DID YOU KNOW

Motion sickness (or car sickness) is not common in children under the age of two. The problem begins when your child’s brain receives different messages from the parts of her body that sense motion, such as the eyes, inner ears, nerves and joints.

For example, if she’s looking at a toy or a picture book inside a moving car, her eyes are sending a signal to her brain that she’s not in motion. But other parts of her body contradict that. They can feel that she’s in motion, so they send the opposite message. These conflicting signals cause her to feel nauseated. Looking out of the window instead of down at a small item can help.