ProsimSpinkej.cz is a Czech and Slovak educational platform focused on children’s sleep.

Created by a sleep anthropologist and researcher Lenka Medvecova Tinkova. The project helps parents understand and improve their child’s sleep in a gentle, respectful, and science-based way.

The main target group is parents of children aged 0–5 years who struggle with falling asleep, frequent night waking, or sleep dependency on breastfeeding or rocking.

What We Offer:

  • Expert Books and Guides:
    Story-based expert books that combine fairy tales with professional advice to support healthy sleep routines.

  • Online Sleep Courses:
    Practical, compassionate guidance for parents who want to improve their child’s sleep without using harsh methods like „cry it out.“

  • Supportive Community:
    Cooperation with pediatricians, lactation consultants, doulas, and sleep advisors to build a trusted network around families.

  • Respectful Sleep Education:
    Emphasis on understanding children’s emotional needs and developmental readiness, with tools tailored to different ages.

Our Mission:

To help parents and children sleep better—without pressure, without tears—by offering kind, research-based support and education.

 

 

Lenka is a medical anthropologist who has long specialized in children’s sleep.

 

What she does:

  • Conducts original research on children’s sleep in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

  • Writes and publishes both expert and story-based books; contributes to academic journals

  • Educates parents and professionals through lectures, workshops, and training programs

  • Pursues a PhD in Medical Anthropology at Durham University (UK), with a focus on infant and child sleep

  • Is building a Children’s Sleep Center in Luhačovice

 

Why seek guidance from Lenka:

  • She holds the highest academic qualifications in the field of children’s sleep in the Czech and Slovak context

  • She is the author of original research on parental sleep practices

  • She explores children’s sleep through the lens of science, emotional development, and evolutionary biology

  • Her approach is gentle and respectful — without strict training, fear, or sleep extinction methods.
    She emphasizes the unique needs of every child, promoting flexible strategies that allow parents to choose what works best for their family. Her philosophy centers on building secure attachment and understanding sleep as part of a child’s emotional and developmental journey.
    She encourages parents to trust their instincts, observe their child, and accept that sleep constantly evolves and occasional challenges are normal

  • She has 12 years of experience in personal sleep consulting

  • She is a mother of three children

Expert Training and Experience:

  • Member of the international research team at the Parent-Infant Sleep Center

  • PhD candidate in Medical Anthropology at Durham University, UK

  • Member of the Czech Association for Social Anthropology (CASA)

  • Founded ProsimSpinkej in 2013 — a platform supporting parents with gentle, relationship-based solutions to sleep challenges. She helps families who choose not to sleep-train their babies through crying or extinction methods

Academic Background:

  • PhD candidate in Medical Anthropology (focus on child sleep research), Durham University, UK

  • Master’s degree in General Anthropology, specializing in sociocultural anthropology and ethology, Charles University, Prague. Her thesis focused on the cultural norms of infant sleep in the Czechoslovak context, including several years of ethnographic research in local families

  • Certified Infant Massage Instructor

  • Certified Lactation Consultant