When my daughter was born, I had no idea what I was doing. Three years later, I still do not have all the answers. But I have learned a lot from trial, error, and talking to other parents in Prague and beyond.
Start Reading →My name is Lucie. I live in Prague with my husband and our two children, aged three and one. When I had my first baby, I spent hours searching for practical information in English about parenting in Czech Republic. Most of what I found was either too general or written for a completely different context.
So I started keeping notes. What worked for our newborn sleep. Which family-friendly places in Bohemia were actually worth the drive. How we handled the toddler transition when the second baby arrived. This site is those notes, organized and shared.
Everything here comes from real experience. I do not write about things I have not tried myself. If something did not work for us, I say so.
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Everyone talks about how magical the newborn stage is. Nobody mentions the three-hour feeding cycles, the confusion about what each cry means, or the strange guilt of not feeling immediately competent. Here is what I wish I had known.
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We have driven to a lot of places that looked great online and disappointed in person. These are the ones that actually delivered for families with small children.
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After months of bedtime chaos, we finally found a routine that works. It took longer than expected and involved more compromise than I wanted.
Read the article →Not a parenting manual. Not a list of products to buy. Just honest notes from someone going through the same thing.
Every article is based on something we actually tried. I do not write about approaches I have only read about in books.
Advice specific to life in Czech Republic, including local resources, places, and the realities of parenting here.
Parenting is hard enough without being told there is one right way. I share what worked for us, not what everyone must do.