Why Every Parent Should Own Travel Sickness Bands, And other ideas for preventing Travel Sickness
One Happy Traveller
It was a balmy afternoon on a beautiful winding road on a Majorcan coastal path. Immense coastal views surrounded us, the sky was a brilliant blue and a toddler was groaning in the back of the hire car. “I don’t feel well”, “my tummy hurts”. Instructions were given to look out of the side window and take in long deep breaths of air….”I don’t feel any better”, he started to cry, I turned to look at him, he’d taken on a chalky hue…”I think I’m going to be…”…and there is was, an immense pile of vomit all over the hire car, for which a substantial charge was issued. A scenic afternoon out had literally turned to crud!
After that, we were determined not to get into the same situation again, and have therefore learned many tricks for preventing travel sickness. Touch wood, since undertaking substantial research, we’ve had no more episodes and are enjoying even the most twisty and turny journeys!
Our Game Changers for Preventing Travel Sickness
1# Travel Sickness Bands
Travel Sickness Bands are our Favourite Method for staving off Travel Sickness. They are a cheap, cheerful, reusable, and completely natural method of preventing travel sickness and best of all you can purchase them quickly and easily from amazon. Travel sickness bands work by using acupressure to rebalance the ions in the body and stave off sickness, and they work really well for our little boy. They are stretchy, meaning that they fit all different wrist sizes, and super compact and light weight for easy transportation. I have taken to using them myself on big rollercoaster, which quite often make me feel a bit icky, and I used them during my periods of morning sickness too. They really do work!
2# Travel Sweets & Medication
For something to suck and help ease nausea symptoms, we love Queasy Drops Clearly, another popular method for treating any kind of severe motion or travel sickness is medication. The most popular brands for children are Kewells, Dramamine (which you can give from 2) and Benedryl. You can buy these over the counter and take them about an hour before departure. Check with your pharmacist regarding the most appropriate product for your little one.
3# Ginger Biscuits and peppermint, ginger or spearmint essence to ease nausea
On long trips we carry a stash of the ginger biscuits which were so effective for me in early pregnancy, and peppermint, ginger or spearmint essence to ease nausea.
4# Other Natural Tips
One key method for preventing travel sickness is looking out of the front window and focussing on the steady point of the horizon. This is hard for kids in the back seat because they can’t see it, so sit them in the middle, or in the front seat. Travel with the air conditioning on or the windows down, and sing songs along the way as a method of distraction. Watching tablets or reading books will only increase travel sickness symptoms. And finally (I’ve saved the best for last!) Many people swear by sitting on a newspaper to prevent travel sickness! Nobody really knows why this works (is it the smell, or the fact that it reduces your motion?!) but apparently it does. We must try this on our next long car journey.
Wishing you many happy journeys, free from vomiting!
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