thepeach80
Senior Community Member
Any ideas? Baby is 9.5 mos old and mom thinks that what's going on.
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RFing child who gets carsick?
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Lea_Ontario
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Keep towels in the car, and order an extra cover for the seat to use when the first is being washed.
Keep the window open a crack for fresh air, heat intensifies the pukey feeling.
Do not travel on an empty stomach.
Try to travel at nap time as much as possible.
Keep the window open a crack for fresh air, heat intensifies the pukey feeling.
Do not travel on an empty stomach.
Try to travel at nap time as much as possible.
Jewels
Senior Community Member
I find eating and/or drinking on an empty stomach in the vehicle also intensifies the puking. Make sure baby isn't too hot, the cool air helps.
As for more upright, i'm not sure if it would help. My ds sat in the bottom of the shopping cart riding backwards reading a book and got sick just from that. He wasn't in there long and we were hardly moving!
I keep paper towel (or kleenex) in the vehicle along with a ice cream pail (I know it is a projectile, put so is puke!). Wet wipes also come in handy to wipe down baby, and you afterwards. Having a extra seat cover is a great idea, and even extra straps if it is a bad episode
Now that I know for sure he gets car sick, I wonder if that is why he hated the car so much as a baby and when he was RF!?
As for more upright, i'm not sure if it would help. My ds sat in the bottom of the shopping cart riding backwards reading a book and got sick just from that. He wasn't in there long and we were hardly moving!
I keep paper towel (or kleenex) in the vehicle along with a ice cream pail (I know it is a projectile, put so is puke!). Wet wipes also come in handy to wipe down baby, and you afterwards. Having a extra seat cover is a great idea, and even extra straps if it is a bad episode
Now that I know for sure he gets car sick, I wonder if that is why he hated the car so much as a baby and when he was RF!?
Victorious4
Senior Community Member
If kiddo is getting sick RF, chances are it'll happen FF -- under no circumstances does this make turning FF safer under the minimum requirements (I know you know that; I'm just venting ) I'd totally trust Kashi on this since I know she's dealt with this so much!
) I'd totally trust Kashi on this since I know she's dealt with this so much! 
hapaness
New member
Thats exactly the reason I turned my dd ff'ing when she was 3 (only 28lbs though). It started when she was about 6 months old and gradually got worse and worse. It got to the point where she would puke during EVERY car ride..thats when I finally turned her around, and yes, it helped a great deal. My dd is now almost 6 and only gets sick on really long rides 2+ hours.
In your friends case I probably would do what Kashi suggested...I did do the towel thing for a while but its easier with an older child because they know how to hold it up to catch the vomit.
Unfortunately its probably something she'll have to get used to for a while, and like Kashi said...try to do a majority of the the traveling during nap times.
In your friends case I probably would do what Kashi suggested...I did do the towel thing for a while but its easier with an older child because they know how to hold it up to catch the vomit.
Unfortunately its probably something she'll have to get used to for a while, and like Kashi said...try to do a majority of the the traveling during nap times.
scatterbunny
New member
Hayley never got carsick UNTIL I turned her FF.
thepeach80
Senior Community Member
Thanks!
Yeah, she said if they're in the care for more than 10mins, she pukes. It's just in the car.
I get sick if I read in the car. I hate it.
Yeah, she said if they're in the care for more than 10mins, she pukes. It's just in the car.
I get sick if I read in the car. I hate it.
Ahzryn
Active member
Some kids are just pukey unfortunately. My youngest was a puker, and being ff only made the problem WORSE. Nothing helped until she grew out of it, and that has generally been the experience of almost everyone else I have ever heard from. For a very small handful of people turning helped, but their kids were much older, and chances are good it was probably chance that turing them coincided with them finally outgrowing it.
In the mean time you just kinda have to cope. Always have a spare carseat cover and straps, towels, paper towels, plastic grocery bags are great for sealing up the stinky trash, wet wipes, and a ton of patience. Limit long drive to night time, and day drives to nap time. Keep fresh air flowing at all times.
I also found my daughter puked less in the center of the car no matter which way she was facing. Looking out side windows aggravates the problem. Window tint is a must, bright sunlight also makes it worse. NO books, DVD watching, or moving toys....focusing on something in the car is going to make it worse. Better bored than puking.
Good luck!
In the mean time you just kinda have to cope. Always have a spare carseat cover and straps, towels, paper towels, plastic grocery bags are great for sealing up the stinky trash, wet wipes, and a ton of patience. Limit long drive to night time, and day drives to nap time. Keep fresh air flowing at all times.
I also found my daughter puked less in the center of the car no matter which way she was facing. Looking out side windows aggravates the problem. Window tint is a must, bright sunlight also makes it worse. NO books, DVD watching, or moving toys....focusing on something in the car is going to make it worse. Better bored than puking.
Good luck!
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