To ask for travel sickness remedies for a 6 year old?

[moonbabyandthebeast]

Not really an AIBU I know but I know this is one of the most active areas of talk. My 6 year old has recently developed travel sickness and it starts within 10 mins of car travel now. Could anyone please recommend their tried and tested remedies? I am about to order some travel bands but have been looking at the ginger sweets aswell (would prefer to avoid actual medication unless alternatives do not work) Many thanks in advance for any responses.

Front seat
Window open
Plain biscuits

The actual medication is the only thing that works for me and it works brilliantly.

for you and your kiddo. M ine has Joyrides tablets. We tried acupuncture bands, chewing gum, breathing exercises, distraction techniques, several other tablets... So far the above is the only thing that works most of the time.
She'd literally chuck up by the time we left the end of our road. She's nine now, a nd i feel like im jinxing it by saying it, grown out of it. Mostly!

I remember the travel bands really working for me when I was a kid. Hope they work for your DC OP!

Many thanks for your fast replies. I shall try the bands and if we don't get much effect from them will definitely try the tablets as it's horrible seeing her so unwell when I could (hopefully) prevent/minimise it.

Travel sickness is awful. Kwells do a kids version. These work v well.

No reading/watching tv etc. Middle seat so can clearly see where they are going

Ginger biscuits, plain crisps. Windows open, no fast driving round windy roads. Frequent stops. Barly sugars are goood but prob too young for boiled sweets in car.

We have the bands........seem 2 do the trick!!!

Only thing that worked for mine was the front seat.

I agree that the only thing that helps for me is Stugeron tablets. Sadly they make me really drowsy so I can only take them if I don’t mind falling asleep!

Speaking as someone who has had severe motion sickness my whole life:

Joyrides work but dear god they taste disgusting.
Travel bands are great, only had them fail me once in all these years.
Windows open, if he sits at a window tell him to stick his hand out when he feels sick. It just helps.
Don't eat in the car.
Never let the car get warm.
Try and sit him somewhere so that he can see out the front window. Not easy in most cars admittedly. I sat in the back centre seat for years.

If you do buy him meds, Sturgenon are great.

Your poor DC has my sympathy. Travel sickness is horrible.

Has she had her eyes tested recently? My DDs travel sickness gets much worse when her glasses prescription needs changed

Sorry, just saw it's DD and I've been saying "him"! Apologies

DS had Kwells for Kids which worked fine, but at 15 he now sucks mints and listens to music.

Like PP I use Stugeron, and get some proper sick bags off Amazon!

Boots travel sickness pills. Couldn’t be without them.

I had travel sickness as a child. I still feel it sometimes now.
The bands are great, sweets help too.
One of the biggest things that made me feel worse when I was younger was my parents asking regularly if I felt okay. That would then make me question if I felt sick, which often would seem to make me feel worse.
Knowing how long a journey is really helps to plan in your head.
No reading or sleeping in the car and ideally no food, apart from a sucky or chewy sweet.
Fresh air and not too hot. The smell of petrol used to set me off as well if we went to the garage.
Distraction is really good, have a couple of stock games you can play, 20 questions, a-z game that kind of thing.

As a life long sufferer, your son has my sympathy! I'm afraid it will be a case of trial and error as to what works for him.

For me: sitting in the front, no reading, eyes fixed on the road in the middle distance, and Boots own brand travel sickness tablets.

Bands, sitting on newspaper, and other brands of tablet don't help me at all.

As an adult who's always suffered, the main thing is to have a really smooth driving style - try to anticipate more and accelerate and brake less. Keep the car cool - cool setting only for the fan, if others are cold they can wear extra layers. No reading at all in the car, games that involve looking forward (e.g. spot the red car) are best. Plain food, no sugary stuff before setting off. Ginger biscuits or cream crackers or something a little salty. Cold water to drink. Let them know you are not in a hurry and can drive more slowly or stop if they need it.

Also - no strong smells. Some car air fresheners can be an issue.

Bands were amazing for me. I use Stugeron, dunno if they do a child version.

Sturgeron is the only thing that works for my 8 year old. It’s suitable from age 5.

Sit in the front or the middle seat, absolutely no food / drink / entertainment on-board, windows cracked open across the whole car rather than the air con (that’s what usually got me when I was a kid - air con had a very specific smell)

For me I have to sit in the front and either mints or boiled sweets are a lifesaver.

DD1 gets travel sick. Stugeron tablets work for her plus either the front seat, or centre rear seat so she can see out of the front window.

Kwells did the trick for years here, I am now a qualified aromatherapist and all my books recommend peppermint to alleviate the sickness. Not sure if I would be brave enough on a long journey

Sit by an open window
Hard sweets to suck on (not softer ones that will be gobbled down quickly)
NO reading/tablet etc as that will make it sooooo much worse!!