Life Anyone deal with Car Sickness - Page 3

Chief Roundup · 05-21-2013, 08:36 AM

I have never had to deal with this before. I went and picked up my grandkids and I am keeping them for a little over a month. On the way home from the airport, 4 hour trip, they both end up getting sick. I asked my son about this and evidently his wife had this issue when she traveled by car. Anyway all bitching about the experience and trip back to the house aside.
How do you keep them from getting car sick short of Dramamine? They are allergic to that stuff evidently. I have made a lot of plans for the next month and there is a good amount of travel involved.
One of them is almost 2 the other will turn 4 before he goes home with his mom and dad.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

patteeu · 05-21-2013, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by seclark

I had problems w/it when I was a kid. puked every sunday on the way to church or on the way home(40 miles).
wife still gets pukey on trains or plains. says ginger helps her.

they'll probably grow out of it, but not within the next month.
seat covers, ftw.
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Did holy water burn your skin, by any chance? Just curious.

patteeu · 05-21-2013, 10:02 AM

Closing your eyes/sleeping also helps.

**bevischief** · 05-21-2013, 10:33 AM

Drug them.

prhom · 05-21-2013, 11:13 AM

These are the things that will get me car sick:
Sitting in the back seat
Tree-lined roads where you can't see for long distances
Curvy roads (windy roads in Arkansas get me almost every time)
heat

If I'm driving or sleeping, I'm fine. My car sickness as a kid went away completely when we bought an SUV with big windows I could see out of and moved from Arkansas to the California desert. Since the kids are too young to sit up front and you live in Arkansas I'd say the only option is to avoid curvy, tree-lined roads and drive slowly so you don't whip them around if you have to take roads like that. Dramamine helps, and you could try anti-nausea drops too.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 05-21-2013, 12:16 PM

Haven't read all the posts... but aside from the already-mentioned "look ahead" solution, I always found that fresh air helped me. Crack a window. And absolutely no reading or anything like that. I can still get sick in just a few seconds of that.

**gblowfish** · 05-21-2013, 12:19 PM

Car sickness, can't really help ya.
Cat sickness? Oh, I'm all over that....

**Fire Me Boy!** · 05-21-2013, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Car sickness, can't really help ya.
Cat sickness? Oh, I'm all over that....

Strap it to the roof?

**gblowfish** · 05-21-2013, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Strap it to the roof?

Hairball tonic.
And Paper Towels.
Lots of Paper Towels...

seclark · 05-21-2013, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

Did holy water burn your skin, by any chance? Just curious.

no, but once I lost my gum in the communion goblet.
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Jimmya · 05-21-2013, 02:41 PM

Motion Sickness bracelets have saved my life! Google it and you can buy them online.

suds79 · 05-21-2013, 02:50 PM

Once started to get car sick on a trip as a kid.

Dad told me to focus on some tree or hill in the farthest distance I could find.

(essentially focus on something that's not bouncing)

Worked like a charm.

Alex Smith 4Ever · 05-21-2013, 04:44 PM

If I read during a long car ride I get it

Otherwise I'm okay

Consistent1 · 05-21-2013, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bevischief

Drug them.

This. I am surprised with all the potheads on here that a couple one hits has not been suggested yet.

MITCH · 05-21-2013, 05:23 PM

Maybe a auto DVD player? My daughter would get car sickness but the DVD with a good show distracts her and works like a charm.

**Saulbadguy** · 05-21-2013, 05:59 PM

I've always suffered from motion sickness.

http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Gi.../dp/B00014EECK

These things flat out work, and don't make you drowsy. I still feel a little dizzy at times but I don't get sick at all.

05-21-2013, 08:36 AM
Chief Roundup Admitted Planet Junky Join Date: Oct 2000 Casino cash: $1741627	Anyone deal with Car Sickness I have never had to deal with this before. I went and picked up my grandkids and I am keeping them for a little over a month. On the way home from the airport, 4 hour trip, they both end up getting sick. I asked my son about this and evidently his wife had this issue when she traveled by car. Anyway all bitching about the experience and trip back to the house aside. How do you keep them from getting car sick short of Dramamine? They are allergic to that stuff evidently. I have made a lot of plans for the next month and there is a good amount of travel involved. One of them is almost 2 the other will turn 4 before he goes home with his mom and dad. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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05-21-2013, 10:02 AM	#32
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05-21-2013, 10:33 AM	#33
bevischief .... Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere Kansas Casino cash: $8659352 VARSITY	Drug them.
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05-21-2013, 11:13 AM	#34
prhom Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Denver Casino cash: $7966013	These are the things that will get me car sick: Sitting in the back seat Tree-lined roads where you can't see for long distances Curvy roads (windy roads in Arkansas get me almost every time) heat If I'm driving or sleeping, I'm fine. My car sickness as a kid went away completely when we bought an SUV with big windows I could see out of and moved from Arkansas to the California desert. Since the kids are too young to sit up front and you live in Arkansas I'd say the only option is to avoid curvy, tree-lined roads and drive slowly so you don't whip them around if you have to take roads like that. Dramamine helps, and you could try anti-nausea drops too.
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05-21-2013, 12:16 PM	#35
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $9999900 VARSITY	Haven't read all the posts... but aside from the already-mentioned "look ahead" solution, I always found that fresh air helped me. Crack a window. And absolutely no reading or anything like that. I can still get sick in just a few seconds of that.
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05-21-2013, 12:19 PM	#36
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17596178 VARSITY	Car sickness, can't really help ya. Cat sickness? Oh, I'm all over that....
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05-21-2013, 02:41 PM	#40
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05-21-2013, 02:50 PM	#41
suds79 MVP Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $10005036	Once started to get car sick on a trip as a kid. Dad told me to focus on some tree or hill in the farthest distance I could find. (essentially focus on something that's not bouncing) Worked like a charm.
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05-21-2013, 04:44 PM	#42
Alex Smith 4Ever Starter Join Date: Feb 2013 Casino cash: $10005192	If I read during a long car ride I get it Otherwise I'm okay
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05-21-2013, 05:23 PM	#44
MITCH Softball Nut Join Date: May 2001 Location: KS Casino cash: $9920357	Maybe a auto DVD player? My daughter would get car sickness but the DVD with a good show distracts her and works like a charm.
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05-21-2013, 05:59 PM	#45
Saulbadguy When a nightmare becomes real Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $2326966	I've always suffered from motion sickness. http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Gi.../dp/B00014EECK These things flat out work, and don't make you drowsy. I still feel a little dizzy at times but I don't get sick at all. __________________ http://www.goemaw.com
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