To give my dd anti sickness tablets and other things...

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So my dd (12) is going on a school trip on friday. Abroad on the ferry with a 15hr coach journey to follow (ffs what was i thinking) .

Didnt really occur to me until yesterday about travel sickness. So i spoke to the pharmacist and she recommended anti sicknrss pills. Cant remember what they are called.

You have to take them 2hrs before travel and one 8 hrs later if neccesary.

She has never taken anything like this before. I am a bit concerned that they might not agree with her.

Any thoughts/experience?

And any thoughts on my not having a meltdown about my dd travelling abroad without me.

Oh. The other things imwere is there anything else i should pack for her. She has sun block. Pain killers (she might get toothache) sanitary pads. Insect repellant. Anti histamine cream.

Give her some earlier in the week as a test run so you can see how the pills affect her (if they are going to make her drowsy, or have undesired effects like dry mouth, diarrhoea)...then if they do affect her she can avoid taking them on the actual day

Definitely don’t give them for the first time when away from home - do a test run first

DS takes Kwells for kids. He gets really travel sick on coaches in particular. They say 1-2 every 6 hours for over 10 years , no more than 3 doses in 24 hours. You can buy them in the supermarket

Does your daughter actually get travel sick (you don't mention in your post)? Surely if it were a problem she'd have needed drugs before?

No she hasnt had travel sickness before actually. But then she hasnt been on a ferry before. I think i might just get her an accupressure band instead.

You can get motion sickness lollipops. They saved me last year when I went on holidays at 5 months pregnant.

www.mummypages.ie/the-wonder-lollipop-that-helps-prevent-travel-sickness-in-kids

TBH you sound a bit hysterical. If she doesn't get travel sick, why give her medication. The sea's not likely to be rough this time of year & she'll probably be fine. Be careful your anxiety about the whole thing doesn't rub off on her!

Stugeron are brilliant (and I have two incredibly travel sick kids and have tried everything - including the utterly pointless acupressure bands).

No harm at all in giving her some one day this week, making sure she is fine with them then sending her with them (or having taken them). My two can't even get the coach from the school to the sports centre without wanting to vomit, can't do long journeys in the car without a sick bag, and we all only have to look at a boat to go green, but not any more, these have been life changing!!

Mind you if she has never had travel sickness before it might be a bit pointless!

I would not be giving her pain killers to take; check the teachers have some that she can take if necessary. I doubt they would want children carrying their own pain killers TBH.

Get her a travel sickness band, but I think if she hasn't had travel sickness before it's unlikely she will get it on this trip. She may get sea sickness and in my experience travel sickness pills don't work for that - the best thing is to sit outside and look at the horizon.

Sunscreen, Hat, Sunglasses, Insect Repellent - all fine. Everything else should be in the school trip first aid kit and they should always be present when it's administered due to accident reporting.

If she’s never been travel sick before then I wouldn’t give them to her for the first time when she’s away from home. My DS used to get car sick but he says that the travel sickness tablets actually make him feel worse when he goes on the ferry as he doesn’t get seasick even though he gets carsick.

Conversely I am severely intolerant to a brand of (admittedly prescribed) anti emetic to the extent that it has to be flagged on my notes if I am ever admitted to hospital. as a result I would never give anti sickness to a child for the first time in an unfamilliar environment.

Medication needs to be named and given to staff. My experience of school trips (and I've done a lot) is that they're much more likely to get sick from eating too many sweets on the coach. Don't let your anxiety spoil her trip. Resist the urge to keep texting - this can lead to upset, homesick kids and it's not fair on the staff. Most schools post updates on school social media during the trip.

Medication will be given to her teacher with instructions should her tooth play her up (she is awaiting extraction). All meds have to be given to the teacher..

I dont think ill bother with the travel sick pills. We regularly travel long distances in car and van and she wadnt sick.

Err no i am not hysterical at all - yes im anxious but im managing it and being positive for dd.ill fall apart when she goes.

I just wanted to guage opinion. Was actually expecting people to say absolutely give them to her but it seems the consensus is not to and i concur

Ana she is not taking her phone as i know i wouldnt be able to resist texting and if she is upset there us precisely nithing i can do about it. Her teachers are brilliant and she gets on well with them so i kmow they will look after her. Its a big wrench for me thoigh

I’d send her with some crystallised ginger. Natural remedy (and proven effective) for sickness if needed.

If she gets seasick then she gets seasick, the teachers will deal with it. It’s unlikely on calm seas for someone who never normally suffers motion sickness, especially if it’s a short hop like Dover to Calais.

I took my first ferry on a school trip, in October in the dark at 6am, several kids got seasick, the teachers dealt with it kindly. Coming back in daytime and calmer seas so we were allowed on deck, we were all fine.

I’ve taken Brownies on coach trips and there’s always some who are travel sick and either can’t take medicine (I always found it made me feel worse when I was little) or who are sick despite the medication. I’ve also had occasions where kids who don’t normally suffer did (one “memorable” trip in particular

My DS has just developed car sickness at 12 years old :-/