Help with child who gets travel sick

building_with_lego

I got lots of useful advice when I asked this question recently.

We had our long car journey a couple of weeks ago and DD was wearing sea bands and had taken Stugeron yet did hurl about an hour into it (:eek:) but I was very prepared with a lined ice cream tub and wet wipes!
When we drove again later that day she was much better and we were driving around a lot for 3-4 days before coming home. She continued to have the Stugeron and said she felt odd but I think we desensitised her to some extent as she wasn't sick again.

dibuzz

Window open or air con on usually helps me and my kids also no tight clothing around the tummy area.
The only thing I can keep down on a long car or coach journey is ready salted crisps, my son finds a fizzy drink helps if he's not been sick by the time we get there.
Also gettting the driver to drive considerately is a huge help, I was far worse when my kids went through the boy racer stage.
Air fresheners make me sick too.
It's all trial and error really, different things help different people.
I always have wipes and a couple of old terry nappies in the car just in case.

Counting_Pennies_2

I haven't had a chance to read replies.

For my DD she has a travel sickness pill and the wrist bands.

We also make sure she does NOT travel on an empty stomach as this makes her feel worse. She has a light breakfast that is mainly dry, dry cereal or toast or a croissant. Then she has hoola hoops or mini cheddars for the journey to gently snack on every now and then.

We also tend to put her in the front of the car for a very long journey. Never in the middle seat if at the back. She also has a bowl lined with a plastic bag and kitchen towel to absorb anything should it happen.

Since we have taken these measures she has not needed the bowl but we always take it as a just in case

hth

Janepig

DD has always been prone to car sickness so I keep a stash of nappy sacks in the car for her to be sick in if needs be. She's better in the front than the back and it also depends on the car. I've got a Grand Sceinic and it's rare that she's sick in that because the seats are so high up. DH's last car was terrible though, even I used to feel sick in that!

Country roads tend to be worse for her than motorways too so we try and pull into a lay by or similar if we can so she can get some air and stretch her legs.

Jx

Alias_Omega

Kwells...

I suffer from motion sickness. After Kwells I can go sailing, stunt flying etc.

Available from Chemists.

GoldenShadow

I had awful travel sickness when I was little. Looking out the side windows made me really ill, I had to look out the front or shut my eyes and sleep. My Dad always told me to 'look at where the sky meets the ground' and that used to give me something to concentrate on. I think with not looking out the window your body kind of doesn't understand the motion as much, that probably makes no sense but I know what I mean!

I always used to get a sore neck if I wasn't sat in the middle, I'd have to peer around the front seats to look through the windscreen and even now as an adult I can't sit behind someone without peering through the middle Literally looking through the front was the only way I reliably wasn't sick.

ariba10

Never get the nausiea feeling when I drive, if I am a passenger I sit in the front seat.

Met a bus driver some years ago, and he said he could not travel as a passenger due to travel sickness.

mumof3boys

My eleven year old son suffers terribly! The only thing that works for him is to sit in the front with windows open and the travel sickness bands on!

Horrible thing to suffer from luckily my other two don't suffer or there would be a fight for the front seat!

Mrs_Imp

I still get travel sick

For me the following helps:
Dramamine (alas, no longer available in this country) was the only tablet that worked.
Sour sweets to suck
Distraction
No reading
Cold drink to sip on. Not fizzy though.
Sleeping (travel when they're likely to nod off)
Cool breeze on my face. If I'm feeling really rough, then cold water on my face helps.

Be careful about sickness by association. My parents had sick bags in the car. Because of throwing up in them so often, whenever I see a sick bag I feel queazy! If I were to hold one in front of my mouth now I'm almost certain I'd be sick.

ronmiel

I used to get terrible travel sickness when I was a child, many, many years ago. I hated Quells, they used to leave my mouth dry, I am sure they have been improved since then. As far as I know there were no other pills available and you couldn't get the bands I don't think they'd been thought of then.
I was always made to sit on a newspaper. I know, it sounds like an old wives tale, but it really worked for me. It was probably physiological, but there are supposed to be logical reasons why this works too. It is worth a try.