Traveling is so much enjoyable especially if you go with your dear family. It’s not always that you get to spend such a lovely time with them. When you travel, you experience beautiful and amazing things and bring back home unforgettably wonderful memories together.

There are however some struggles that go with traveling. Particularly when you travel with your young kids, you know that things might get a little more playful and worrisome despite the fun and thrill. If it’s their first time riding a plane, going to a far destination and experiencing different time zones, they might experience travel-sickness or motion sickness.

If you’re wondering and worrying about what to bring for them, here is a list of 3 things to help you:

[1] DOCTOR-PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS

First and foremost, before you leave for your travel, let your kids drink medications that will prevent the occurence of motion sickness. Don’t just give them any medications that match you. There are proper aids for them.

What suits you might not suit them as kids, so don’t hesitate to consult their doctors to be initially safe. Those which are particularly named as adult medications are strictly prohibited for kids, so keep a keen eye on the labels.

Be certain that they will drink it hours before the travel or as indicated on the medicine’s packaging. If they are first time travelers, your kids’ body might really react even if they drink motion sickness medications, but it’s possible that it won’t be as bad as when they don’t. It can help lessen any effects of flying up high in an airplane for the first time or sailing on the ocean in a ship.

[2] FAVORITE TOY

If your kids still got motion sickness after consuming preventive medications, you might need to just entertain them and let them forget about their feeling. Bring them something that will keep them alright like their favorite toy.

Put away electronic devices and gadgets from them. Using them can cause and can worsen travel-sickness. Let them use other stuff instead. Think of alternatives to those gadgets if they look for them. Explain to them how playing with their devices can affect their health and their current travel-sickness so they won’t insist.

[3] SLEEPING ESSENTIALS

If you’re still on board, there’s nothing much that you and your kids can do but wait for the landing. During the travel, let your kids sleep so that they can rest from the strain that motion sickness can give and leave them with. Bring their sleeping essentials so they can shut their eyes and relax.

After landing and even when you’ve already reached the hotel or inn you’ll be staying in, they can still feel dizzy and nauseated. Take their sleeping necessities so they can take a sweet nap even inside the hotel that they’re not used to. It’s possible for their bodies to find it hard to adapt to the new sleeping environment, and their sleeping essentials like personal blankets, pillows and even stuffed toys might lend a helping hand!

Sleeping will enable your kids to recharge and gain more energy and to put off the motion sickness they’re experiencing. Waking up, they can feel better and enjoy traveling more!

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STUFF FOR YOUR KID’S MOTION SICKNESS

It’s sad and hard to see your kids having a hard time during your travel. Instead of having a good time, they’re not feeling well and you’re stressing out as well. For you to help your kid and yourself too, know the necessary things that must be brought.

The above-mentioned might be only some of the few helpful stuff but they can truly do a lot, so make sure to take note of them.

AUTHOR BIO:

Nicole Ann Pore is a writer, an events host and a voice over artist. Travel, health, shopping, lifestyle and business are among the many subjects she writes about. Through quality and well-researched writing, she informs and even entertains readers about things that matter. She is also interested in film critiquing and filmmaking. Giving all the glory to God, Nicole graduated Cum Laude from De La Salle University Manila, Philippines with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts.