This post is sponsored by CVS ExtraCare. All opinions are my own, as is my big love for CVS.
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Over spring break, we took a short trip to Nashville. Everything was going along swimmingly, until the wee hours of the morning on the day we were to leave to go home.
I awoke to the sound no parent wants to hear (but we are all far too familiar with) – vomiting.
It was Kate, and I thought we were totally in for it. We had a five hour drive in front of us… and, if there’s anything worse than puke, it’s puke in a car. I wanted to avoid that situation if at all possible, or – at the very least – be prepared when it did happen.
So I spend the last few hours of our trip on The Google, searching for cures for carsickness.
To spare you the pain of searching for them yourselves, I thought I’d conglomerate them all here.
Thank God we were in a civilized area with a few CVS stores nearby – not only is CVS my go-to place for what we need in every day life and our family’s medications – it’s also a great place to get everything you need when you have an unexpected detour on your spring break trip! Happily I was able to get all the things that Dr. Google told me I needed for Kate at a nearby CVS.
First up – Children’s Emetrol. Children’s Emetrol–the first anti-nausea medication formulated for children ages 2 to 12–relieves childrens’ nausea by calming the stomach, not coating. This is what’s known as cola syrup – it’s basically coke without the fizz. Remember when your grandma used to tell you to drink flat coke when you were sick? Yeah, same deal. It’s made with cane sugar, and it doesn’t have any crazy ingredients. It just calms the stomach.
Next – Nauzene. NAUZENE features a specially buffered formula that helps calm and control upset stomach discomfort, including discomfort from overindulgence in food and drink. Because I wasn’t taking any chances, I got another anti-nausea medicine. Nauzene is chewable, and Kate didn’t give me any trouble when I asked her to take it. And, evidently it’s also a hangover cure. {filing that one away…}
Finally, Sea Bands. Sea-Band is a knitted elasticated wrist band, which operates by applying pressure on the Nei Kuan acupressure point on each wrist by means of a plastic stud. I had always heard of these, but had never tried them – but they sounded worth a shot.
So, as a farewell to Nashville, I hit up CVS and dropped $50 on those three concoctions (as well as paper towels, plastic trash bags, and baby wipes). While it wasn’t an expense I was planning for, I took solace in the fact that I got 2 percent back in ExtraBucks Rewards! (Do you know that’s what they’re REALLY called? NOT ECBs like Jenny likes to call them – they are called ExtraBucks Rewards. It gives me great pleasure to know that I know something about CVS that Jenny apparently does NOT.) I’m sure Jenny could have whipped up some coupons in addition, but I was pretty desperate. No time to hit the hotel business center and install the coupon printers on their computers before we left town. But anyway, the expense wasn’t really a huge concern, because not having vomit in my car? PRICELESS.
We made it back to Ohio without incident, amazingly. I’m not sure if these things did the trick or if we just got lucky, but whatever it was, I’ll take it. And the next time, I will know exactly what to grab at CVS for such an occasion!
Have you ever had a kid get sick on a family vacation or in the car? How did you deal with it?
Which ones worked best?