Unfortunately, this is not one of the happiest updates. Friday and Saturday were very stressful for me. We left Nanchang and arrived in Guangzhou Friday evening. That was Jaelynn's first time on an airplane and it was a total disaster. I've learned that when Jaelynn doesn't get what she wants she has huge meltdowns. Screaming fits are great when you are in a large group of people. Kidding of course! The first melt down started when I put her seat belt on her. I should of known that would happen. She has never been in a plane yet restrained by a seatbelt. She is going to love her carseat when she gets home.. The second meltdown was when I would not let her keep putting a book in the seat pocket in front of us. I didn't want her to bother the person in front. I could of probably avoided the meltdown over the seatbelt by just putting her in my lap first and worried about the belt once she got settled in. Lesson learned there.. In addition to the meltdowns she cant sit still. She also wanted to play with the tray table and stand up in the seat and push buttons for the lights and flight attendants.
Saturday she had her medical exam here in Guangzhou and she did fantastic! No issues there. We are just waiting for her Tb test results to come back. Afterwards we took a short trip to Walmart to pick up a couple things. That ended in yet another meltdown. I had to take her bag of snacks away to pay for them and she lost it. I can deal with a fit at home but in public is more difficult. I have learned to distract or re-direct before the fits start rather than just always saying NO to her. When she does get into the terrible fits I stick to whatever it was that I didn't allow her to do. She definitely has a strong personality so I have to stand firm.
This trip is starting to become very difficult. We are stuck in a hotel room most of the time. When we do go out with our guide and other families there is a lot of shopping involved or touring temples which is tough with a 2 year old. Especially a two year old that doesn't really know us that well or understand her boundaries yet. It is much harder than I anticipated. The other huge frustration for me is not having Philip and Devin with me.. I would love to have their support here and I miss them tremendously. I am trying to get her Visa appointment moved up to maybe come home early... Although it may cost me too much to change my flights. More to come on that.
Now for some good news. The attachment is going good. She is very attached to me. She does not want to leave my side. Baths are going good. She takes a bath with no problem. Only issue is when I rinse her hair which isn't that unusual. She is not doing the greatest with eating. The first day or so she did good and now she only wants to eat fruit, and rice. She did have her first McDonalds chicken nugget yesterday. She ate two of them and some of the fries. She is still drinking formula. My initial reaction to that was that she is 2.5 and still on formula. However, as I look back I am thankful she is getting some nutrition out of it.
Love
Brandy
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