How do you prevent motion sickness for a toddler?

Question

My son has special needs and can not speak, so I do not even know he feels bad until he either starts crying or throws up. What can I do before or during a car ride to make him feel better? I am unsure if Dramamine is safe yet.

Answer 1

You can give Dramamine to a 2 year old, just 1/4th of a tablet. My daughter gets motion sickness and throws up in the car on long car rides so I just started giving it to her and it works great. There's a non-drowsy formula you can get, but I give her the regular kind and it does knock her out for the ride.

Answer 2

I had motion sickness bad as a kid. This might be worth a shot, if it doesn't work you haven't hurt anything.

It actually helped me to have eaten something an hour or so before a trip. Something light, like a sandwich, settling in my stomach kept the gasses in my stomach from expanding and therefore kept me from being sick. Unfortunately, we didn't discover this until I was about 12 years old.

Hope that helps, and if not, I hope you find something that does. :)

Answer 3

The drugstore carries some pressure point bracelets if he'll keep them on. They are by the dramamine, they are just wore on the wrist. I wore these on my honeymoon on the 8 hour plane ride, helicopter and boats. It really helps.

Answer 4

The pressure point bracelts are called Sea Bands and they work Great to prevent motion sickness even in children

Answer 5

Keep him cool. Heat encourages motion sickness. Give him cool cloths (dampen them in cold water at home and stick them in a small cooler) and don't let him look outside the side window. Get a shade that not only blocks heat but vision and put it on the side window.

Good luck!

Answer 6

sit him in the middle of the car seats instead of looking on the sides hell have to look forward. that helped me and i get car sick