I practice following to avoid motion sickness I have been practicing my own "methods" to avoid myself or my co-passengers getting into motion sickness.
I am posting them seperate to the TOI article (MODS please excuse me for back to back posts, i did not want to dilute TOI article with my own tadka)
I have been practicing my own techniques which are as below
1. Expose the child to travel as early as possible. The more used to child does not suffer from motion sickness when she/he grows up
2. Plan the travel to coinside with the child's sleep time, provide enough breaks in between if on a road trip in your own vehicle. If possible avoid starting on a long trip during hot afternoons immediately after heavy lunch.
3. Keep the co-passengers informed about the trip, prepare them few days in advance. brief them on the duration, transport, attractions on the way aspects and keep them interested in the trip
4. Start the trip with everyone being cheerful. never start the trip being grumpy, angry, frustrated, not slept enough, hungry, etc A good physical and mental state will aid in avoiding motion sickness
5. Keep the vehcile clean, fresh, foul odorless. check for any allergy (dust, perfume, etc) and avoid such things as much as possible during the travel.
6. Ensure that your co-passengers do not eat too much during the journey. Also ensure that they eat healthy food. sometimes the leader need to be assertive enough to keep the co-travellers don't overdo some of these things. |