My wife has small and not very strong hands aswell, so after a few complaints about her new Christmas present, I read this thread, and then took my trusty gel type super glue in hand. I squeezed some around one half of the button, and then pressed the button down and held it down for a few min with a hair drier to speed up drying. Once it let the button go it stayed, and I smeared the rest of the glue around the top of the joint again. Seems to have worked good and wife can use it with no problem. Good luck.