Travel sick 2 year old

[apric0t]

2 yr old has vomited the last few car journeys. been prescribed citirizine by my gp but I can't find anywhere online that says it's helpful with motion sickness, in fact I can only find mentions that it's totally ineffective against nausea and vomiting. (I'm aware I'm not a doctor but I'm very anxious about her vomiting again while I'm on the motorway and need to concentrate)

What helps with your child's motion sickness? we have a long drive next week and I will time it so it's while she is napping but if she wakes up she usually vomits after about 20 minutes.

I have a phobia of vomit and find it impossible very hard to deal with and I will be driving alone with her in the car ( we are moving house).

Has citirizine worked for your DCs motion sickness, anything else I can try?

Anyone?

Have you tried seabands? They work for the most part on my daughter (she'll be three in a month )

There is also a medicine you can get over the counter. All off the shelf are age 3/4 plus. This one is suitable but it's a knock out type juice (and used to be misused in that way apparently hence why a pharmacist has to approve it). You cannot take it on the fly though, I think it's the day before

Was going to recommend Kwells Kids tablets but can't be used for a 2 year old so a quick google search came up with this which you should read.
Have used travel bands which help but wouldn't solely rely on them at that age.

Presuming she's rear facing at that age but most things apply for forward facing also. Can you block out side windows so she can just look out of rear. She might be better just looking at a fixed point in the distance. You could remove rear headrest to give a really clear view out of the back. Don't use any books/tablet/dvd in the car. Make sure she's not too hot and avoid food straight before a journey. We use audio books in the car so that might distract her?

@apric0t also my daughter seems better on smooth motorways rather than bendy A roads so we try and adjust the journey where possible. We also found she got hot so she has less on in her seat than maybe others do.

Is she watching any tablet or anything in the car? We found getting rid of books/tablets and opening the windows a bit, along with lots of encouragement to look out the window, all helped.

We couldn't find any failsafe solution, but a combination of bands, plenty of fresh air in the car and travelling later in the day when possible helped a bit. Agree on smoother routes over bending roads.

We have dealt a lot with horrible travel sickness in this house. I second the use of travel bands, they can either work well or not at all but when they work they do an excellent job (just make sure they fit well). Also avoiding any rich foods or drinks (i.e. milk) before a journey. We used Stugeron 15 tablets but I think they may be unsuitable at that age. Probably also not suitable for her at the moment but as she gets older try a pair of headphones with some music, we were told these block out the signals associated with travel sickness and surprisingly it actually works really well. As does wearing sunglasses whilst on journeys (same reason). Again last two probably not suitable until she’s a little older but to keep in mind.