This post has been sponsored by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. All thoughts and reviews are my own.
Vacation and adventure are my favorite things about summer. In the past few years, I’ve taken advantage of the flexible schedule that working from home and homeschooling allow my family. Traveling as a single Mom can be daunting, but I’ve found that planning and preparation go along way to make vacationing alone with children as stress free as possible.
Have you ever found yourself on vacation with a sick child? On my first vacation as a single Mom, I was completely unprepared and had no children’s medication packed. Running out for medication meant gathering all of my kids in the car and looking for a store in an unfamiliar location.
When going on vacation I always pack Children’s Advil®, Children’s Robitussin® and Children’s Dimetapp® to tackle the ickiest of symptoms. I can treat just about any minor aliment that pops up on vacation with these 3 Pfizer Consumer Healthcare medications, itch relief cream, and a small first aid kit.
My children often get headaches while on vacation. I often think the break from routine and later bedtimes bring on these headaches. Children’s Advil® is a great solution for aches and pains for kids between 2 and 11 years old, with the added bonus of reducing fever, should a summer virus hit while away on vacation. With several great-tasting flavors including Sugar-free Dye-free Berry, Bubble Gum, Grape, Blue Raspberry, Fruit and Dye-Free White Grape there is a choice for every family.
Small quarters on vacation and a coughing child result in sleepless nights for the whole family. That’s why I pack Children’s Robitussin® Extended-Release 12 Hour Cough Relief to control and relieve symptoms all day or all night.
When a cold hits on vacation the perfect answer is Children’s Dimetapp® Multi-Symptom Cold Relief Dye-Free to ease symptoms of stuffy and runny noses, while also quieting a cough.
Before your next vacation invest in a locking medication container. When aches and pains or a cold hit during vacation being prepared with reliable medication will have your child’s symptoms under control quickly.
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I have not ever been caught with a sick chid on vacation—just lucky, I guess!
My grandson got sick while traveling in the car and threw up. I felt really bad for him.
Yes I have. My daughter got really sick when we were flying to Disneyland one year. It was awful. She was sick for 3 days.
Yes, My daughter got sick while on a car trip from NH to Niagara Falls.
Yes I have and it’s horrible.
My son has had the croup on vacation among other ailments!
So many great products that we have relied on for years. I have had this experience while on a cruise and it was awful. I have learned from this and come fully prepared now, lol!
Yes, my child got sick on a trip once
My niece once got bronchitis while we were on vacation in Colorado. We spent most of the day in urgent care.
Many times we have had one of the 5 or more who has gotten sick. No fun!
Yes, both of my kids have been sick on vacation. It is not fun.
Yes we just returned from the beach and my daughter spent almost two days in bed due to illness
Yes, of course I have!
No, I have been lucky so far, no sick kids on vacation.
Yes, my son threw up all over our rental car on vacation once.
Yes, and it’s no fun. Found out that our medical insurance didn’t cover out of state med center visits.
Yes, it has happened to us. Good information to remember to pack.
Yes this has happened to before. Luckily it wasn’t anything too bad.
Sadly yes. We took my daughter to France when she was 9 months old and she developed a fever and really bad diaper rash. It was horrible trying to find the medicine we needed in a different language and I will never travel again without some basic medicines with me!
Yes the kids have been sick on vacation and I love to use Children’s Advil.
I’ve had kids be sick several times while out of town. It’s never fun for us, or them. Once, my oldest son threw up in the back seat of the car while it was full of people. Ohhh what a mess!
I have been lucky and not caught with a sick child on vacation. Thanks!
My kids have been sick but usually very mild sickness, nothing extreme, luckily.
I do not like being sick. My kiddos throw up every few months, so it’s rough. Thanks for the great offer!
I’ve been sick on vacation once
No. I have been very fortunate to not have a sick kid while on vacation. Of course, even if they weren’t feeling the best they probably wouldn’t say anything.
Yes, my son has gotten sick while on vacation visiting relatives out of state. We bought over the counter medicine at first, but ended up taking him to the emergency room to be seen. Not fun!
my niece got a really bad toothache luckily she had a really good insurance plan that almost every dentist accepts
I had this experience on a beach vacation and so not fun.
I don’t have kids so NO thank goodness!
I am lucky to say I have not had a sick kid on vacation yet.
YES 🙁 and i hated seeing my little girl not feeling well couldnt enjoy herself really sucks to see your child not feel good anytime but she really wanted to go swimming
Ohhh yes and it was a stomach bug! Soooo not fun!
Praise GOD our kids have never been sick while being on vacation
Yes we went to Florida one year and my daughter got a cold while there.
I’ve had sick kids on several vacations over the years. It’s no fun for anyone!
Yes, my kids got sick on our cruise trip, the whole time we stayed in the room and dealt with vomit.
Yes my kids have been sick on vacation before. Not fun at all!
My kids have never been sick on vacation, but I have with them. We went on a beach trip and I was horribly sick!
Nope. Luckily my daughter doesn’t get sick very often. Now, I’ve been sick on vacation plenty of times.
Thankfully, no, but now that I say that it’s probably gonna happen. Thanks Murphy’s Law!
I have been caught several times with a sick kid on vacation so now I always carry meds with us just in case!
