Cindy,

        Spasticity does not cause pain, usually. I have had trouble with
sleep all my life. It is not due to spasticity as such. Motrin is a pain
reliever, so if Lizzy Jo slept thru the nite, she may have some kind of
pain. What you describe could be any one of a number of things. Sometimes,
docs are like computers, you have to ask the right question. Ask him to
check out why this occurs. If the doc still does not know, ask another one.

        If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask.

Bobby


>Hi all.
>I have a question for any and all of you, As some of you know, my daughter
>Lizzy Jo is 20 mo and has mild spastic CP.  Hopefully this does not sound
>stupid or really dumb.  But I was wondering...... When you are sleeping ...
>can or does the CP cause pain( tightening up....)?  She use to sleep through
>the nite, but when she hit a year old, we have periods where she wakes up 3
>or 4 times a nite.  She has all of her teeth so it can't be that.... alot of
>the time its her cry, like shes in pain.  We are in one of these modes now,
>so out of desperation to try to figure it out, the other nite gave her a dose
>of motrin before bed and she slept straight through, not wanting to drug this
>poor child all the time, this question acured to me.  have asked her docs and
>therapist this before, but was not satisfied with answers, Doc said no( the
>same ones that it took 6 months to convience something was wrong) and the
>therapist said she didn't know.  So I'm now asking the experts.(gigggle)  Any
>ideas??
>Thanks
>Cindy Bushnell and Lizzy Jo