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Throwing up in the car :-(

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rapunzelle · 31/08/2007 22:50

My gorgeous boy (2.5 yrs) keeps throwing up on long car journeys. I get about 45 seconds warning and then BLEUGH

It's distressing for him and the car reeks! Ay advice on tried and tested travel sickness remedies for wee ones?

Pleeeease

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Frizbe · 31/08/2007 22:52

Those nice pressure bands available in boots did the trick with ss go and check em out, they just slip over the wrist and press on an accupuncture/pressure point bit to stop it all happening

WendyWeber · 31/08/2007 23:01

My much older boy used to get terribly travel sick, but there are some red travel pills that sorted him out, only I can't remember the name - dark blue box with a plane on the front?

They are chewy, and taste nice, and can be taken up to 24 hours before travelling. I don't know if they work on little ones too but they did work on him (and he was travel-sick from a v young age)

WendyWeber · 31/08/2007 23:06

Finally found the ones - Traveleeze

But I think most of the others available have the same active ingredient and these did work.

twentypence · 31/08/2007 23:06

Move his car seat to the middle if possible. Put on a CD and encourage him to sing along (may be a little young for this, but doing singing breathing really helps). I like the wrist bands, but his wrists may be too tiny for them to work. Phenerghan if it doesn't make him go insane. Ginger if you can get him to eat it. Don't give him dairy 24 hours before travel. Tissue with ginger and peppermint essential oil on it. Seeing how long you can make a single crinkle cut crisp last.

Can you tell I was horribly car sick as a child? What cured me was having my adenoids out and my mum and dad getting a new car (which happened at the same time so we will never know which). We have affectionately named our old Montego "the vomit comet".

WendyWeber · 31/08/2007 23:09

Oh - there is some ginger in Traveleeze!

Mistymoo · 31/08/2007 23:12

My ds had and still does have the same problem. As he was so young when this started the dr advised piriton or equivalent and the anti-histamine (sp) helps.

My heart goes out to you and your ds it is not nice

twentypence · 31/08/2007 23:20

Good point - ds is always loaded up with Zyrtec before long journeys (but in case he encounters new pollen or food), I guess that's a nice side effect.

Aefondkiss · 31/08/2007 23:30

my working preventions are:

fresh air, unless it is positively pissing down, keep the windows open, regular freezing blasts of air, make sure they are no too warmly swaddled...

keep them singing, talking and looking ahead( I get dd to check for deer with death wish)

do NOT let them snooze/get drowsy - this is an indicator for my two being on the verge of puking( I usually tickle my children if they show signs of sleeping, unless I know they are really tired, but then we just get prepared to stop for vomit when they wake up)

I give dd and ds ginger snaps/ very plain biscuits and water to drink (if necessary)

on long journeys, regular stops, often found dd was always sick after the first 45 mins of driving

these all work for me, my dd seems to be growing out of the car sick stage but I am still very careful, ds isn't as bad for it but he will puke sometimes...

we had a recent car trip of 1,500 miles (it wasn't a holiday!) and obv spent a lot of time in the car and neither were sick

jennifersofia · 31/08/2007 23:48

v. sympathetic, as my dd's and I all get motion sick. Basically, we avoid cars as much as poss! When we do need to do long journeys (longer than 20 min) we:

  1. have a bowl beside (and tell them when to use it!) and wipes, bottle of water
  2. lots of fresh air
  3. small mints can help a bit
  4. for a long journey we have drugged with Phenegen, which does work, but I hate doing it, as it makes them rather out of sorts
  5. Recently have been trying homeopathic remedy cococculus, which seems to be working! Wrist bands didn't work for us.
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rapunzelle · 01/09/2007 14:14

WOW! Thanks for all the advice, Mumsnet is so great for realising that you are not alone. Several people have suggested moving him to the middle seat, will try this although a bit worried as there are then more people for him to throw up on! Hadn't thought of the wrist bands despite the fact that they worked for my morning sickness.

Thanks all of you for taking the time to offer suggestions. Will keep you posted.

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crunchie · 01/09/2007 22:05

Oh and we keep a vomit box in teh car Basically an old ice cream tub, filled with nappy sacks/baby wipes and kitchen towels, kept between the seats on a long journey. Mine seem to have grown out of it now luckily

fishie · 01/09/2007 22:09

and... the other warnign it is about to happen is extreme snappiness/fury.

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