My two are almost 5 years apart, so we had been far from all things baby when we started over. Yeah, the lack of sleep thing was a pain, and the 2nd one is always totally different from the first so you have to adjust to that, but really it's liberating to NOT be focusing so much on a newborn. You just can't with another one around, so you make better choices and are easier on yourself about not doing what you used to think you should be doing. We freaked out about taking our first one on a 4-hour drive when he was 6 months old, then due to moving and a family emergency had to take the 2nd one on 2 10-hour drives in one month when he was 3 months old. We just did it and basically, no problem. Also, my brother and I are <2yrs apart and my mom said she'd have me bring a book to her when she was nursing him so that was our special reading time.