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max's mama · 08-03-2009, 11:52 AM

My 4 year old boy gets car-sick very easily. Even when we are just going for a 45 minutes ride, he starts to complain that he is getting nauseaus and quite often he throws up.
Next weekend we are driving up to visit a family and it will be 3 1/2 to 4 hours car drive.
Is there anything I can do to prevent or help him with this? Are there any natural remedies against it? I mean, it's a long ride, so probably prior to it he will need to eat something otherwise he will get hungry DURING the ride.
Any ideas?

sweetana3 · 08-03-2009, 12:03 PM

Pull up the recent thread "Car sickness" for three pages of discussion directly on topic.

brokencrayola · 08-03-2009, 12:06 PM

Make sure he is looking out the window straight ahead. He should not be looking down as in looking at a book or toy etc.

max's mama · 08-03-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetana3

Pull up the recent thread "Car sickness" for three pages of discussion directly on topic.

This one right? Thanks!
//www.city-data.com/forum/paren...ickness-3.html

max's mama · 08-03-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brokencrayola

Make sure he is looking out the window straight ahead. He should not be looking down as in looking at a book or toy etc.

Thank you! His car seat is in the middle, so I will make sure I have the windows open wide and no books or toys.

Mainer61 · 08-04-2009, 06:38 PM

Can he sit in the front? That is a big help. Take some music to keep his mind on something else.
I'm 48 and I still get carsick...

therewego · 08-04-2009, 07:45 PM

I would get car/motion sickness when I was pregnant. One thing that worked were the pressure point wrist bracelets sold at Walgreen's. You could tighten them I guess somehow if his wrists are too small. just an idea...

graywolf73 · 08-06-2009, 07:46 AM

My youngest gets car sick a lot on long rides. It also depends on how fast I'm driving (highway or side street) and if he just ate. Also, I noticed that if he chews gum he almost always throws up. So we keep some large ziplocs in the car, just in case. After he once threw up all over the backseat, I've learned that those little babies can be a godsend.