https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:26:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2184539 Wed, 20 May 2015 13:12:01 +0000 mrbee 2184539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: She is sooo stubborn! She will refuse everything, and just say she she doesn't want to go where we're going. Even if it's an amusement park or some place she really wants to go!</p> <p>Finally got her to take the dramamine... crushed it and rolled two gummi bears around in it, and then rolled them around in sugar too to disguise the taste! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2184014 Wed, 20 May 2015 03:16:47 +0000 lamariniere 2184014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: What about good old fashioned bribery then? Promise a piece of candy if she takes the pill first! I'd much rather give into candy than deal with puking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183943 Tue, 19 May 2015 22:18:36 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2183943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: That would have had me gagging as a kid! I was super sensitive to the texture of jam. I would complain so much if I had "blobs" on my pb and J. Such a brat in hindsight! I really wasn't a picky kid either. LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183927 Tue, 19 May 2015 21:56:00 +0000 JennyD 2183927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard about motion sickness patches. Do they make those for kids? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183811 Tue, 19 May 2015 19:57:54 +0000 mrbee 2183811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHansen82: It's tough to get her to take a pill... but will try the candied ginger if we can't get her to take the dramamine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183791 Tue, 19 May 2015 19:36:23 +0000 turquoisemama 2183791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: have you tried powdered ginger capsules? I have motion sickness and they work better for me, plus no drowsiness. I don't know if you could get them to swallow a pill though. Maybe candied ginger or ginger tea? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183753 Tue, 19 May 2015 18:49:17 +0000 mrbee 2183753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Yah they are great! But don't always work on our longer trips.</p> <p>@Grace: Ooh neat, will try that!!! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183522 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:08:52 +0000 Grace 2183522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried my mom's trick? Crush the pill and mix with a spoonful of jam. Who doesn't want to eat jam? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183452 Tue, 19 May 2015 14:37:20 +0000 birdofafeather 2183452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never given it. Have you tried sea bands? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183444 Tue, 19 May 2015 14:32:06 +0000 plantains 2183444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She loves the taste so we haven't run into this yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183436 Tue, 19 May 2015 14:29:12 +0000 yoursilverlining 2183436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do they want to go on the car ride / get to the destination? I'd just tell them they have to, or no car ride - admittedly this backfires on me sometimes and LO calls my bluff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183379 Tue, 19 May 2015 14:00:21 +0000 mrbee 2183379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Yah we use the kid ones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183358 Tue, 19 May 2015 13:47:53 +0000 lamariniere 2183358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you giving them the kid ones? I bought them recently for DS and they supposedly taste like grape candy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-kids-refuse-dramamine#post-2183348 Tue, 19 May 2015 13:43:03 +0000 mrbee 2183348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do you do when your kids refuse to take a chewable Dramamine before a long car ride?</p> <p>This has happened a few times and it has been challenging! Sometimes we crush the pill and mix it into a smoothie - but sometimes even that doesn't work. </p>