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This thread is giving me hope. Two months ago, on the way to a wedding, my then 16 months old DD puked 7 times. I have no idea what to do to help. It has happened a couple of times in the past on long car rides though not with the same frequency. I will have to try ginger snaps next time.

I would love to not feed her before the long drive but then i worry that she would cry all the way up.

I have always had this problem and I still get car sick even when I'm driving myself on my 15 minute drive home. I second the fresh air suggestion, even if it's freezing. We used to drive up in the snowy mountains and always needed to have a window cracked for my mom and I both.

It may actually help to be eating something. I chew mint gum every time I'm in the car but she's too young for that. Ginger cookies are a good idea. Acupressure wrist bands. I know rear facing is safer but I get really sick facing backwards (trains, bus) so when she's big enough for front facing that may help improve the situation too.

Sorry you guys are going through this. I hope she grows out of it soon. Most people do!

My DD went through this after she turned one. It went away at around 2 yo... I read up on it, and it's very common for young toddlers! This was almost 4 years ago now though, so from what I remember, we:

- cracked open the windows a bit for fresh air (even during the winter!)

- avoided dairy and full meals about an hour before driving (Light, bland snacks like crackers were ok to give)

And like you, I also learned to stock up on plenty of wipes, plastic bags and extra clothes.

This happened to my LO around that age. I found that she was more likely to get sick if we put her in the car soon after she woke up and also if she was too hot.

Hopefully some of the great advice/tricks mentioned above help!

my LO gets carsick pretty badly too. he's almost 16 months. opening the window for fresh air definitely helps. as well as keeping the car cool. we try not to feed him unless we have to, and when we do we try and wait 30-45 min after eating before driving again. I also make sure he drinks water, because I find that always helps me.

we ended up turning him forward facing a few months ago because he was throwing up so often. he definitely gets sick less often now. I'm the queen of carsickness (I regularly get sick while I'm driving -__-) so I wasn't surprised when LO started getting carsick too

@Chastenet: hopefully you figure something out! a sad pukey baby is never fun

@Chastenet: I seem to remember that you have a French connection. See if you can get your hands on some Cocculine, most French pharmacies have it. It's a homeopathic tablet for motion sickness starting at 18 months. I myself have terrible motion sickness and it is really effective.

I got carsick (and plane sick, and boat sick, etc) as a kid and I still get carsick as an adult. Poor LO also appears to have inherited my sensitive stomach.

Some things that work for us:
- making sure LO doesn't get too hot (make sure she's not over dressed and make sure there is lots of air circulating in the back seat.
- making sure she has food in her stomach, but she isn't stuffed.
- avoiding stop and go traffic when we can (this appears to be one of her biggest triggers)!

Even though LO occasionally gets sick we still keep her RF (as a toddler) because it is MUCH safer.

@Chastenet: We live in a big city too, so I feel your pain about stop and go traffic. Its unavoidable a lot of the time, but when we can, we try to time longer trips with LO when its not rush hour (to avoid traffic).

And when we are in stop and go traffic, we try to accelerate and brake gently, (the sharp acceleration and braking causing a jerking motion which makes me sick, and appears to make LO sick too).

bumping. we had 2 prior incidents with motion sickness, but nothing for months. then we flew to hawaii and she puked a lot about 4 hours into the 6 hour flight. car sick again when going down mountain roads, and sick on the flight home (we were prepared that time!).

and just today, she got sick in the car with DH and that was just a trip around town. I'll stock the cars with towels and wipes and change of clothes, but wondering if anyone else had success with their young toddler and motion sickness (she's almost 16 months)

@hilsy85: we have them as i can get motion sickness, but there is no way she'd keep them on at this point. i will definitely try them in the future as they help me a ton!

@Chastenet: yeah, we kept it to plain foods, but she actually woke up from her nap on the plane and threw up. thanks for the advice though!