With summer schedules quickly filling up, you may find yourself spending more and more time in the car chauffeuring your child to their various activities, or on the road for a family vacation.
More car time can mean more complaints of nausea, dizziness, and vomiting from your kiddos… all unfortunate symptoms of motion sickness.
Strategies to help with motion sickness:
- Avoid reading and looking at screens. While great ways to pass the time, these activities can increase conflict between vestibular and visual cues, worsening motion sickness.
- Try looking at the horizon or a distant, stationary object.
- Select seats where motion is the least.
- In cars, this means sitting in the front seat (if weight and height regulations are met) or sitting in the first row in the back.
- Open the window and get some fresh air.
- Avoid overheating; keep the car cool by directing airflow towards the face.
- Try sucking on ginger candies.
- Use acupressure bands on the anterior wrist (about 3 fingers below the wrist fold).
We hope this helps you get through the long car rides to sports practices, friends’ houses, family road trips, and camps with less complaining, vomiting, and cleanup!
