I am asking for any advice to help my 15 month old deal with car sickness. Initally I thought he may have an allergy to a particular food b/c he seemed to vomit (in the car) after eating it, we cut out that food and it is still happening at least 1 time per week. I try not to feed him too close to any time we would be in the car, but even if it is a hour before it still happens. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
It really stinks! (no pun intended!)
Also this just started!
Thanks everyone for all your advice!!
Actually I have really monitored when my sons motion sickness was occuring and found it only to be in the morning.
But I also play it safe and try not to eat & go any other time of day.
Keeping his car seat in the middle & having the windows cracked also helps!
Thanks again!
J.
I had horrible car sickness as a child. My Mom found the if I could see out of the car - looking down at the road- that I felt better. Dramamine also helped for long trips - now they actually make flavors in gum.
My daughter did the same thing around the same age. She also got night terrors around the same time. They did coincide with each other. Does he get upset in the car? My daughter can make herself throw up when she gets upset. She grew out of her car sickness though. I would go to your pediatrician just to be sure. Good Luck.
Have you spoken with your pediatrition yet?? I have motion sickness and have for 30 yrs.now. Normally if you are suffering from this you have symptoms everytime you are in a car, boat or airplane. Does he get sick everytime you drive somewhere?? You can try keeping a window open for cirrculated air, chew gum (if he can...lol)there is a wide variety of medications out there....they have a patch that works well, ask your doc...see what they say.
Hello Jessica,
My daughter now 9 years old also suffers from car sickness. She started around the same age. I always tell her to look out the front window if possible to see where she is going. Do not let your child read or play games that require looking down. I open the window for her a crack and the cold air seems to help. When she was real bad, I had a motion sickness bracelet that she would wear. It seemed to help quite a bit. Check your pharmacy for the bracelet, they are safe and have no side effects.
Good lUck!
A.
You might want to get his ears checked Jessica to make sure he doesn't have any ear infection. Most children get really miserable with ear infections, but there are some that don't give any indication that they are sick. Inner ear problems can definitely cause nausea.
I get car sick if I don't have a window opened at least a little bit. The fresh air really seems to counter the effects of the moving car.
Also, ask your doctor about if your son is able to have Dramamine. It is an over the counter medecine, and works well with my daughter. The problem is, it is a pill. They are easy to break to smaller pieces (my girl uses half of one). You may be able to give that to him. I dont' knwo if there is a liquid form, but my sister has a nifty little thing, it holds herdaughter's pills in one side, and the top screws off. you put the pill in it and screw on the top and it crushes the medecine, so that you can add it to formula, juice, youghurt, whatever. (my niece needs to take pills every day. she is 3 with Down's syndrome.) Anyway, ask the doctor. And good luck.
My daughter started getting sick in the car at about the same age. Besides getting her to play games that required her to look out the window, instead of inside the car, we bought her a pair of motion sickness bracelets. They are a grey elasticized band with a plastic bump when placed on the proper pressure point on her wrists seemed to stop the motion sickness. We bought them at CVS (our local drug store). We were very happy she did not have to take medications that all seem to have some side effects. We even took a raod trip to Florida without any "Messes". Sorry I can't tell you the official product name -- we lost the package long ago, but I know they are still being sold because my niece just bought a pair a few weeks ago to help her with morning sickness. We did have to figit with them at first to get the bump on just the right spot, but from then on we were very pleased. Hope they work for you.
Where is his car seat positioned? It might help him to be facing foward in the center so that he can see the road in front vs. looking to the side.
My daughter is turning 7 and has always gotten sick in the car and the only thing that seemed to work was having her watch a favorite DVD on the ride. I think having her focus on something else instead of looking out the window worked. As she got older we play games like for every letter in the alphabet you must think of a "whatever topic eg;animals or food". Also putting the car seat in the middle of the car and not close to the window. Hope this helps.
