Ezra has been under a lot of stress because of our big move. I knew it would affect each of our kids in different ways but was especially mindful of Ezra because he has always been highly sensitive to change (even as a tiny toddler he would get really upset if I tried to put my hair back, or Mimi or Coco put glasses on, etc.) There are so many differences here and I worried he would be overwhelmed.
But it's been almost three weeks now and he is doing so well. In week two, there was a day he didn't want to go out of the apartment at all ("I don't like Thai food, I don't like Thai speaking, I don't like Thai people, I don't like rice or chicken..."). So we stayed inside the whole day doing preschool and fun activities. Since then his attitude about speaking Thai has changed but his feelings toward Thai food have unfortunately, remained the same.
He and Eli have been getting along again and making each other laugh and doing a lot of pretend play, which signals to me that they are not using 100% of their efforts on just surviving and are now relaxed enough to let their minds wander and laugh and stuff.