Toddler with travel sickness, what to do?

[lizzlebizzle33]

So on more than one occasion now my 2 yo Ds has been sick multiple times on longer journeys.
We don't have a car so usually only short trips to grandmas etc and he is fine, but anything more than say 20 mins and he gets sick.

I've tried waiting quite a while after eating before we travel but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

Any advice or tips to help stop him from getting travel sick please MN?

With our dd dairy and fruit are triggers as are large sugary drinks like orange squash and fruit shoots. The only thing that has worked with us is avoiding these foods and trying to wait an hour or so before driving.

Also she is forward facing in her car seat which has also helped.

if your toddler still naps then try to travel during nap time, and try and get him to sleep before you start travelling.

once he has woken up, play some music or a game like eye-spy. try not to get him to focus on things in the car like books or movies as this can make them feel worse

some people swear by ginger candies, i haven't tried them myself

you can get travel sickness medicine over the counter

Plain busciuts
Window open
Sit in the center so they can see forward - would put them in the front if possible
No distractions of toys or DVD etc as that imbalances the brain !!

See travel sick now - worse if someone else is reading a book

Medication. You’ll need to get it from the GP though for that age. My dd has horrendous travel sickness, sometimes just being in a car for just a few minutes can set it off. Without medication she couldn’t go anywhere. From a practical point of view, cut down any dairy before you travel, it makes the clean up slightly less awful.

Piriton is the only thing you can give a 2 year old for travel sickness.

Oh thank you, I didn't know that dairy could set it off, last time he had had a cheese sandwich about an hour and a half earlier 🙈🙈🙈 worst thing I have ever smelt in my whole life!!

He doesn't usually nap anymore but he will sleep on a car journey eventually (after throwing up several times)

I used to get it bad as a child. You have to avoid country roads with lots of bends and gear changes as the jerky motion and harsh cornering can make you feel ill.

Cars in which you sit higher up are better - so SUV's are preferable to low saloons - as you don't feel the motion as much.

Facing forward helped, so a seat by a window was essential. And having the window open was good as my sickness was always worse in a stuffy car.

Don't put your head down to read etc. That just made it worse.

Regular breaks. Breaking up long journeys into short ones made it much more bearable.

I grew out of it in secondary school but could manage short journeys ok as long as i did the above !