[waxhawfamily]

Our DS seems to get car sick with every trip over 30 minutes if he is not asleep.

This started on the 3 hour ride from the orphanage to our hotel in Moscow. It was horrible for him, being sick, being with strangers, being in a car for so long. I really felt bad, but I assumed it was nerves. He threw up for the last 2 1/2 hours of our 3 hour drive. The 45 minute ride to the airport was no better (only shorter, thank goodness!).

Again, I hoped it was nerves, but we are repeating the pattern here as well. My parents live 2 hours away and I long to visit more often, but it's difficult to be alone in the car with DS and our 5 yr old. No matter what I do, our 5 yr old MUST go to the bathroom at least once during the 2 hour drive. When he has to go, we have to stop, which wakes Andre up - otherwise DS may sleep the whole way and not get sick. When he gets sick, we have to pull over, clean him as best we can. We calm him down, and get him fresh air until we feel he can ride again. The 2 hour ride pushes 3 hours when this happens.

We also have two vacations coming up in the next 6 months. One is a 4 hour drive, the other is an 8 hour drive - which we will try to do at night.

Any tips regarding car sickness?????