car sickness in 2 1/2 year old

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Please help with an advice or tips or products for helping a 2 1/2 year old with car sickness. She has had it about a year and it can happen on twisty roads or motorways . she sits in the middle (big brother and little sister either side). We don't use the car everday and she isn't sick all the times we are in the car so i see no pattern to her attacks.Any help would be greatly appreciated as she gets very upset when she pukes and i am sick of washing the car seat! mNY THANKS

I used to sit one of mine on a pile of newspapers (or maybe put car seat on newspapers) - sounds mad but it cuts down the vibrations from the car. Don't remember where I heard it but it worked for us!

have the same problem with my three yrs old. she always complains that she feels sick with a belly acke and sometimes sick all in the car?soz dont have any advice on it as i dont know what tpo do myself??

I was car sick from the age of 2. Used to take an anti-emetic once I was old enough (not sure what age). Make sure she looks out the front window rather than the sides, and rather than trying to distract her with books or toys, just keep her looking forward.
The other big thing for me, and still is, is travelling early in the morning. I still get desperately car sick if we have to go early, so if at all possible travel slightly later after a normal breakfast.
Is she able to give you any notice or does she just chuck? Apparently, despite my early start, I only ever once didn't get it in a bag! Strong plastic bag inside a paper bag (so sis couldn't see it!), plentiful supply in car, and often spent a lot of the journey just holding it.
I remember our twice yearly trips to gran's, 300+ miles ...
Feel so sorry for your dd, its crap.

Just thought of something else. What type of car do you have? I was, and still am, far worse in posh cars, the sort that roll over bumps, have a kind of gliding sensation. My uncle had a top of the range Ford Granada (in the 70s) and I hated travelling in it. Much preferred a jalopy!

we have bought seabands.. you get them from chemist for adults and kids.

They helped a bit with the flying with ds as he was sick on flight out but not coming back. He did still feel a bit ick tho

'Traveleze chewy pastiles'!. Mine (i have 2 sicky kids)have half of one each...and are totally fine.
I take them too (they get it from me).My 2 are ok as long as it is a short journey on straight roads ...but anything over about 20 mins and really they need something.
dd has been having them since she was 2
They taste like strawberry chews...so neither have a problem taking them. They can cause drowsiness so i usually give them the night before we go somewhere...(if we are off on a long journey) but i have also forgotton and given them about an hour before and both have been ok..they just get tired earlier and sleep well that night.
They have been an absolute godsend...travelling with dd was a nightmare before.

Boots sell em

forgot to say is that seabands u wear on your wrists.. they p[ress on pressure points so no need to any medicine

An empty ice cream box lined with a plastic bag and some paper towel is handy to keep all the time in the car. For preventing sickness we found that story tapes heard through headphones worked very well. Hth.