Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Children's health

Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.

Flip

Original poster

flat car seat - motion sickness now its rear facing ???

13 replies

tumpymother · 16/01/2009 19:08

My DS is 12 months and is quite light for his age. We have a lie flat car seat which he has been in since birth. We have just changed it to rear facing as he has grown out of the lie flat position. He has been sick every time he has been in the seat in its new position. He was never sick when it was in the lie flat position. Does this sound like motion sickness ?
We have been given a forward facing seat and are wondering whether to put him straight into that. Does anyone have any experience of motion sickness in rear facing seats and whether it changed when the seat was forward facing ?
Thanks

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Jic · 16/01/2009 19:13

I thought from about 9 months they could travel forward facing? I may be wrong, but I'm sure we put DD forward facing at that age. I think they need to be around 9kg. It could well be travel sickness, I hate facing backwards on anything moving! Try him in the forward, definitely.

differentID · 16/01/2009 19:14

tumpy- is he nearly 13kg?

Original poster

tumpymother · 16/01/2009 19:20

Hi - no he is about 9.5 kgs so he could stay in the lie flat seat in its rear facing position. He is big enough for the other forward facing seat we have.

OP posts:

Original poster

tumpymother · 16/01/2009 20:15

bump

OP posts:

differentID · 16/01/2009 20:19

What about length wise?

thisisyesterday · 16/01/2009 20:22

tumpy, i would give it a few more goes before deciding.
obviously rear-facing is safest for him, but then you don't want him being sick all the time.

moshie · 16/01/2009 20:24

Rear facing is so much safer than forward facing so I'd persevere for a while to see if he gets used to it.

I've never known a child so young to have motion sickness,( I'm a childminder ), but hopefully someone who has more experience of it will be along to give some advice soon.

MatNanPlusAbroad · 16/01/2009 20:25

Rear facing is the safest position for him, could you block the side window to lessen the visual feedback and see how he is?

It could be that he will be sick facing either direction as it could be to do with his posture rather than the direction of travel.

You could try the sea/travel sickness wrist bands?

Original poster

tumpymother · 16/01/2009 20:32

Thanks for posts so far
I don't know how long he is but he is pretty long/tall compared to his friends of the same age......his legs go over the end of the car seat but when we took it back to the shop they said that wasn't an issue as long as his head is well protected.....
Agree re rear facing and safety - its a real dilemna. I don't know enough about motion sickness - is it the type of thing you get used to ?

OP posts:

Twims · 16/01/2009 20:32

What's a lie flat car seat?

Original poster

tumpymother · 16/01/2009 20:36

its a car seat that you can use in a lie flat position for newborns until 9 kgs and then in a more trad car seat position from 9 kgs to 13 kgs. The make we have is a Jane Matrix Pro ( I think)

OP posts:

differentID · 16/01/2009 20:46

It's a completely different way for him to travel. Give him a couple of shorter trips to get him used to it.

minxpinx · 16/01/2009 20:58

My dd is the same - she has been car sick since she was about 3 months old. She is now 15 months and in a front facing seat which she is much better in, but not 100%. Over Christmas we were 2 miles from grandparents and had driven 2.5 hours and blurgh everywhere! Poor little thing. I just feel so sorry for her. We don't have a car, so don't use them that often which I think may make it worse as she isn't used to them.

Flip