Who I am
I'm Marija. I have three children: an older daughter and twins who arrived when she was 20 months old. For several months I had three kids under two simultaneously. That's the context I write from.
I'm a Flutter developer by trade, which is the day job that pays the bills. I build KidyGrow in the evenings, on weekends, and while the kids are at daycare — in spare time alongside regular work. KidyGrow isn't my solo project. I build it together with the KodeLab team. We decided to build this together, as a joint project. I started learning AI in December 2025; the production app shipped in spring 2026.
Why KidyGrow exists
With my firstborn, the first two years of sleep were rough, and night terrors came after that. Some evenings my husband and I would wait until he got home from work just so we could get in the car together and drive around the block until the kids finally fell asleep and there was silence. When the twins arrived, that ritual continued at double intensity.
During those nights I did a lot of Googling. Generic information, general averages, advice from people who don't know my child. KidyGrow is the answer to that: an AI parenting companion that learns each child's patterns and helps parents make sense of them in context, instead of handing back a checklist. The point isn't more lists to tick off. It's adaptive intelligence that knows what you actually need on a given day, for your child.
I didn't build KidyGrow because I think I have all the answers. I built it because I know what it's like to not know, when you want the best for your child.
What I write about (and what I don't)
I write from lived experience. I'm not a pediatrician, a speech therapist, or a developmental psychologist. I don't have medical credentials. What I do is read carefully — pediatric guidance from AAP, CDC, NHS, ASHA, NIDCD, and for the Croatian context SUVAG, HLD and HZJZ — and synthesize it through the lens of someone who has actually been through the 3 AM panics, the 14-month-old you can't stop worrying about, and the moment you realize "every baby is different" is true but doesn't help when it's your baby.
For your child's specific situation, your pediatrician is the right call. My articles are educational context for that conversation, not a substitute.
How I source content
Every article cites its original source (usually AAP/CDC/NHS/ASHA/NIDCD for English content; SUVAG/HLD/HZJZ for the Croatian institutional context). When I share a personal anchor — the drive around the block in the evening, the iced watermelon at 3:27 AM after twin night feeds, or the lesson I only learned after my third child that there is no perfect bath, only your voice, your hands, and the sense of safety you give — it's because I actually lived it.
How KidyGrow fits into what I write
KidyGrow isn't a tracker or a baby diary. It's adaptive AI that learns each child's patterns — when sleep usually falls apart, when hunger typically lands, where the recurring hard moments show up — and uses that to give you a Daily Brief and a Tonight Plan tailored to your child, not to an average from a book. The lived experience I had with three kids is built into the product itself.
Find me
KidyGrow: kidygrow.com
LinkedIn: Marija Burek
Blog: all articles in English