Kid is sick, then carries on into family attraction

A genuine question for those with kids who have travel sickness (or had it themselves)...do most families still plan long trips despite the fact it would almost certainly put the child through a lot of nausea, stress and discomfort.

You have the wrong bar for travel sickness there. Having a child who sometimes chucks up on car journeys to the extent that you recognise the signs isn't the same thing as it being almost certain. I used to now and then as a kid, but it was when the journey was particularly windy. Wouldn't have been anything like guaranteed.

I had car sickness as a child as did one of my brothers. I’d never have opted for not going somewhere! It wasn’t just about me, others must have wanted to go and we usually only stopped to vomit on windy roads, so really long trips on motorways (eg driving to France) long stretches not so bad. I also had one child who possetted constantly as a baby and vomited very easily as a toddler even coughing (he’s fine now) but he’d just be sick and fine 1 minute later, so he may as well go out as he could just as easily vomit at home.

We’re not emetophobes though so I imagine that comes with a lot more anxiety.

I’d have put it in the same category (of unpleasantness) as going on a hike or biking. Legs ache/ tired but collectively the family benefits so I did /my kids just put own discomfort to the side and push on.

My kid can be sick from being coeliac, any cross contamination and they will randomly be sick.

I am awful with traveling and can be sick
easily. Hopefully it wasn’t a stomach bug and it’s unlikely as a kid couldn’t walk round all day if they were that sick

could be travel sick, I was so often sick, on school buses, in car rides, it’s not bad now I drive, but if I’m a passenger I’m still likely to puke. I was often the kid puking and then continuing on, if they’re someone who’s travel sick a lot you can’t just stay at home.

I am not sure people who are constantly vomiting are having such a great time...

bet if it was mummy being unwell, then SHE would rest because she needs her me-time. These kind of people always do.

of course people do that. It's bad enough that they don't care about others, but they don't care about their own child either. Poor thing would be better at home resting, but instead is dragged to an attraction, on a plane, or sent packing at school.

I have heard mums saying they were at a playgroup or soft play with their sick child because they needed to get the child out of their hair for an hour! Absolutely pathetic, but what can you do.

Definitely! Always 48 hours… Rules are rules! And they need to be obeyed to the slavishly, because that maximises the misery, and misery needs to be shared. Why should others be happy?

Yes, of course we can judge! It’s the reason some MNers get out of bed in the morning, to judge snootily at others when we only know half the story,

Of course they should have taken the kid home, regardless of reason, because that would have caused maximum disappointment to all involved, and don’t we all hate it when others have a good time!

Travel/car sick, they might have a vomiting issue (my DS has it) where over stimulation/over excitement/stress can make liquidy vomit come back.
It could be migraine or headache sickness that the family know about or CVS (again DS has it)
Allergies can also make you sick. So there’s lots of reasons that don’t involve a bug.

I vomit all the time due to a medical condition, it's embarrassing enough without needing the extra judginess.

Just assume the parents are putting their child first and it's something normal for them.

You were just unlucky you saw it. There’s millions of times people leave the house when they shouldn’t. You just don’t know! That’s how D&V gets spread.

I'd assume it's travel sickness.
Anyone who followed us the other day would think similar to you I guess. DS was travel sick on the bus. He's been fine lately so I was a bit slow to react and it went on the floor. We then got off and walked to our event. Washed our hands as soon as we could. He was fine immediately after. Chucking in back on the bus to come would actually have made him worse

And be put in isolation for 48 hours after every car journey 🙄.
when younger I’d be car sick for every journey over about 15 mins, and now unless I’m driving I can’t be longer than a hour!

The thing with big public places like theme parks is the you may come into contact with all sorts of transferable conditions. There will be people with them who aren't showing symptoms, people with communicable skin conditions touching things etc.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+illness+is+cvs

Though secondary schools don’t follow that. I ask ours once, they said that is applicable for primary a schools, 48 hours after last time you were sick etc, but at secondary school it is go back as soon as you can

My kid throws up after every car journey over 10 minutes.
Also you said they headed straight for the toilet which seems sensible to head there asap rather than anywhere else.

I was really terrible with travel sickness as a kid , by your logic I’d never have had a single day out with my family

If the kid had a bug, he'd probably want to go home. If he was happy just to carry on as normal, then he's probably used to being sick so either travel sick, or has some nasty, but non-infectious condition, causing him to vomit regularly. On chemo, or something.

What does CVS stand for please? I'm fed up with Googling initials.

Chronic/constant vomiting syndrome?

Yes because the one child that's car suck isn't ggd only person in the family, because people need to HK places, the kid is fine after 5 minutes.

speaking as the kid & the adult.

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Yeah I suffer too, but mostly ok in the front seat.

my gd was car sick no matter who was driving.or how they were driving.

(as a young adult now she's being tested for eye problems (not sight as that's still really excellent, but could deteriorate if they can't get her eye problem sorted). I wonder if this could have had anything to do with it?!)

People are selfish.

I used to get awful travel sickness as a kid but also if I hadn't had enough sleep, for example at a sleepover I'd have been ill the next day as well. I can't see any family traipsing a stomach bug etc around a family attraction for the day poor kid, whereas travel sickness will obviously ease off

If my mother is driving (bless her)I’ll be ready to puke after 2 mins