Traveling Tips: Travel Sickness, Cleanups, and Laptop Entertainment

Travel with children can be a challenge.

For kids who tend to get travel / car sickness, and even for those who just feel like they may be sick at any time, I suggest that one of their mid-trip drinks be ginger ale (or something with ginger ale as a main base). Ginger works super for those ill feelings. A handful of peppermints (those little round red and white ones) should be tucked away in the glove box. If the tummy ill is indigestion etc., peppermint soothes those pretty nicely for a lot less than on-the-road medications.
While you are gasing up your vehicle a week or so prior to your trip, buy some individually wrapped towel naps to put in the glove box, your purse etc.
Buy a couple of lap desks that you see kids use to play or color on while sitting on the floor at home. If you cannot find the style with little side pockets, sew a couple of small zip pencil bags to each side, (suprermarkets have them). Avoid buying the large adult-sized lap desks, as they are way too big. Stuff one pocket/side area with necessities and the other with goodies! If you find the small lap desks with the tops that come up to disclose a storage area, they're perfect for small books, stickers etc., - but some of them can be hard to keep on a lap and tote around. The kind with the foam bean fill in them are soft, and can make great pillows too!

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