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We went on a vacation to visit relatives about 3-4 months after our daughters came home. It started out ok, but soon ended up being too much for them. They regressed, and got overstimulated VERY easily which immediately led to rages, or if we were lucky, more minor meltdowns. They were older, 3 and 6, and were still experiencing a lot of culture shock, frustration with communication and the language barrier, adjustment to us as their parents, etc. If we had it to do over, we'd probably still take the trip, but would be a lot firmer about saying no to too many outings and activities and yes to sticking to our home routine as much as possible. We're both originally from the area we visited, and everyone wanted to meet the kids and show or give them stuff. That's what we did wrong- we simply should've said no to all but a very few of the invitations and offers.
HTH
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