Car Sickness in 4 yr old - what to do?

[SuperBunny]

DS has started to be really sick in the car in recent months. Prior to this he was fine.

It's got to the point where I can't travel anywhere more than 10 minutes with him by myself (am a lone parent so that is a big problem) and even a 2 minute car journey turns him green. What can I do?

It is more problematic now he is in a booster seat but I don't know if that is coincidence.

Help please!

my dd aged 8 is like this boots sell pastiles for kids 2 - 12 half a pastile which is like a strawberry sweet would last 24 hours and also children's travel bands are great if you can put them in the right place also make sure your ds can see out the front window and has a good supply of air I found using sunshades on the side windows helped as it blocks visibility of the world going past sideways which can often make it worse

I was like that as a child - the good news is that I did grow out of it to a point where I still get travel sick but nowhere near as badly as I did.

My tips would be to make sure he can see the road in front - maybe sit him in the centre of the back seat or even in the front passenger seat (can't remember what age they can sit in front) - this helps with the inbalance in their brain. No looking out of side or rear windows.

Don't let him read in the car or anything that requires him to focus so no games consoles or colouring etc either.

For longer journeys then Stugeron travel sickness tablets are fantastic - two of my children also suffer and these I've found are the most effective at stopping it. Obviously this is not practical to do every time you go out.

From a purely 'what can you do to get you through' point of view - make sure you have plenty of Tupperware-type boxes in the car for him to use to be sick in, even nappy bags are good in an emergency.

My 2 both got car sick and they both grew out of it by the time they were about 7.
I used to give them travel sickness tablets. I tried the wrist bands, which didn't seem to work.
DD was better sitting in the front. And with the window open a little bit.
Windy roads were worse, and journeys where you start and stop a lot.
The only other tip is to be prepared.
Make sure you have plenty of carrier bags for being sick into. I used to take spare clothes too, and an old sheet for covering the car seat. You will need wet wipes for cleaning up and some air freshener.

Get him to sit on a newspaper - an old wives' tale but it certainly worked for me.

Is he sitting high enough? Can he see out the window? I was told if they are too low they get car sick.

I had exactly this problem last year. Someone on here recommended Joyrides, and seemed to do the trick.

Thank you.

It was worst yesterday morning when driving across Dorset and Devon on little windy, hilly roads so on the way back I stopped at the services and made him wear those wristbands, gave him Stugeron, went miles out of the way to travel on long straight roads rather than the country lanes and armed myself with a bucket & millions of carrier bags and wet wipes. He wasn't sick!

I might try moving his carseat to see if that helps. Thanks for all the suggestions. It's miserable for both of us.

I was fearing that the only solution would be to not drive anywhere but that is rather limiting since we only drive when we absolutely have to.