Disclosure: I received complimentary products to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own.
My older daughter is extremely prone to carsickness. It's gotten better as she's gotten older and has learned some self-soothing techniques, but I still need to be prepared with every vacation or long car ride, and I'm still cautious about roller coaster rides. Here are techniques that have worked for me to help prevent or ease the nausea.
- Eat something. My daughter and I are both more prone to carsickness when we have completely empty stomachs. Making sure we eat a small snack before we go, and having small amounts to eat periodically, really helps.
- Hard candy helps. Lollipops, suckers, hard candy - for some reason, having that really eases symptoms too. I don't know if it's a distraction or just that it provides a little something in the tummy, but if she's starting to feel sick and we give her a small hard candy, she doesn't complain for quite a while.
- Time reading and close-up activities. She's better at self-regulating now, but when she was younger, we could only let her have a book/tablet/coloring book for about ten minutes, then we'd remind her to look up and around or play some version of I Spy or another game to get her focusing far away. There's something about focus and movement that can mess with some kids.
- Fresh air. For my daughter and myself, fresh air always helps. We've cracked windows in the middle of winter before. It's better than upset tummies!
We recently got to try Mommy's Bliss Kids Upset Tummy and Nausea relief. It's an all-natural herbal remedy. It's easy to use because it's in single-dose packets, so dosing is uncomplicated and you don't have to worry about an open bottle. It's free of sugar, gluten, soy, dairy, alcohol, and parabens and is completely vegan. It's definitely something I'll bring along on roadtrips, as it was able to provide relief even when the above tips failed! It can be purchased at mommysbliss.com or drugstore.com.
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