--- description: The Olympic swimmer and his wife Nicole Phelps shared on social media that they're expecting a second child to join one-year-old Boomer. title: Michael Phelps Just Announced He's Going to Be a Dad Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Just in Time for the 2036 Olympics, Michael Phelps Is Expecting a Second Baby  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2017 8:58 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2017 8:58 PM CUT Clearly, Michael Phelps has [taken to fatherhood](http://time.com/4396589/michael-phelps-son-boomer-swimming/ "undefined") like a fish to water: on Tuesday, the champion [Olympic swimmer](http://time.com/4722001/michael-phelps-olympics-joke/ "undefined") and [sometimes shark racer](http://time.com/4852310/michael-phelps-shark-week-interview/ "undefined") announced on social media that he and wife Nicole Phelps are expecting their second child together. “Number 2 on the way!!!! So excited!! Wonder if it’s a boy or a girl??” he asked on Instagram, captioning a snap of Nicole and baby Boomer, who’s now 15 months. The family of three have been spending plenty of time in the water this summer, [as documented](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWDl5Lwgroc/?hl=en&taken-by=m%5Fphelps00 "undefined") on Instagram, perhaps giving Boomer an early start at Phelps’s signature sport. Phelps also took to the open ocean this summer to [“race” a shark](http://time.com/4870480/michael-phelps-race-shark-week/ "undefined") for Shark Week, but perhaps he’d do better to avoid risky business like shark diving with baby number two in the future. He recently celebrated his [one-year-anniversary](https://www.instagram.com/p/BXwwjPBgq8C/?hl=en&taken-by=m%5Fphelps00 "undefined") of being the [most decorated Olympian](https://www.olympic.org/michael-phelps "undefined") of all time, thanks to his dominance at 2016’s Rio Olympics. As for soon-to-be-big-brother Boomer? His own Instagram account — with nearly a million followers — got in on the excitement, too. “So excited to see what mama is having!!” they captioned a photo of Boomer. That 2036 U.S.A. Olympic swimming team is already looking pretty good. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4920983/michael-phelps-baby-two/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4920983/michael-phelps-baby-two/"},"headline":"Just in Time for the 2036 Olympics, Michael Phelps Is Expecting a Second Baby","datePublished":"2017-08-29T20:58:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:55.106Z","description":"The Olympic swimmer and his wife Nicole Phelps shared on social media that they're expecting a second child to join one-year-old Boomer.","url":"https://time.com/4920983/michael-phelps-baby-two/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Michael Phelps","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4920983/michael-phelps-baby-two/","name":"Just in Time for the 2036 Olympics, Michael Phelps Is Expecting a Second Baby"}}]}] ```