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3 year old DD just developed car sickness. Please help.

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imblet · 11/08/2009 16:27

My DD has been sick in the car 4 times in the last couple of weeks. I can only put it down to travel sickness as she is otherwise well. It is getting to the point where she doesn't want to go out in case she is sick and we are due to go away in a couple of weeks and the drive will be about 4 1/2 hours. I have never been car sick in my life so have no idea what to do. Any tips/suggestions.

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

mummylin2495 · 11/08/2009 23:03

i would like to just point out that my adult son is exactly the same as me ,but dd has no problems with anything regarding travel.

troutpout · 11/08/2009 23:10

traveleze
Honestly...it has changed my life
I don't go anywhere over 20 mins without giving it to my 2 children
You can give it to them the night before for the next days mornings travel.

sarahappymummy · 11/08/2009 23:14

I have a friend who's child suddenly developed travel sickness in the car. She had earth straps fitted and it solved the problem. It may be worth a try.

PrincessLayer · 11/08/2009 23:38

We used phenergan with the eldest and when she was a bit bigger sturgeron tablets.
I tried to use more natural methods (ginger and wristbands) and she once managed to puke so hard that she hit the windscreen (bleurgh).

Luckily she is just about grown out of it/used to travelling now, so we don't give her anything. She shouts StopIFeelSick!! and has a supply of carrier bags to hand.

Oh...and can I just advise you to NEVER EVER take your travel sick child on a bus after eating tomato soup. (They had to get everyone off and get a new bus from the depot, such was the tsunami style devastation

stuffitlllama · 12/08/2009 02:29

hello, sitting on newspaper is supposed to stop the car sickness not just catch it!

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imblet · 13/08/2009 14:29

Thanks everyone, I will stock up on bed mats and I will try the joy rides. The last time it happened she was sitting in the front so I don't think that will made much difference. We now have an emergency box in the car with complete change of clothes, towell to cover car seat after, small blanket as she seems to get cold after she has been sick and lots of tissues, wipes and plastic bags. I will add some bicarb of soda to the box and just hope for the best.
As for stopping myself vomiting while clearing up the mantra is,
At least it wasn't the dog.
At least it wasn't the dog.
At least it wasn't the dog.
Mind you it wouldn't work if you didn't have a dog.
It's odd I am fine in cars, trains, boats and coaches but all I have to do is walk onto a plane and I'm reaching for the sick bags.

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Horton · 13/08/2009 22:54

We were sold Travel-Eeeeze jelly sweets by the pharmacist, imblet. They worked a treat! I gave DD her dose before we set off this morning and I reckon it took about half an hour to take effect (they make children drowsy). Absolutely no sick at all, all day. We have done an hour and a bit's motorway driving and half an hour's very windy country road driving (normally guaranteed to make her hurl). The meds come in strawberry or ginger jellies so DD totally thought she was getting a sweetie and was delighted. The only downside I have found so far is that they are chewy jelly and the dose for 2-6 year olds is half a sweet - think they should have just made smaller sweets personally as a firm jelly is a pain to divide in half if you happen not to have a sharp knife (I didn't especially want to eat the other half before driving if it makes you drowsy). DD was obviously desperate to have the other half of the jelly, too. Anyway, it worked, and that's the main thing!

Horton · 13/08/2009 22:59

I am quite bemused by the newspaper stopping car sickness thing, by the way. Sorry llama, totally misread you the first time. Think I might investigate that one in someone else's car! Maybe my dad's.

Chamomile · 13/08/2009 23:06

DD(3) is the same but it always seems to be going places not on the way back? Is there any reason for that? I am worried she will get a bit phobic about getting in the car.

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imblet · 14/08/2009 09:59

I picked up a pair of the bands yesterday(a pink pair so i knew they would be OK) for DD to try on a 45min drive to my sisters. There was no hint of nausea. May be it was just having new pink bracelets that worked!

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DesperateHousewifeToo · 14/08/2009 17:26

Ds gets car sick very easily. I use many of the above suggestions (wrist bands, joyrides, distraction) but have also changed the way I drive radically.

I now slow down and speed up very gently and go around corners/roundabouts much more slowly and gingerly than before. Having an automatic car also helps, I think.

This definitely makes a difference. When he is in the car with dh driving, he feels sick even before he is at the end of the road. Whereas, he can pretty much cope with driving anywhere with me in charge

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