Medical Clinic and Visa Pictures and Exploring Shamian Island

First night and day in Guangzhou and our new environment in our new hotel brought for a lighter night of sleep. Jailyn woke up very early 5:30am and wanted to start her day about 2 hours earlier than usual. We have a nice suite in the Victory Annex Hotel but her baby bed is very different than the hotel in Nanchang and the room is muggy even with the air conditioning. Today Jailyn discovered a pacifier can soothe her and when she went down for naps she used the pacifier and played with it until she fell asleep. Woohoo! Just needed something to soothe her. However night time and bath time were traumatic once again tonight.

Our day started at the medical clinic and she was the first child they saw of 50 adoptive kids they would see today. She was so good and checked out fine. All the doctor stations adored her and we did find out how much she weighs 15.64 lbs and can't remember how long she is. She got her picture taken for her visa and smiled all over herself. The doctor was only concerned with some redness on her back thinking she was having a reaction to the laundry detergent in her clothes however I believe the mark he was concerned about is a birth mark. She is teething like crazy and really drooling. We give her drops for teething as needed and started her on her antibiotic because she kept on pulling at her ears before we traveled to Guanghzhou. We wanted to kill any infection she may be having and the nurse and doctor at the Intl Adoption Program at Cincinnnati Children's Hospital got us a prescription to bring with us before we traveled. Jailyn is doing fine on the medication except she has had looser stool. She takes her teething drops and meds like a pro. She loves to play and be social and is learning so much. She eats rice, fruit and chinese noodles plus 4 bottles a day. We took a stroll around Shamian Island and walked along the boardwalk of the Pearl River and shopped a little. We put her in the stroller which was new and the heat,humidity and motion made her sleepy. The Ergo baby carrier is so hot so we tried the stroller. It was 93 today but feels like 104. We checked out the White Swan hotel and was glad we stayed at the Victory. Check out our pictures from today. Tomorrow we meet the other family here from South Carolina from our Adoption Agency and take a picture on the Red Couch at the White Swan which is an adoption right of passage for the little girls adopted from China. We will goto the pearl and jade market tomorrow for our sightseeing trip.

Happy Father's Day to all and Mike and Jailyn get to spend their first father's day together.