What exactly causes motion sickness?
Basically, motion sickness is caused when conflicting sensory signals are sent to the brain. The inner ears detect motion, but the eyes cannot see the motion. If your child is seated too low to see out the window, or if their eyes are focused on a book, their field of vision will remain constant while the rest of the body knows that there is motion present. This confusion in the brain triggers nausea, and can also lead to dizziness, paleness, headache, sweating and the last thing you want in your vehicle vomiting. Toddlers and preschoolers seem most susceptible, though everyone even adults can experience motion sickness. Though rare, babies can suffer as well, and since they wont be able to tell you about it, take note if your baby is unusually fussy on long trips. The best way to cure motion sickness is to prevent it from happening in the first place. If a child remembers a nasty bout of motion sickness from a previous trip, they may be conditioned to respond with a queasy feeling eve
