But knowing I had a big trip on my hands and no time to stop for spew breaks, Amy made me up a wee icecream container lined with a plastic bag. Best little invention ever and one I still use to this day!
On a recent trip to Wellington with the kids I dutifully lined the container and even had a wet flannel as well, gosh I'm finally nailing this mum thing I thought.
Then 10 minutes into the journey, at around Fernhill the calls for us to 'pull over' came from the back seat. Finally after six long hours of a few stops, a few vomits in the container, and a lot of moaning and groaning, the whole family's ordeal came to an end as we made it to Wellington.
For the trip back I asked our online social media audience what they did for car sickness.
What a huge response. And here are their top five tips; suck mints, sit in the front seat, sit on newspaper, hold a lemon, eat a bag of chips!
Sit on newspaper? How does that work? So while we didn't have access to a lemon or the Hawke's Bay Today, we did do chewing gum, a bag of chicken chips, the window down and sitting in the front seat.
You'll be pleased to know we sailed over the Remutaka Range with not a 'Mum we need to stop' in sight.
I was driving, so it was very pleasant indeed.
My poor husband though had to suffer for five hours in the back seat and used the container more than Mac did! - Megan Banks
