.

I had my second 6 months ago. The transition is SO MUCH easier from 1 to 2 kids than 0 to 1. Becoming a mother is so hard, it turns your life upside down. Having a second is just more of the same, it's been no big deal honestly 😅 It's 1000% worth it, I love my babies so much and seeing them make each other laugh is just the best feeling ❤

The seasonal memory thing happens to me too. My daughter was due the end of January. I had a tough first half of my pregnancy. I didn’t start feeling better till 20-25 weeks which was in the fall. So when the chill comes in the air and the leaves turn colors and I’m on a walk around the neighborhood I feel the memory of starting to feel good enough to get out walking again. The warm comforting fall and early winter meals remind me of the comfort I found in being able to eat and enjoy food again. It’s just a warm snuggly cozy time of year that reminds me of cocooning in my nest with my wife and my pregnant belly and then with our new baby. It’s hard to describe this kind of memory it has a physical imprint on my soul the way other memories don’t. The closest non pregnancy related scenario I can compare it to is when I returned to the country I lived in from ages 3-8 for the first time in 25 years and I stood outside of my old school and it was like a flash back in the movies where when I saw a runner out of the corner of my eye I thought it was my elementary school principal’s close family friend who used to go for a run everyday after school go out. I expected the bike coming down the street I be my mom riding to pick my brothers and into from school. It has a physically transporting you back to a moment in time element.

I just had baby #3 6 weeks ago (I have 2&3 year olds as well). It is hard but each week is getting easier. Could you do a video on potty training a toddler that’s strong willed and refuses to go?

I wanna thank you a ton!!! Cuz I am in my 36 weeks and I am so worried and feel like not ready in all the ways. You save me again and again with your content. Love u

I just had my third (three under three!) and I definitely had more anxiety this time around than the first or second time. But of course, now that he's here i wouldn't have it any other way 🥰

That was such a great video! This was a sweet gift. Thanks Jessica for taking the time to speak such wisdom into a complex life situation. You're truly an important voice to parents. I'm living a full and happy life with a two year old basketball loving boy and a six month old social girl. It's the best, and what a journey!

I just found out I’m pregnant with our second so your video was a godsend. Thank you, Jess. Thanks for always giving light to what many of us keep in the dark recesses of our hearts. Thanks for always trying to make the lives of others better. You yourself are a godsend.

Perfect timing. I’m expecting my second baby and am so excited & grateful, but also nervous cause I can’t imagine how I could possibly split my love & attention and juggle both! Thank you for the real, honest, chill reassurance and perspective 😊

Thank you so much Jess. I found you 4 years ago with my first and you taught me how to swaddle. Im now 38 weeks pregnant with my 2nd and this video you uploaded at the most perfect time. Im so nervous and yes so so tired worrying how ill have the energy to do this ❤

Thank you Jess! Currently 34 weeks and just had a talk with my husband yesterday about feeling overwhelmed handling two kids soon!

I was worried about loving both children. I just couldn't imagine how "the love/heart grows". Our first born came to visit us in the hospital to meet his sister for the first time. He walked over to her and I realized that I felt the same way about both children already. It wasn't anything "growing", just that the love for your child feels the same no matter how many you have. It is it's own special thing :)

Watching this and sobbing hysterically. Yes, I happen to be pregnant with baby #2, so it could be hormones. But how did you know I was feeling all this lurking, ever-present existential dread? I similarly decided to “wing it” with my firstborn, still basking in newlywed bliss and naive optimism almost 3 years ago. I told myself the same thing, “we’ll figure it out! This is the most natural thing ever! Yay so excited!” How was I supposed to know that I’d need to “figure out” my marriage taking an absolute nosedive, my professional performance completely tanking, everyone who I thought would be my “support system” suddenly disappearing? The hardest thing about becoming a mom, believe it or not, was how shitty my life in the periphery became. When I look at my happy, beautiful toddler, I feel like a sadomasochist thinking I’d do it all over again just for the sake of his existence and the love that explodes out of my heart for that kid, but MAN was it rough. I am so scared for how “bad” my life is going to get again with my beautiful baby girl due in a few months, but weirdly I know it is so worth it at the same time? It’s the weirdest mind eff of all time and it’s been really keeping me up at night.

Currently pregnant with my second and love loved this video! Love the idea of the love you give to one child flowing into the other, etc

I only have 1 but i've heard going form 1 to 2 is a huge shift vs. from 2 to 3 is relatively easier.

Needed this so much! Got pregnant (kinda by surprise) 6 months post partum and somehow I'm already 26 weeks along.

I LOVE that you've gone back to this style content. It's all the vibes that made me subscribe so long ago. Love you to pieces

I am so excited to have a second. But my golly I do hope they are a better sleeper than my first. That was...rough...for a long time 🙃

You always give such great wisdom in such a gentle & kind way! I already feel so encouraged. Thank you!❤️

You are truly amazing! Always so encouraging and supportive of moms ❤

Needed this. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this, Jess. ❤️

Thank you so much for this ❤

I’m only having one child (currently 3😂) but I just love you and i love your videos so I watch them regardless of the topic and if it’s relevant to me haha I WISH we were friends irl you must be the loveliest human out there I swear!

I love this!

It’s almost like you knew that I was only weeks away from having my second baby and that I’ve been having so much fear and anxiety about it 😅❤

About to have my first baby in October and this video was still very encouraging and helpful ❤

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Sooo you have one for first kids too?

This video has helped me confirm that I really do want a second child 🫶🏻💕

Jessica, your videos are always so raw & honest & encouraging 🥹 thank you!!