Driving to Sioux City in a sea of Vomit
We left this morning for our good friend Alison’s wedding in Sioux City Iowa. Within 45 minutes we heard a cry from the backseat, “I think I am car sick” quickly followed by the unmistakable sound of Simon wretching. Due to Maril’s cat like reflexes she was able to 1) find a plastic bag in time 2) place precisely in the most optimal position to catch the discharge. Maril’s physical response was quite impressive and just reinforced she is not a person to be messed with. Thankfully the event turned out to be little more than a shot across the bow, however, little did we know it was just a sign of things to come.
Approximately 30 minutes later Caroline indicated that she was not feeling well either. Since car sickness has never been an issue with her in the past and she had demonstrated no indications of being ill we brushed it off as just following her brothers lead. Surprisingly, Caroline does not make the same guttural moans that her brother makes when preparing to wretch. There must have been kryptonite in the car at that very moment as Maril’s superhero like reaction was unfortunately not repeated. Leaving a fair amount of clean up.
After these two events all was well and we happily went on our merry way and on time. Nevertheless, I hope that Heather and Josh who are watching our pets are having better luck!
If anybody is aware of any natural remedies or general ideas/”tricks” to help with car sickness please let us know as this is an issue; especially for our son. We have started to give him natural ginger sticks to chew on during long car rides. This seems to help but we are definetly open to suggestions.
Wow. Really, just wow.
Wow.
After years of experience you know you must always keep an eye on their skin color. When they start to turn really white and something starts to happen to their eyes, like kind of rolling back, you must holler as loudly as possible STOP THE CAR, this is where communication becomes very important between mother and father because there can be no hesitation, then you each grab a kid and haul them out and they then can proceed to empty the contents of their stomachs on the property of total strangers. For years this worked for us, try it!