LivinginBrno

I'm on blogger platform for a fairly short amount of time, under one year. Today will share with you a few details about who is reading my blog. I am honoured to see my audience comes from various countries like: 1. Czechia 2. Russia 3. Romania 4. United States 5. United Kingdom 6. Ukraine 7. India 8. Austria 9. Germany 10. France What about the gender of my audience? It seems, according to statistics, that majority are male readers. This was a little shocking for me, I was really expecting more women/mother readers, but is only at the beginning, for sure the balance will soon take its course. Is only a 6 months old blog, wait till it reaches 'toddler' age:) Most read topics in this blog are about: - English speaking doctors' recommendations - paperwork and tips for social services/parental support - advice for finding rent - my birth experience and help for state kindergarten enrolment Thank you for being here, my dear readers, motivators and exp...

This post is not about us and our lovely day today at the Zoo. This post is not about how happy we were today and felt like the luckiest parents in the world. This post is not about recording our second boy's first visit ever to the Zoo. This post is not about how my husband felt like a child during the train trip at the wonderful Zoo and I was again falling in love with him, for the billionth time. This post is not about how our sweet 5 year old boy showed courage and lots of patience during some obstacle game, meant for little older kids. This post is for the curly haired 5 year old boy in the swing. I could see you looking at your parents with your big, clean, curious eyes, who were sitting on a bench just 5 steps away from you. I could hear you asking them to look at you and listen to you. I could hear your silence. I wondered how a 5 year old sits so calm in a swing, for a fair amount of time. I again heard your silence yelling at your parents. I could see your sad...

Being close to our kids during their early childhood has always been a priority, but due to limited contractual restraints from work, back in 2014 I had to return to work fulltime with our son since he was 7 months old. While that helped us a lot financially and triggered the rapid healing of my postpartum depression, I admit those were the most difficult 2 years in our lives. I had a possibility to work a lot home office, husband the same and my tasks were always fulfilled daily, even if they were during 18.00-23.00 hours or at 08.00-15,30, they had to be covered, there was some sort of flexibility that allowed me to be there present at home and also perform work. Thanks to helping for kids' grandparents, who were basically living with us we managed to keep our kid at home and also work fulltime. However it was demanding because we had to be there for him, I had to also cook and clean, do the usual mommy stuff and also work fulltime. As I had some possibility to work at home offic...