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My dd gets car sick 
it took me awhile to figure this out, and I feel bad. She does not throw up, just squirms and wiggles in her seat and asks a bazillion times how much longer the ride will be. Or, if I say we are going somewhere, she starts to cry and says she doesn't want to go. Only occasionally she will mention that her stomach hurts.
Anyway, now that she is older she has been able to tell me more about why she dislikes the car so much, and basically she feels car sick. Not surprising- it's pretty common in my family, even with some of the adults.
I'm looking for help. She is not old enough to ride in the front seat. She does not want to take dramamine, and I'm hoping to find some other alternatives.
With all the moms and kids in this forum, I know there must be some tried and true remedies out there!
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I think it's one of those great mysteries of life.  I'm the same way. I require curvy roads to make me feel sick to my stomach. But, a car ride for a long straight highway ride gives me a headache (I take pain reliever before leaving the house). Some simple things that help me is to just watch the road. If you can see the road you know what is coming and expect it. If she isn't using a booster seat anymore you may want to go back to using one to help her be able to see the road. Put her closes to the front as possible next to a window. If I'm on a curvy road and look down for 15 seconds that is enough to do me in. As a parent slow down and take it easy while driving. When she gets older she can just drive herself. I've never gotten sick while driving it's just as a passenger.
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There's a homeopathic from Hyland's for motion sickness.. it's works pretty well.. not the extreme cases (really bad roads) but most of the time.
And yes.. slowing down a bit makes a big difference on curvy roads.. gives time for their equilibrium to keep up.
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These Sea Bands really helped my younger brother who had really bad car sickness when he was young. He DID throw up, poor kid all over the back of my seat once, which almost set off a chain reaction in others in the vehicle!  There are also morning sickness candies, or Quesy Pops which may help too, I think they helped him.
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I get carsick. I can stave it off by keeping an eye on the horizon (and driving but this may not be an option for you  ) However, if I do get carsick, all the horizon gazing in the world doesn't help. I have to reboot by pulling over and walking around and breathing. Then I can drive or keep a hard eye on the horizon again.
I almost never get carsick in town, just on trips. I don't know why, though.
I hope that helps some.
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There's also pressure points on the ear.. when my mom was on a cruise they glued little dots/balls onto her ear in the proper spot and then all she had to do was press them to feel better immediately. Not sure who you'd need to see for that or if you can look it up for yourself.
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This might not have anything to help, but the WSJ just had an article last week about this!
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Boy, do I feel for your daughter! I though that I was mostly over my motion sickness, but it's getting worse again.
One of the biggest things for me in preventing car sickness (besides sitting in the front seat and no reading) is to ride in the car with a full stomach. If I am hungary I will get much, much worse.
The hardest thing is that once you feel sick it seems to have to run it's course. So for me, prevention is huge.
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I was just going to wonder if there is a correlation with low blood sugar and carsickness... It's not necessarily a cause, but empty stomach and hunger make it worse.
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Homeopathic remedies nux vomica or carbo veg also helped ds (Pilgrim's brother). I agree that having a full stomach (as opposed to an empty one) is also helpful. We usually take string cheese and yogurt on long car rides to stave off low blood sugar. I think mint flavored gums are also somewhat helpful.
We recently came up with a theory why you don't feel bumps and curves or get car sick as much while driving (as opposed to being a passenger) ~ your body is more stable while holding onto the steering wheel!
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I think its just the empty tummy part.. being too full is just as bad at making the sickness feeling worse (and of course if you get to throwing up it's way worse )
Generally motion sickness is inner ear related, when you start feeling sick and get out.. walk! it helps more than sitting still. I've read somewhere that shaking your head (like saying no) really fast can help resettle the inner ear.. and it seems to help but doing it is miserable when you don't feel well.
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oh and salt and tart seem to help.. sunflower seeds and sweet tarts are the perfect combo
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With my dd, she had carsickness from the time she was an infant. When we finally figured it out, we worked with it. Ginger works miracles with her. She takes ginger capsules now, as she is 16. When she was little, it was ginger candy, ginger sparklers(cookies) a little flat gingerale. Anything ginger helped.
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This is all great information, and I really think there may be a link between her blood sugar and sickness level. She tends to get very droopy and cranky before meals.
It;s funny how car sickness comes and goes. As a kid, I suffered pretty horribly. Then I seemed to outgrow it as a teen but suffered again as a young adult. Now I am OK unless I try to read in the car
I am going to look in to the ginger and several other options. Thanks!
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My 5 year old and 4 year old would get carsick all the time until about a year and a half ago. Their carseats are next to each other and one would throw up and set the other one off We figured out the following:
1. No dairy products before a long journey (they love dairy and are not allergic - but for some reason this made them sicker)
2. The remedy we still use now for long journeys (beach etc) - a half teaspoon or teaspoon of Benadryl kids liquid before we leave. Their pediatrician recommended this - and they have never been sick with Benadryl.
3. Other things - no reading or focused activities in the car, no turning heads around constantly to talk to people in the back seat of the van. Close eyes when feeling sick. Tiny little peppermints from Trader Joe's help. Iced water is always good.
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JennGM wrote:
This might not have anything to help, but the WSJ just had an article last week about this!
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This was a very interesting article. Looks like ginger capsules and a light protein meal before getting in the car will help dd a lot!
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i got sick as a child, too (and suffer from terrible morning sickness during pregnancy- apparently there is a connection). the only thing that worked for me was to always have windows open , even in the winter, and to ride with my head resting on the open window!
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