No I have never been caught with a sick chid on vacation
Many times, it ruins everything for everyone, there’s no swimming, no fun activities, just really bad.
not yet but my little guy is only 3 so we have many years ahead!!!
Luckily the older my son gets the less he gets sick, being sick on vacation is the worst!
We did a 19 hour drive with 3 kids to visit family at Thanksgiving in Mississippi. The one that is usually the best behaved was miserable the whole ride. When we got there, we had all the kids get showers. He was the last one to get a shower and came out coated in chicken pox. It was horrible.
Never been sick on vaca
YES, THE FLU HIT MY STEPDAUGHTER PRETTY HARD ON OUR WAY TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK FOR THE WEEKEND!
When we went to Disney World my son got the stomach bug, this was 9 years ago.
I’ve never had a child get sick while on vacation although my now 8 year old got car sick while we were traveling 1000 miles to visit family.
But of course, I think the most of us have! Happens a lot!
Sadly, yes we have and it was horrible! My Son was 4yrs old and we were visiting Family in Canada. Not only was the medicine so expensive our usual brand tasted off. Plus you just cant get good rest if your not at home.
I have been caught with my granddaughter being sick and was not fun.
Luckily we have not.
no im the only one thats ever gotten sick!
Not yet
I have no kids of my own.
I haven’t, but I’m sure it will happen so it’s nice to be prepared.
Little colds only, luckily!
Yes. We were driving home from Nashville to Houston & on the drive home my daughter had 101 fever. Thankfully I had a first aid kit.
We have never had our children get sick while on vacation. Thanks for the chance to win.
Yes, we were all miserable. 🙁
So far I haven’t.
So far the only sickness has been car sickness
I’ve been caught with a sick child on a road trip. It was like the exorcist.
Yes and it was awful. Ended up in the emergency room
Yes, and its the worst. haha
Yes I have had children get sick on vacation, but thankfully I’m always prepared for these types of emergencies. I don’t leave home without my first aid kit.
Yes, I have gotten sick on vacation, from food that did not agree with me
Not yet! But we will have two soon, so double the chances.
Oh my gosh yes!! Both my older two had a HORRIBLE stomach flu when we went to Charlotte, NC. We ended up having to take them to an ER to get Zofran to stop the puking.
Yes, we have had a sick child on vacation.
Yes, we have and it was not fun.
On several occasions, my son got car sick all over himself and his seat. He was fine when in town. Luckily he has out grown it.
I have fortunately never been caught with a sick child while on vacation!
We live in Ky went on vacation to South Carolina and my niece got sick because of the air change to have had this wouldve been a blessing. Now I have my son and hope to go on vacation toward the end of the summer this is a great tip for when we go ! Thank you so much 🙂
No sick kiddos on vacation, thank goodness.
no, but we have had puke on a short car ride and apple sauce poopsplosion on an air plane
Oh my goodness yes and it’s no fun at all. I’ve felt so bad for my littles. These are great medicines that have helped my boys more than once! Thanks so much for the chance! have a blessed week!
No I haven’t had a sick child on a vacation, but then we haven’t been able to afford very many vacations.
yes my son was very sick when we were at the water park I felt so bad he could not swim!!
Not so far (knock on wood)
I’ve been lucky so far on vacations not to have a sick child but holidays is another story.
I’m sure it will happen, but so far, all has been good.
Nope, I have 3 kids and none of them have been sick on vacation, phew!
while on a 10 mile canoe trip my daughter was bitten in between the eyes by a black fly, it was fine at first but it began to swell, and swell, there was noway off the river and we still had a mile to go benadryl was not helping, my husband and I rowed as fast as we could, got off the river and got help, it was so scary, her eyes were swelled shut she was 5 years old, we did not even know she was allergic at the time to black flies!
Yes I sure have.
My grandaughter woke up one morning while we were camping. She felt sick. With watery eyes scratchy throat an we had to take her to the emergency room as she had a fever also. Thats when we found out she had allegerys
Yes my children have been sick when out of town especially my daughter who has type 1. She has a low immune system and gets sick easy but its nice to know there are product like these we can trust to help her and others feel better.
Yes, more than once! They always seem to get sick when we travel.
Yes I have! My 3 OTC meds I keep at all times are Benedryl for allergic reactions, Immodium for diarrhea, and Tylenol for fever and pain.
Yep, yep, and yep! Sick kids, sick me, sick dog, sick cat, broke vehicle and so on. Adventures aren’t adventures without the adventure though :-/ LOL
I have been fortunate enough to never have a sick kid so far on vacation. I have had it several times when we were away from home though!
I’ve been lucky that it never happened to me.
Having 4 kids I’ve been through many illnesses that I’d rather forget.
Yes and it was not fun at all!
Yes when we were down at Disney.She got the flu the day after when we still had 3 days left to spend down there. thankfully the medicine helped us a lot
No i have never been caught with a sick child on vacation
Yes and it was so hard to find a store when we were camping.
Have I ever… OMG – every time, I swear! Hoping our luck improves. 🙂
Yes, I have
Oh yes. It seems everytime we go on vacation one of my kids get sick, then they all end up sick. So I come prepared now, and take a travel bag of meds.
My kids all had a cold & cough last week during our road trip.