So we were at the park today and there was a spinning thing, that up to 4 people sit in and then you spin it around. Anyway so I was on that with my 2 and 5 year old spinning it when my husband yelled at me to stop. I looked at my 2 year old and his head was rolling around and he looked like he was almost passed out. I stopped as quick as I could and grabbed him and he was councious but not really with it sort of seemed zoned out. I know these equipment are designed to make the users dizzy but this seems extreme to me. He recovered after a few min and was running around at the park but I was wondering what other parents experience of a 2 year old being dizzy it. Am I just over reacting or should I be getting my boy checked out. I googled it but could not find anything at all.
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Some children handle it differently. When my brothers and I were younger I loved them kind of things, one of my brothers threw up after a few minutes and my other brother started blacking out after a few minutes. We're all different but I'd get him checked out just in case :-) better safe than sorry.
My kid passes out when upside down! You can spin him, he can go really fast and climb huge heights, tip him upside down and he goes all floppy and non responsive. Some kids are just more sensitive than others. Maybe talk about it with your GP when you see them next but unless you see anything else that worries you I wouldn't worry about it.
When I was a little girl my parents were swinging me around & around on a swing & the same thing happened to my head & my eyes rolled around my head. My parents reacted exactly the same. I'm fine today. I don't think it's anything to panic about.
Mention it to a dr but don't panic. It could be a slight inner-ear issue or just an inability to deal with the motion. Pretty normal. But definitely mention it.