Travel sickness

[rydercup]

my SIL little boy suffers terribly with car (motion sickness). He has only just turned one and every time they go out in the car for a journey irrespective of length of time he projectile vomits. The only time he doesn't is when they travel whilst he is sleeping. Don't think you can give them Phenergan until they are 2.....any other ideas?

is it motion sickness? or are they travelling quite soon after a meal? friend of ours thought their dd had travel sickness but it wasn't. it was the fact that he was being ferried around b4 his meal had settled.

sorry, not much help but it bumped it for you anyway!

X posted with mumofmonsters. DD2 was travel sick at that age (we thought) but the gp said that it is unlikely as until they are walking steadily with good balance, the little hairs in their ears (that affect balance) do not react in the same way as an older child to produce the feelings of motion sickness. Basically, babies have no sense of balance so are unaware when their balance is out of kilter. So, like mumofmonsters friend, they may need to look for other reasons why he is sick.

Does that make any sense??

Yes it does....thanks. Will have a chat to her about it. I think they have tried not feeding him before they travel and the same thing still happens....an odd one as have never heard of it before when so young. Thanks

Yes it does....thanks. Will have a chat to her about it. I think they have tried not feeding him before they travel and the same thing still happens....an odd one as have never heard of it before when so young. Thanks

oh annie - did you ever get to the bootom of why your little one was sick at that age if it was not motion sickness.

rydercup, it's a long story, and I don't want to worry your SIL but in a nutshell, she carried on projectile vomming from birth to 2.5/3ish. She had various tests (barium swallow, x rays etc) and had various meds and different feeds, but the hospital could never find anything wrong structurally, other than her tummy took slightly longer than normal to empty, and her pharynx is slightly narrower than normal. Eventually, in despair, I took her to a cranial osteopath, and in 3 sessions he sorted her out.

The thing that upsets me about it is that I was telling the GP, HV etc for ages that I was worried, they kept saying she'd grow out of it and that most babies can be 'sicky' at times (I just felt 2.5/3 was not a 'baby'). Because she would be sick 4/5/6 times a day, her mouth was fairly regularly full of acid, so as her teeth came through they rotted. She has just started reception and only last week finished a very traumatic year long course of dental treatment to patch up her teeth (couldn't save the front 2 they had to come out).

If you SIL's little boy keeps being sick, or starts doing it when he's not in the car, I would recommend cranial osteopathy!

Sorry about the mammoth post!!

My DS started getting motion sickness just before he was 1 year old. They say it is more common around two but I remember clearly our first family holiday when he was 11 months and we spent the whole week stopping in lay bys and cleaning his car seat. He still suffers now at age 9 but it is a lot better.

To be honest we have never found medication much use - it does not totally prevent sickness - and is not really helpful for all those short day to day journeys. I could probably write a book on the subject so I won't go on. Would be happy to chat more if you want tips etc but they have my great sympathy.

Thanks both - Annie sounds like a bit of a nightmare...sorry to hear about it all. Thanks also tealady....will talk her through our discussions later when I speak to her.

Thanks both - Annie sounds like a bit of a nightmare...sorry to hear about it all. Thanks also tealady....will talk her through our discussions later when I speak to her.

Thanks both - Annie sounds like a bit of a nightmare...sorry to hear about it all. Thanks also tealady....will talk her through our discussions later when I speak to her.