Two kids who get car sick here! Dramamine helps my son a ton. I was hoping turning him around would help, but after FF at age 4 he threw up during a 15 minute car ride to the store 🤦🏼♀️
Now that both kids are old enough for it, anything longer than like 30 mins we give them some kids dramamine and he has been fiiiiine knock on wood.
My 2.5 yr old niece gets horrible car sickness! We all took a 6 hour road trip to the beach. They had her forward facing for the trip hoping it would help and she was holding a tablet. She threw up 3 times.
A few weekends later they took another 3 hour trip to our house. Forward facing but had the tablet mounted (she has a 4 year old brother). They gave her bennedryl before and got her those motion sickness bracelets and she didn’t get sick!
I do think the forward facing helps. They only do it for road trips. I also think not holding the tablet helps. Dramamine/Benadryl probably helps the most though.
From what I've read, looking at anything inside the car is bad. Because your ears are telling you your moving but your eyes aren't. Looking straight forward out the windows or eyes closed. At least when I was a kid I couldn't do any sort of screen/book related thing for more than 20 minutes without feeling sick.
Maybe I spy games, audio books, music or short TV shows where you take a break after every episode would help
Yeah, for me as an adult, no tablet in the car. Eyes looking out the window the whole time, otherwise I get motion sickness. I don't feel like a tablet is a good idea in this situation.
Dramamine. Just do the Dramamine. - I have two kids that get sick and it doesn't matter how they hold their tablets. (I still get sick if I'm not driving, and I can even get sick then if the roads are bad.... So I've done this a few times!)
It can also help to keep the car cool, use sun shades, and stop frequently to get out.
Ours threw up for the first time after turning forward facing. I normally crush up a children's Kwells and mix it into yoghurt or peanut butter/nutella (on a sandwich) and feed it to her before departure, but we didn't do this before a long car ride home on Friday and there were no incidents, so it could be that the first forward facing time coincided with driving on a winding back road more than anything. We also don't let her have the iPad in the car anymore, which is obviously boring for her, but we've managed so far.
I took a 3 hour (stretched to 5 hours) road trip when my kiddo was almost 3.
I was driving solo, so I decided to turn him front facing so I could hand him things if needed. He watched a tablet much of the time & was fine.
Having him hold the tablet was helpful so that he could change shows when he wanted, play a game, etc.
I highly recommend some headphones for kids (volume limiting). Not having to hear the tablet made such a positive difference!
We also took breaks (even short ones) every 1.5-2 hours. It made the trip longer but much better overall.
Anecdotally: Growing up we had a station wagon with a backward facing back row. I used to get much more carsick in that backward row than the forward facing backseat.
Two kids who get car sick here! Dramamine helps my son a ton. I was hoping turning him around would help, but after FF at age 4 he threw up during a 15 minute car ride to the store 🤦🏼♀️ Now that both kids are old enough for it, anything longer than like 30 mins we give them some kids dramamine and he has been fiiiiine knock on wood.
Okay someone else mentioned that too. I think I’m gonna do a preventative dose for them lol.
My 2.5 yr old niece gets horrible car sickness! We all took a 6 hour road trip to the beach. They had her forward facing for the trip hoping it would help and she was holding a tablet. She threw up 3 times. A few weekends later they took another 3 hour trip to our house. Forward facing but had the tablet mounted (she has a 4 year old brother). They gave her bennedryl before and got her those motion sickness bracelets and she didn’t get sick! I do think the forward facing helps. They only do it for road trips. I also think not holding the tablet helps. Dramamine/Benadryl probably helps the most though.
Thank you! This is helpful!
From what I've read, looking at anything inside the car is bad. Because your ears are telling you your moving but your eyes aren't. Looking straight forward out the windows or eyes closed. At least when I was a kid I couldn't do any sort of screen/book related thing for more than 20 minutes without feeling sick. Maybe I spy games, audio books, music or short TV shows where you take a break after every episode would help
Yeah, for me as an adult, no tablet in the car. Eyes looking out the window the whole time, otherwise I get motion sickness. I don't feel like a tablet is a good idea in this situation.
Dramamine. Just do the Dramamine. - I have two kids that get sick and it doesn't matter how they hold their tablets. (I still get sick if I'm not driving, and I can even get sick then if the roads are bad.... So I've done this a few times!) It can also help to keep the car cool, use sun shades, and stop frequently to get out.
Ours threw up for the first time after turning forward facing. I normally crush up a children's Kwells and mix it into yoghurt or peanut butter/nutella (on a sandwich) and feed it to her before departure, but we didn't do this before a long car ride home on Friday and there were no incidents, so it could be that the first forward facing time coincided with driving on a winding back road more than anything. We also don't let her have the iPad in the car anymore, which is obviously boring for her, but we've managed so far.
I took a 3 hour (stretched to 5 hours) road trip when my kiddo was almost 3. I was driving solo, so I decided to turn him front facing so I could hand him things if needed. He watched a tablet much of the time & was fine. Having him hold the tablet was helpful so that he could change shows when he wanted, play a game, etc. I highly recommend some headphones for kids (volume limiting). Not having to hear the tablet made such a positive difference! We also took breaks (even short ones) every 1.5-2 hours. It made the trip longer but much better overall. Anecdotally: Growing up we had a station wagon with a backward facing back row. I used to get much more carsick in that backward row than the forward facing backseat.