aibu to be scared to give phenergan to my toddler for motion sickness?

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I posted this in parenting but got no replies, im really anxious

has anyone ever used phenergan for their toddler for motion sickness? my son suddenly got travel sick last month when we were in my dads car which is a 4wd and a BMW which is notorious for motion sickness. He was never sick before. This week he has been sick in my car two times. Today I was driving and he actually couldnt get the vomit out of his mouth and his lip went blue. I shoved the hazard lights on and slammeed on the brakes to pull over. I broke my nail running across the car to take him out of his seat. He is now in the front with the air bag off but i dont want him in the front. In italy he was given a motion sickness tablet which has dipenhydramine in it but he wouldnt eat it. I was in the back with him but when I am driving its very dangerous if he is sick. So I went to Boots today to get him a different medication and I am quite upset as :1. It is Phenergan which I have actually used to SLEEP. I know its an old school anti histamine but it makes you drowsy. 2. You need to give it the night before --- How will I know when he would be sick??? and 3. I dont want to give him anti histamines since the histamine process within the body is actually really important.

Sorry to give a long story I just feel so upset but it seems to be the only sickness medication for a 2 year old 16kg toddler which is not a pill??

When you got it did you speak to an actual pharmacist or a dispenser. If a phamacist said it was ok I would trust them.

But I know a pharmacist refused to let me have it for hayfever as they said I’d be asleep (which is actually what I wanted them for, not hayfever). So I went to Tesco where the dispenser happily sold me a pack no questions asked.

And if he’s in the car most days I don’t think it would be good tomdose him up every day, maybe for an occasional lengthy car journey.

Have you tried sea-bands?

got sea bands on facebook going to give them a bash. used them with little avail for pregnancy but thats not to say they dont work for motion sickness.

I was thinking to use it when my day is full in the car with him my poor baby.

Yes i take it to sleep i dont doubt it is a good anti emetic I just feel very worried about using it to stop him being sick... i would use it to make him sleep on a long flight though

pharmacist was a fucking dope....
she was like yea take it the night before.

i doubt it
she read it off the box

Can I ask how old your DS is?
My DD6 suffers terribly with motion sickness, mostly on long journeys, and we used to give her phenergen, it worked but she would be in a terrible mood for the next day or so.
We found a few tablets that work, Joyride, which they can take 20 mins before the journeys and Kwells kids which I think is 30mins.
She won't take tablets so we just crush them and put them in her drink before we set off.
Not sure on the ages though, which is why I asked.

My parents used to give me Joyrides when I was a kid, but appreciate if he won’t take tablets this may not work. I’d be loath to keep doping him up though, they really space me out.

To be honest I’d prefer some short term sickness. And I do think that kids outgrow it/learn to cope. All the usual advice about don’t look out the side window, only forwards. No reading, steady breathing, windows down a bit. Have a bowl and towel to hand if needed.

Pharmacist was correct that you take it the night before a trip. It helps prevent nausea and vomiting by interacting with the receptors in the brain that relate to balence so it needs time to get into the system.

I wouldn't think it would be suitable for regular use because it does have a sedative effect. I was a very poor traveller in cars and buses when I was little and phenergan syrup was the preventative back then. I'd get a teaspoon the night before and one in the morning if we were going to be travelling all day. It basically would knock me out for the duration, but as we only hired a car occasionally it wasn't something I took regularly. I do remember it was very sugary!

I've used Phenergen for my then 5 year old son. It worked but, as others have said, made him really sleepy and seemed to affect his behaviour for a few days afterwards. We switched to Joy Rides tablets which work really well and don't seem to have any adverse side effects.

I meant the phenergan spaces me out, not the Joyrides...they were fine.

If he won't eat a tablet have you tried grinding it up and disguising it in a spoonful of yogurt? Worked a treat when my DCs were little.

Tips from a former bad traveller - Make sure they've eaten before you travel, it's worse on an empty stomach. Second the advice on keeping a bowl in the back seat, Windows down, accelerate and brake lightly, and take it steady on the bends. Try and plan as straight a route as possible. And never ever ever ask 'are you ok' because thats the magic vomit trigger. You'll know if they aren't, they'll have gone green-y grey.
Leave enough time that you can pull over and bail out if necessary. And stress/rushing make it worse. I always found I was more likely to be/feel sick on unfamiliar routes. And try and keep the car smelling 'clean', but avoid synthetic air freshners.

There are other medicines but most of them are antihistamines. Please do give him something though, motion sickness is awful, I can’t be a passenger in any car or other mode of transport without medication and DD is the same. Oddly, she is rarely sick in my car which is the one she travels in most often and is worse in unfamiliar vehicles so I think there’s an element of anxiety too which makes it worse.