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[xScrunchee]

Well, after 7 years of being 'carless' we now have a car

 

It's a black Escort and it is lovely but our 3 year old son is soooo travel sick

 

For the past year we haven't even been able to go on a bus as he ends up feeling so ill.

Last week we managed to go about 4 or 5 stops and he wasn't too bad but we could only go 2 stops on the way back and we had to get off and walk.

 

We have tried Sealegs and Joyrides (travel sick pills) but neither seem to work.

He hates the taste of Ginger so that's out too.

 

We hoped that he might be ok in the car and we have spent the past couple of days letting him sit in it without moving etc while we were waiting for the booster seats to come so that he gets used to it but no joy as soon as we move. We thought that we would take him round the block (about 3 or 4 mins driving) but he ended up upset and feeling sick-now he doesn't want to go back in the car at all.

 

I have just ordered some travel sickness wrist bands as these are our last hope really.

 

After a whole year of travelling nowhere and finally getting a car after just over 7 years it seems such a shame that we are still not going to be able to travel further than how far we can walk!!!!!!!!!

 

What else can I try?????? I'm desperate

 

Cheers all

[Egluntyne]

How about **Seabands**.

 

Poor lad.

[Keanie Bean]

It might help, but the only thing I can think of would be hypnotherapy. It's very expensive at about £30 - £60 for an hours session, but it would be useful as a final resort.

 

It would be so restrictive for you all never to be able to go anywhere in a vehicle. I hope you find a simpler solution.

 

Sarah.x

[xScrunchee]

They are the wrist bands that I have just ordered

 

I am praying that they work for him as the poor little mite was soooo excited to go in Daddy's new car but now he says 'Uh ah- don't like cars, make me feel sick!'

 

Really not fair on him-can't imagine how awful he must feel

[lisa33]

When I was a child I used to get really car sick. Eventually my mum heard that if you sat on newspaper in the car you didn't get car sick.

 

I'm sure it was purely phsychological but it worked.

[fairy&cake]

awwww thats heartbreaking. Poor baby, i hope that you get it sorted.

 

The newspaper thing is so funny!

[ali-s]

Poor wee thing

 

My son was the same from age 0 to about 10 years old He had his own suitcase of travelling clothes, at least 4 complete changes of clothes for journeys. He would get through all of them as he was sick everywhere.

 

We tried lots of different remedies, none worked and ended up seeing our doctor who prescribed an anti travelsickness medicine which would knock Jack out for the whole journey. Visiting family was a nightmare as it is a 500 mile journey with the first hour or so on very twisty roads. We had to carry him when we had a loo stop and balance him on the loo.

 

The medicine was a godsend for us and Jack. On shorter journeys we would give him less of the medicine.

 

Jack always sat in the front passenger seat. He would have the passenger window slightly open for fresh air, no books or games which needed concentration were allowed. He would listen to story tapes for entertainment. If he was hungry or thirsty he would nibble on a dry biscuit and sip water. Travelling through the night really helped as well, we would set off about an hour after Jack's usual bedtime. When we travelled I never wore perfume as Jack would complain that the smell made him feel funny, also we didn't use a car air freshener.

 

Jack gradually grew out of his travel sickness but he still likes to sit in the front

 

I do hope you find a solution.

[ali-s]

Forgot to say we used to let Jack "drive" the car under supervision to get him used to the engine noise. He really didn't like the car as he associated it with feeling poorly.

 

He would sit in the car on the driveway (with a parent) with the engine running and play with the steering wheel, lights, indicators, pedals etc,( not the gear stick or handbrake )

 

We bought Jack a plastic toy steering wheel that you fixed onto the side window with a sucker and a bit of spit so he could Drive

[BeckyBoo]

No chance he's got an ear balance problem or anything? Has he been seen by a doctor? And could there be a chance that he now automatically "expects" to feel sick which might be making it worse. I'm not very good on boats and most of that is because I get so nervous about goin gon them that I feel sick before we've even moved off! (My Dad used to let me change gear as he as driving along - he would put his hand over mine on the gear stick so I felt like I was driving - don't tell anyone cos I'm a copper now, but I used to love going in the car for that reason alone!)

I hope you get it sorted, the world will be your oyster!

 

Mrs B

[Tessa the Duchess]

I am wondering if you could go and see a homeopath. Again it might be expensive, but sometimes homeopathy works when everything else has failed. I used to get terrible travel sickness when I was a child and I still can't read when travelling as a passenger.

 

Tessa

[WitchHazel]

Speaking as someone who suffers terribly from travel sickness, being over the wheels is a major cause, as the motion is amplified there.

 

I'm always sick if I travel in the back of a car, but am OK in the front as long as I don't try and read or do anything like that. As a child, my dad worked out the wheels thing. We tried it with me in the front and my mum in the back, but then she got very travel sick. At least she knew I wasn't making it up.

 

I was always sick on school trips. After the wheels thing though, I used to make sure I didn't sit over the wheels, and I wasnt too bad. I still have problems as an adult on a coach or bus, and always avoid the tell tale lumps in the floor that indicate the wheel arches.

 

I don't know if that'll help.

[Karen & co.]

I wondered if it was the smell of the car? sometimes even the hint of an aroma can trigger nausea, I don't mean horrible smells does he like the smell of mint or lavender? that you could put on a hankie for him?

 

Karen x

[Ana's flock]

I also used to be car-sick - a combination of movement, car smells etc...

 

My oldest son also had a problem with car-sickness. Things that worked for us were: have your visual attention on things far away from the car (horizon, sky, fields) because they don't 'move' so fast as things 'near' the car, and give the brain an illusion of stability - helps with the balance.

