Maci Bookout McKinney Says ‘Time Is So Much Better Spent’ in New Co-Parenting Dynamic with Ryan Edwards and Fiancée (Exclusive)

Maci Bookout McKinney is loving her new normal when it comes to parenting her oldest.

The mom of three shares son Bentley, 16, with ex Ryan Edwards. Though co-parenting between the two hasn't always been easy, Maci tells PEOPLE that things are "a lot easier" now that she and husband Taylor McKinney are working with Edwards and his fiancée Amanda Conner.

"I'd say the biggest standout thing for me is that I feel like time is so much better spent, because it's enjoyable," she shares about the co-parenting dynamic while telling PEOPLE about the latest installment of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.

"It's not hard anymore. Even the things that are a little bit difficult, it's just easier to work through and get through. I feel supported, and I think we all do."

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Maci is grateful that things are "very nice" between the four and that "everybody's healthy."

"I've never really felt supported in the co-parenting realm, so it's new," Maci, who is also mom to daughter Jayde, 9, and son Maverick, 8, says, "This season of life is a high."

As the second half of season 2 of the series begins, the mom of three says she looks forward to the fact that "the audience will get to see [something] they've never seen before, Ryan and I co-parenting and really working on our relationship."

In addition to Bentley, Ryan is also dad to son Jagger, 10, and daughter Stella, 5, with ex MacKenzie Standifer. He and Conner are currently expecting their first baby together.

Maci, 33, left a sweet comment on a recent Instagram post from Conner, where she wears a pair of gray cotton overalls as Edwards stands behind her, holding her bump.

"I call dibs on babysitting 🙋🏼‍♀️," Bookout commented on the post.

See more of Maci and Ryan's co-parenting dynamic when Teen Mom: The Next Chapter premieres Thursday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. ET on MTV.

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