Unfortunately, motion sickness in the machine suffers every second baby. The reasons lie in the peculiarities of the child's body and is not yet fully formed baby vestibular apparatus. But we can help your child improve his condition and on the road.
Going on a trip with a toddler, consider all safety measures on the road, Including take into service to cope with motion sickness. There are both national and medical ways to help this trouble. Let us examine them in more detail.
Symptoms of motion sickness include nausea, excessive salivation, vomiting, drowsiness, pale complexion, fever.
From bottom to risk rocking the baby will:
• Eliminate the foreign and peculiar smells in the car (the smell of tobacco smoke, food silnopahnuschih, "vigorous" flavors.
• In the future, the way to leave, when the baby will be ready to put to bed.
• Ventilate the interior. Opens the window in the car, so there was a constant flow of fresh air.
• Before the trip, explain to your child that he should not look to the side, but only straight on the road. Periodically stop for a few minutes.
• Before leaving feed the baby with light food. It is better to give the child a meatless soup, porridge, fruit or vegetables. It should also be noted that on an empty stomach is not necessary to go on a long journey.
• Distract the child, consider games travel, Take a kid reading, fun fun song.
Motion sickness will help both pharmaceutical agents, and folk.
Do not self-medicate, tablets from motion sickness should assign your pediatrician.
From folk remedies may help:
• peppermints. If the baby does not like mint, offer him something sour (grapefruit, orange, lemon wedge).
• There antiseasick juice cranberry, mint tea, great saves plain water with lemon.
• Massage the inside of the wrist. Massage your baby hands, acting on acupuncture points. This manipulation can reduce nausea. Also, the baby may rub his ears, rubbing them well from the outside. Thus to improve blood flow and decrease the emphasis on discomfort in the stomach.
• To remove the dizziness and nausea, can be applied wet towel to the forehead of the child.
The baby is easier to tolerate the way, go in the house with the baby exercises that will help improve the vestibular apparatus.
Hopefully, these tips will help you. Be healthy and comfortable journey!
Earlier, we wrote about how to assemble a first aid kit on the road.