 

Other thing is acupressure, ask your child to press with his finger on top of his upper lip, in the middle, just underneath his nose. I used to tell my boy this was a magical feeling-good point. (I don't know the science behind, whether it's a placebo, or has some sort of connection to the balance part of the brain - but it worked!).

 

Never, ever read or look at books or small detail while being a passenger in the car. To this day I'm still unable to look at a map except very briefly.

 

An Argentinian friend of mine (also sea-sick sufferer) told me she successfully travelled (by ship) to and from Argentine, by keeping her tummy full most of the time - she said that way there was no room for the food to 'move about' - it sounds weird, but I tried the technique when crossing the channel to France on a ferry during a nasty and windy November day (crossings were being cancelled, before and after ours due to weather conditions), and against all the odds IT WORKED!!!

 

If the doctors don't find anything medically wrong with your son, have a go at some of these things and I hope they work for you. It must be really frustrating having a car and not being able to use it...

 

Best of luck!

 

Ana

[MedusA]

I'm always sick if I travel in the back of a car, but am OK in the front as long as I don't try and read or do anything like that.

 

Me too. Ever since I was small, I'm hopeless at travel by car or bus. I have to be able to sit in the front, have fresh air and see out of the window, then I'm OK. Weirdly, trains and planes are no problem. I'm also OK when driving myself. I think it must be the concentrating. Not that I'm suggesting you put your 3 year old behind the wheel.

 

I sympathise with your little boy. Hope you find a solution from one of the many sensible suggestions here.

[Egluntyne]

I'm travel sick too.....but never if I'm driving.

[Guest]

The poor thing, I know how he feels!!

 

I'm OK with every form of transport boat/plane/car etc, everything except trains!!

 

My reason I believe is because there is no fresh air and I can't see out of the front window, all that fast moving past the sides makes me feel dizzy/sick.

 

Also looking down/reading whilst moving makes me feel sick as well...

 

So my 3 top tips to try are:

 

Letting him sit in the front

Turn the heating to cool and open a window for lots of fresh air

Don't let him read/watch a movie/play with a games console etc.

 

See how you get on, you might find it doesn't work, but it's worth a shot!

 

Good luck!

[fairy&cake]

If the car has a front passenger air bag, its illegal to let them in the front under 12.

 

Just thought i should mention it.

 

Its incase they get suffocated if it goes off.

[Guest]

If the car has a front passenger air bag, its illegal to let them in the front under 12.

 

Just thought i should mention it.

 

Its incase they get suffocated if it goes off.

 

Even if it can be deactivated by a switch?

 

I'm just asking the question to clarify for others...

[Egluntyne]

Have a look **here**

[Guest]

lol you beat me to it Eglutine!! - The battery died on my laptop just as I was about to submit the reply...

 

Basically for anyone interested, you can legally sit a child in the front passenger seat with the airbag enabled or disabled, but they must be sat on a booster seat if they are under the age of 12, or until they are over 135cm in height.

 

If you have a baby in a rearward facing car seat then you can place it on the front passenger seat only if you have deactivated the airbag or if your vehicle is not equiped with a front passengers airbag.

[Jules.]

Alexander is still car sick sometimes.

He was sick when we had the Rover 25, but now we have the Citroen Picasso he's fine- I wonder if the suspension had something to do with it, as the Picasso is much higher off the ground?

He sits in the front if he has to travel far in other people's cars, & I always send him with a sick bag taken from aeroplanes just in case

 

I really hope the seabands work

[Tina C]

lol you beat me to it Eglutine!! - The battery died on my laptop just as I was about to submit the reply...

 

Basically for anyone interested, you can legally sit a child in the front passenger seat with the airbag enabled or disabled, but they must be sat on a booster seat if they are under the age of 12, or until they are over 135cm in height.

 

If you have a baby in a rearward facing car seat then you can place it on the front passenger seat only if you have deactivated the airbag or if your vehicle is not equiped with a front passengers airbag.

 

Layla has just turned 7 and she is 135cm we checked as she was definitely looking a bit big for her car seat...

 

She recently start getting car sick and the sea bands really work for her (but I think there is a bit of psychology involved - Father Christmas bought them for her )

 

Joy Rides make her conk out, which helps, but worries me.

[AnnieP]

When I was a child I used to get really car sick. Eventually my mum heard that if you sat on newspaper in the car you didn't get car sick.

 

I'm sure it was purely phsychological but it worked.

 

It funny you should say this, but I am a teacher and every year have to take 60 Year 6 children on a trip down to Cornwall in a giant bus, about a 4 hour journey through some very windy roads. Puke city I am afraid for years, until we discovered magic newspaper.

Yes, really, we simply tear off a page, make the child sit on it and tell them they will not feel sick any more. It works!

 

I am also travel sick if I cannot see out of the front. I cannot look down, I feel sick just thinking aout reading whilst going along!

I do empathise!

Good luck!

[Lesley]

.... and I'm feeling sick just reading about air fresheners

 

I can't cope with synthetic smells

 

I wish someone had told my sister about magic newspaper many years ago - she was always being sick..... on my feet She used to get new clothes if we happened to be away from home - but I just had my shoes wiped

[Guest]

.... and I'm feeling sick just reading about air fresheners

 

I can't cope with synthetic smells

 

I completely agree with this as well…

 

Any strong smells can cause sickness in confined spaces. Such as perfume, air fresheners, deodorant etc.

 

Also obviously eratic driving doesn't help with people who get travel sick (accelerating/stopping/turning quickly) etc.

 

Finally it may help if you try not to let him eat just before a journey and make sure he has been to the toilet.

 

I can't think of anything else that may help...

Edited April 11, 2008 by Guest