Cindy,
    Does Lizzy Jo sleep in any kind  of braces, casts, splints, etc. at
night? Although necessary, these can be uncomfortable to sleep in and might
account for her difficulties. On another subject, if I remember correctly,
one of your posts yesterday concerned bruising her  knees. If you or any of
your friends can sew, cotton batting( the material used in light weight
comforters and quilts) sewn inside the knees of her play clothes might help.
A more expensive option is to look for infant/toddler sized knee pads.  A
company called Sammons Preston advertised a pair in their most recent
pediatric equipment catalog. Actually the knee pads were half of a set, the
other half was a pair of elbow pads. (Think of roller blading pads for
rugrats and you will have the right image!)  Unfortunately, I have thrown
the catalog out and so can't quote the  price. Does Lizzy Jo ever injure the
palms or backs of her hands? If so buy a light weight winter gloves or
mittens (nylon,  plastic or some other non raveling material) cut off the
fingers or tops and let her wear the palm and wrist sections. Hope this
helps!
                        Susan
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> 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
o( 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
>