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I have bad motion sickness - ff helps. No books or screens in car, cold air - blast ac or open window if it’s cool out. Sometimes a full stomach is better then empty. There are meds that help but you have to do it like 1hr before you leave. Also for me stop and go or a jerky ride are the worst so try to drive “smoothly” if possible, like the opposite of my husband basically don’t slam on the breaks and accelerate hard

DD gets car sick often. We've never been able to pinpoint anything specific bc it's been all over (long and short rides, full and empty stomach, tired and not tired, videos and no videos)... Anyway we do dramamine for kids for long trips like 3+ hrs but all other times we just travel with a bucket. She's 5 now so for the past yr or two she's been able to tell us shes getting sick...we stop if we can and get her out but sometimes that just delays it and she gets sick later.... Sometimes we can't stop and she pukes in hey bucket...not sure if your lo is old enough for that yet but it's a life saver

Good luck

DD1 went through a period of getting car sick a lot. So if we were to drive somewhere, we didn't give her breakfast before. Maybe you can send breakfast to day care instead of eating at home?

Also, for us, stop-and-go traffic was the big trigger, so I tried to drive as smoothly as possible... But of course that's not entirely in your control!

@smuckers: I also get terribly car sick. I can't even like change batteries or God forbid look at my phone. I wish there was some sort of remedy or even an answer.

ugh, i'm sorry. my son gets carsick very easily, we've found the following works (although note, he's FF now, not RF):

- keep cool - window open if possible
- no eating in the car, don't eat too close to car ride
- no screens or books or anything to look at in car
- keep eyes closed if feeling sick with window open
- try to stick to main highways going straight, turns, swerves etc, just make things things worse

if we're doing long trips on the highway, my son can actually look at a screen and be OK, but ONLY if we're at a consistent speed going straight.... it got better when he was FF...

I'm a puker, have been since childhood.
Temperature is key - we rolled down the windows a lot
Do not make them eat before driving (breakfast) if they fight it (boy, do my parents regret doing that over and over again)
Stop and go traffic is the worst. I cannot go on busses for long trips and cabs/ride shares are tough. I'm up front and honest if the driver is accelerating/breaking in a bad way - they want to protect their car!
no books, cards, screens in the car
teach them to close their eyes when they feel sick and go to sleep...if that helps. My friend's son gets sick as soon as he wakes up if he falls sleep in the car
Emesis bags are easy to have with you all the time and they rock for car sickness
My mom eventually got prescription car sickness medicine
It's really hard!

@periwinklebee: would it be an option to have one FF seat and one RF seat installed and put him FF for those commutes where it’s stop and go? Good luck!

Our oldest used to get car sick. 100% to no screens or books in the car. It also might be the seat that you have. When our son was in the Recaro Pro Ride he vomited all the time. We got him a NextFit Zip (to help with cleaning) and he never vomited again. It could be the angle of the seat. I would bring along ice water, keep the window down and try seabands.

We always give DD children’s gravol an hour before we go on any long trips. Always works for her.

@periwinklebee: phew! Glad it's helping! ️