Mornings are the worst- and I even sleep under an electric blanket. Hot showers usually help me to move a bit better but stretching -just getting the blood circulating is what seems to help. ~~~Paige On Wed, 07 February 2001, "Cleveland, Kyle E." wrote: > > I do the same a lot of the time, Ken. For the life of me I can't button my > right shirt sleeve, so I try to button it beforehand and then wriggle my > hand through. Works ok until I get a sleeve that's too tight. In that case > I ask Laura to help. If she's not available I'll wait 'til I get to work > and ask a friend. I used to be embarassed, but I figured embarassment was > pointless. If you ask the same people for help then they already understand > the deal and don't make a whoop over it. > > Dressing the boy wouldn't be a problem if I could do it about an hour later, > it's just that I'm so spastic for that first hour or so. Anybody else have > problems being really tight in the morning, but loosening up as the day > wears? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:23 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Bobby > > > if it is buttons, i'll tell you what i did for myself. i switched to polos > mostly and when i do wear a button up, i button up enough the night befor > that i put it on like a polo and with that much done at least the holes are > lined up and 2 or 3 are all the buttons remaining. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:49 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Bobby > > > Kyle, would adaptations on the kid's clothes help? Are buttons hard? Maybe > check out through the looking glass. www.lookingglass.org they have a ton of > info for parents who have disabilities. ------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html