Kids and Travel Sickness

franky

a couple of ginger biscuites is supposed to help when you feel sick

Stitch_3

This sounds silly but works on school trips.. our first aider has a "magic newspaper"! Apparently it reduces the friction between your bottom and the seat. Since we have used the magic newspapers we haven't had a sick child on a school trip (approx 2 years now)

Becles

I never updated this! The chemist sold me some Joyrides tablets which worked. He felt a little queasy at times, but didn't throw up!

He had various things to keep him occupied, but the best thing seemed to be letting him draw interesting things we passed on the way. We had loads of pictures of trees, telegraph poles, sheep etc., but it kept him looking out the window and took his mind of being sick.

When he did feel queasy, it was when he remembered he hadn't been sick yet, so I think it's partly a mind game too. Maybe if you get into the car thinking you are going to be sick, you are more likely to be sick?

Galtizz

I used to get really sick as a child. I always found sitting in the front with the window slightly open and sucking on mints helped oh, and not going to Devon or Cornwall on holiday because of the bendy roads (we went nearly every year :rolleyes: ). On really bad days I'd have some travel sick pills from the chemist I think they were called Quams (not sure if they still do them?)

As I got older I think it was mainly phycological, I'd get into the car before a long journey thinking I was going to be ill so I often was. My parents bought me a map and I used to be the navigator (Mum had a map and Dad always knew where he was going). It took my mind of things and it made me look out at the signs on the roadside to find out where we were.

Not only did it stop me being sick, it stopped me asking 'are we nearly there yet?' (answer: have a look at the map) AND, now I'm older I'm a better map reader than my OH, AND, I'm a GIRL

jellyhead

i'm a girl and am absolutely hopeless at map reading

antihistamines stop me being sick, so does sucking boiled sweets.

gravitytolls

Stitch wrote:

This sounds silly but works on school trips.. our first aider has a "magic newspaper"! Apparently it reduces the friction between your bottom and the seat. Since we have used the magic newspapers we haven't had a sick child on a school trip (approx 2 years now)

:rotfl:
Stitch you had me in stitches with htis one, but I'm gonna try it nevertheless, the kids already think I'm potty so I have nothing to lose.

I wonder if it'll work on the dog, she's a real :drool: puke head.

Murtle

the thing with the plasters is around the area that travel sickness lives! Or so the chiropractor and oseopath tell me. My neck has been out of alignment recently and I'd get motion sickness with out being in a car...weird feeling, in the car, the engine only had to go on and that was me wanting to curl up and sleep. (I don't like being sick!)

Sometimes this point can be under stress from birth, ie when forceps are used etc. and can be remedied by manipulation treatment.

Str4berr3

Stitch wrote:

This sounds silly but works on school trips.. our first aider has a "magic newspaper"! Apparently it reduces the friction between your bottom and the seat. Since we have used the magic newspapers we haven't had a sick child on a school trip (approx 2 years now)

Went to Boots today and asked the pharmacie for a 'magic newspaper' gave me a funny look, trying to explain to him that this was for travel sickness and was highly recomended by a friend.
He had no idea what i was on about.....

Savvy_Sue

Str4berr3 wrote:

Went to Boots today and asked the pharmacie for a 'magic newspaper' gave me a funny look, trying to explain to him that this was for travel sickness and was highly recomended by a friend.
He had no idea what i was on about.....

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Actually, I think you'll find any old newspaper will do ... The magical qualities are imbued by the adult using it: you tell the kids it's magic, they believe you.

Although if it should fail, it should also make clearing up afterwards a little easier. I always had a chunk of old soft sheet on each boy's lap to catch the carrots ...

Savvy_Sue

Murtle wrote:

the thing with the plasters is around the area that travel sickness lives! Or so the chiropractor and oseopath tell me. My neck has been out of alignment recently and I'd get motion sickness with out being in a car...weird feeling, in the car, the engine only had to go on and that was me wanting to curl up and sleep. (I don't like being sick!)

Sometimes this point can be under stress from birth, ie when forceps are used etc. and can be remedied by manipulation treatment.

weird feelings - tell me about it! Vertigo on lying down, anyone? Actually that's been cured by manipulation from the audiologist. But made the mistake of going on a canal trip while suffering: had to be helped off, looking very drunk, unable to walk unaided.

But yes, I was aware of the part the ears play in balance and nausea! In the absence of plasters, I've sometimes just pressed hard behind my ears to ward off sickness. Or worn a headscarf, tied tight, Russian peasant woman style.