Saturday and, so far, Sunday have been much better. Yesterday we made it through with no melt-downs and none so far today. We're definitely giving in on things more than we will later but, for now, it's like carrying a bomb around, hoping it doesn't go off. So, we're being more lenient than we will later.
The biggest issue is the language barrier. She never gets upset when someone is there who can calm her down by speaking to her in the language she understands. We knew it was going to be a problem but there are so many times when you calm a kid down by explaining to them why they need to do something. We can't do that. And she IS a five year old and they are sort of like ticking time bombs in general. But at least the diffusion instructions are in English for other kids. Our's are in Chinese.
We did some touring around Guangzhou today and tomorrow morning we're going back to the clinic to get the results of the TB test and then more touring. The trip is winding down and we are ready to get our little monster on our turf where she can blow up if she wants to and it won't matter. This different hotel every few days and eating every meal out needs to go away in favor of the routine of being at home.
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