Carsick Help!

Peppermint is great when you're feeling nauseas. You could try some peppermint oil on a tissue tucked in his top or something.

Rescue remedy?

I know you really don't want to hear it - sorry!! - but my cousins were frightfully carsick growing up. My Auntie tried EVERYTHING to no avail, but got very good at pulling over in time. I hope that's not the case for you (but in case nothing works, thought you might at least like to know that you're not the only one )

Now he's older, one of my cousins finds those magnetic bands very helpful, they pretty much get rid of the problem (he's an ambulance officer, not a good place to get carsick). Worth a shot?

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My oldest used to get carsick just on long trips so we started giving her phenergan the dose for tatavel sickness is 5ml for a 2yr old, you take it the night before you travel and then again6-8 hrs on the trip if needed,
The other thing we tried were the sea sick wrist bands.

Fresh air blowing onto the face works well too. Was the only thing that really helped me when I was younger. Annoying I know

Hey as an experienced car sick kid (and adult for that matter) I can tell you all the tricks.

Personally the bands never worked for me. As a kid I was on the sea legs pills, but I was always on a higher dose so after a while I think I got immune. But they worked really.

Ginger beer (pref flat) works really well but they need to drink it quite regularly. Ginger anything is great but you need to eat it every 1/2 hour or so.

As an adult I swear by the blackmores ginger tablets. You have to take them religously so many per hour (or whatever it says on the box) but I have been in 5m swells and not been sick. I usually get sick just waiting for the ferry to undock!!

Books reading is bad, but I've heard a DVD player is better as it forces the kids to look straight ahead.

BUT the best fix (and DH hates this) is the driver, they need to not drive so the kids get sick. I can make myself sick if I drive the wrong way!! DH is finally coming round to this, once me DS and the dog all threw up on the same stretch of road!!! Good luck

is he rear facing?

i know i get mighty car sick if im facing backwards

I get car sick and my 3 y/o used to too. I lined under thier seats with old towels and a rubbish bag under that so it didn't get through the seat cos once it does its very hard to get rid of the smell, also had one on the floor in front of her and sort of tied one round her like a bib as well. In the boot I carried a bucket, some empty 2l containers with disinfectant water, rags and some oust fabric spray as well as wet facecloths in bags and nappy wipes and towels. Also some old plastic bags and a rubbish bag to carry them home in (I hate the smell it makes me feel even sicker so go overborad to avoid it).
I don't feed her immediately before a trip but find if she has a good breakfast at LEAST an hour before going it stays put. No yoghurt or milk to drink either. She has cold water in a bottle and I try to encourage her to have a sleep. She is now big enough and uses and icecream container so no need for all the towels etc, but I still prepare with my sick kit in the back.
For myself I prefer to drive, but husband not keen so on long trips when I feel dodgy I turn air con up full blast on my face and concentrate on singing to take my mind off it, I find closing my eyes and listening to my ipod concentrating hard on music helps heaps, although it is very antisocial, lol.

ok we have just mastered the car sick thing but not sure if it will work for one so young. We travel with a kids beach bucket lined with a plastic bag. But since we started this trick we haven't had to use it.

Get them to hold a lemon and focus on it. Not sure why but it honestly works. They hold the lemon the whole way and on the windy bits we make them focus on it. My son has thrown up everytime going thru the karagahake gourge and the L n P bottle at Paeroa has seen more of his vomit that it really should. We live on one side and my sister on the other so it is a frequent trip. Since the lemon trick we haven't had one spew.

Hope this helps.

im ridiculously carsick. when i was pregnant the sea bands helped. but not anymore. the sealegs pills were useless. ginger beer/ginger anything is useless. i have to stare STRAIGHT ahead with the window down. (if its raining i have the a/c on full blast on my face)

the only way im ever not carsick is if im driving.

ever seen someone ACTUALLY green with sickness? yeah thats me....


i have the blackmores ginger tablets that i will try - but im useless at swallowing pills so may need to do the sly chew and chase it with a half bottle of juice lol.


oh and eating helps - coz you are constantly swallowing it down. and also the fuller you are the easier it is to deal with.


no idea about kids though sorry! ive heard of rescue remedy - might try it myself.


good luck!

Wow so many replies!
I got some phenergen, so we'll give that a go :D

Peanut you're so right >< We're gonna go back the long way thru clutha etc where it's less windy.

Thanks to everyone who has offered help etc. Sheza - I am gonna get some rubbish bags to line the back of the car with on the way home! Vomit is just so hard to get out of carseat covers!! argh! 3 washes in the machine later and it still smells ><