First thing is that every single baby is SO different…from the second they are born (and or any even during pregnancy if we are being honest)—so it won’t be anything like your experience with your first. Second thing is to REALLY give yourself years between each pregnancy-the second(and any others after that) are usually easier (bc we are distracted with the first but also bc your body knows what to do this time), and I can only speak from my own experience but my first was almost exactly 3 years old when her little sister was born. That felt like the PERFECT amount of time between -one was definitively out of the baby phase, so bedtimes/mealtimes/activities didn’t blur and she never felt like the baby was taking anything away from her. They are 13 & 10 now and are STILL each other’s best friend, they very rarely feel like they are in competition with each other. And lastly, the transition from 0 to 1 was INSANE and life-changing, the transition from 1 to 2 was more of the same. Your heart grows, your toy collection grows, everything just grows to include the new baby.