Hailee Steinfeld Reveals What She Didn’t Expect From Motherhood After Welcoming Baby Harper

Hailee Steinfeld is learning to play new notes as a first-time mom.

Six months after she gave birth to baby girl Harper with husband Josh Allen, the Pitch Perfect 2 star shed light on the unexpected impact motherhood has had on her relationship with herself. 

“There’s a long answer, but I’ll give the short one here: I’ve learned just how much of myself I still have to discover,” Steinfeld wrote the Nov. 3 edition of her Beau Society newsletter on Substack, in response to a fan question. “I thought becoming a mom would be this transformative experience about loving someone else, and it is that 1000 percent.”

“But what I didn’t expect is how much she’s teaching me about myself,” she added. “She’s made me more patient, more present, and so much more aware of how special the little things are.”

And as the Hexed actress continues to discover new aspects about herself amid her motherhood journey, she’s also learning to take her own advice.