These Tips For Helping Tweens With Car Sickness is perfect for any road trip! Sadly Kylie has gotten my motion sickness passed on to her, and it has been rough helping her work through it. This post was sponsored by Dramamine® as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)
Heard the saying “Like mother, like daughter”? Well as my daughter is getting older, the more she is turning out to be me in a lot of ways. Last year, on a trip to the beach, Kylie found one more way that she is like me: She got car sick. Since I have had an issue with it most of my life, I was fully prepared for helping her through that car ride. And the following car rides as well. With living a two-hour distance from family, we are often taking road trips to meet up with them.
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5 Tips For Helping Tweens With Car Sickness
Keep Them Sitting Up- Kylie is constantly wanting to lay down or recline back when we get in the car. One thing that has helped her is to sit right behind the driver and sit up regularly.
Say No To Electronics In The Car- This is what Kylie hates the most about car sickness. She doesn’t get to use any electronics in the car. No movies, no phone, nothing to entertain her. It makes the car rides boring, but it’s better than getting sick.
Prep Them For The Drive- My daughter has learned a lot from Preventing Motion Sickness and we go through the list before a trip. It suggests avoiding heavy food, taking crackers and hard candy in the car, where to sit, cold water for sipping on, no reading, etc.
Take A Conversation List and PlayList- Since she can’t read or use electronics in the car, I always try to keep a list of new conversation topics. Or, since she, like me, has a love of music, she is in charge of music in the car. Since she can’t play most car games, we have fun changing song lyrics. Her siblings love it too and get in on the fun!
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Do your kids get car sickness? How do you help them with motion sickness?
Nicole Escat says
Mostly, my son always having car sickness and it’s really worst! Thanks that I found this helpful tips.
Tami says
My daughter gets car sick if she reads in the car. Sometimes she even has trouble sitting in the back seat. She is fine otherwise.
Elizabeth O says
Thankfully, none of my kids had motion sickness so we didn’t need meds. I’m glad there is a solution that works for kids who do.