jet lag in young children
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Read somewhere that a way to overcome jet lag is to start adjusting to the time difference even before arrival. Meaning while you are on the plane, keep yourself awake during the destination’s daytime, and sleep when it is night time at the destination. Though it might be tough to get a child to do that since day and night is directly opposite for Singapore and US.
So you might want to bring some antihistamine along and give them to your son to make him sleepy when it is time to sleep. Once he’s energized, then it won’t be so hard to keep him awake. -
Just to share a friend's experience. She's Singaporean and married an American and has settled down in San Francisco since U days. Her kids are 16 and 14 this year.
Not sure about now, have lost touch with her over the years, but when the kids were younger, she used to fly back alone with her kids every year to spend time with her parents. Her husband could not join her on some trips, so she made those trips all by herself.
What she did was she calculated the number of flight time and prepared little, little presents for kids to entertain them on flight. One hour, one gift. Okay, granted that it's a kind of expensive way of entertaining the kids, but what was important to her was that it worked since she had to travel with not just one but two toddlers by herself on those long flights. When she shared her experience with me, I was like :shock: at the expense she went through to bring her two kids to/fro Singapore to make sure that they are familiar with their Chinese roots.
She also brought along her kids' favourite stuffed toys, smelly pillows/bosters and what nots to make the kids comfortable. -
Gosh, thanks for all the feedback!
Well, I had severe jet-lag a few years ago, when I travelled to Orlando, hence the apprehension. :shock: Also I threw up a few times on that turbulent flight. I am very prone to motion sickness.
Hope my kid can take to flights better than me! :oops:
P.S. My friend also recommended that I bring along a small laptop and some children's DVD's to play on the plane. Hope that helps!
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I think there’s one medicine to prevent jet lag. Can’t remember the name now, will try to find out the name again.
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