OHbaby! Forums : left handed https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:53:11 +0000 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:59:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=16548 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[left handed : peace... so seriously they reckon...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366957&title=left-handed#366957 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16548
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 7:59am

peace... so seriously they reckon we could have been a twin?:) I personally love being left handed..gets me lots of attention but people are forever doing things for me because i look so awkward:) I have red hair and am left handed and have an unusual name...wouldnt recommend all of those at once:) ]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:59:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366957&title=left-handed#366957 <![CDATA[left handed : Ohhh I did a mini study on this...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366902&title=left-handed#366902 Author: Peace
Subject: 16548
Posted: 26 April 2008 at 10:21pm

Ohhh I did a mini study on this for a genetics paper YEARS ago and it went something along the lines of: 15% of the population is left handed and left handed-ism is a genetic trait that is usually only found in mirror twins which is why it can run in some families (as there are strong links that it is possibly the male sperm carry the DNA that splits eggs to make twins identical/mirror) and not in others.
There is SOME guff online that I have read about "too many US scans causing left handedness" but TBH it is only a 3% rise in the population that was scanned compared to the population that was not so I don't see that as significant enough rise to call it fact!

I think the bigger question is... do you lefties ever feel like you are missing something? Or someone?]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:21:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366902&title=left-handed#366902 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m a twin (fraternal, born...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366795&title=left-handed#366795 Author: aussiegirl
Subject: 16548
Posted: 26 April 2008 at 8:25pm

I'm a twin (fraternal, born at 31 weeks) and both my sister and I are right handed, so is all our family. DH's brother is a leftie though so it is in the family


Edited by aussiegirl]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:25:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366795&title=left-handed#366795 <![CDATA[left handed : Maya wrote:My brother is left...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366587&title=left-handed#366587 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 16548
Posted: 26 April 2008 at 4:00pm

Originally posted by Maya Maya wrote:

My brother is left handed, but he has cerebral palsy with right side hemiplaegia which accounts for that, although Mum reckons Dad was probably meant to be a left hander coz he does everything left handed except write and when he was a kid they were big on beating kids out of being left handed.


That's interesting. My brother with cerebral palsy is left handed too - maybe for the same reason (??).

My dad is left handed but like Emma's he was beaten at school for writing with his left so he learnt to use both. My parents had 4 biological kids and my older sis and I are right handed while my brother and younger sis are lefties.]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:00:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366587&title=left-handed#366587 <![CDATA[left handed : We are all right handed in my...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366566&title=left-handed#366566 Author: Shezamumof3
Subject: 16548
Posted: 26 April 2008 at 3:25pm

We are all right handed in my family, and my DF is right handed, so Im pretty sure Caden will be right handed, but then he could suprise us and start a new trend of left handed peeps in the family!]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:25:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366566&title=left-handed#366566 <![CDATA[left handed : Im a lefty, all the males in DH...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366541&title=left-handed#366541 Author: BaAsKa
Subject: 16548
Posted: 26 April 2008 at 2:30pm

Im a lefty, all the males in DH family are leftys but it looks like Bay is right handed but also my mum was a right handed but she had to have it amputated therfore had to learn how to right and i copied her, im ambidextrous (shocking SP??!!!!) but prefer left.]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:30:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=366541&title=left-handed#366541 <![CDATA[left handed : my mum and dad are right handed...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=363080&title=left-handed#363080 Author: james
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 2:12pm

my mum and dad are right handed i am so is my brother and sister but my outher brother is left and right handed ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:12:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=363080&title=left-handed#363080 <![CDATA[left handed : Im right handed but DH and 1st...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362926&title=left-handed#362926 Author: MyBelly
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 11:49am

Im right handed but DH and 1st DD are left handed, although, DH writes with left hand, he catches, throws eats, drinks and does everything else with his right hand!
i think 2nd DD will be left handed, already she seems stronger with her left hand]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:49:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362926&title=left-handed#362926 <![CDATA[left handed : My nanny is and I know I shouldn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362848&title=left-handed#362848 Author: Maya
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 10:58am

My nanny is and I know I shouldn't but I giggle at her coz she can't open cans with my can opener

My brother is left handed, but he has cerebral palsy with right side hemiplaegia which accounts for that, although Mum reckons Dad was probably meant to be a left hander coz he does everything left handed except write and when he was a kid they were big on beating kids out of being left handed.]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:58:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362848&title=left-handed#362848 <![CDATA[left handed : My Mum and Dad are both right...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362846&title=left-handed#362846 Author: Roksana
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 10:58am

My Mum and Dad are both right handed (Dad plays sports with Left hand)....and I am right handed but Brother is left handed.

Dad has brown eyes and Mum has blue/gray eyes and both my Bro and I have brown eyes.

My DH is right handed and brown eyes therefore Zaara is Brown eyed...She eats and hold a pen in her right hand however kicks a ball with her left foot!! Weird!! ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:58:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362846&title=left-handed#362846 <![CDATA[left handed : Im a leftie but as a child taught...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362693&title=left-handed#362693 Author: mylilmosaic
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 9:15am

Im a leftie but as a child taught myself to use a knife and fork right handed, its the only thing I do right handed, and then I will have desert and hold the spoon left handed! lol

My son is right handed.]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:15:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362693&title=left-handed#362693 <![CDATA[left handed : thunder- yeah it took me a lot...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362659&title=left-handed#362659 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 8:56am

thunder- yeah it took me a lot of practice with the kids as well..first 3 years i did under 2's so was easier:) Italiah you cant wink with your right eye?:) wow.. my parents being right handed taught me everything backwards so 95% of the time i just look like a lefty trying to use my right hand..i bat right handed bowl left handed :) hehe.

i think i just inherited my Mum's awkwardness so that coupled with being left handed makes me look awkward:) nutty mama..thats a lot of lefties in your family..go the lefties:) !

tishy i wonder what happens with twins..of course mirror twins are one of each..and prem babies are often left handed as well:) but you dont have mirror twins and they arent identical...but they were prem..so who knows?:)

charly thats awesome:) i didnt tell Dh's friends that i was left handed for a year because they play buffalo(have to hold glass in the hand opposite to the hand you write with) :) hehe.. ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:56:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362659&title=left-handed#362659 <![CDATA[left handed : My entire family are lefties. Mum,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362621&title=left-handed#362621 Author: Snickerdoodle
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 8:20am

My entire family are lefties.
Mum, Dad, sister, me. All got blue eyes and had blonde hair as kids.
We're a bunch of recessives

DH's parents are lefties (his Mum is ambidexterous but prefers left) and he's a righty, so he's forever putting things in Hannah's right hand and saying (as nuttymama's DH does) "It's right for a reason, baby!"


I'm like Italiah, I do everything left (except I can't wink - that's a whole other thread). Although, I prefer to hold a wine glass in my right hand... ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:20:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362621&title=left-handed#362621 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m a leftie, none of the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362619&title=left-handed#362619 Author: tishy
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 8:19am

I'm a leftie, none of the rest of my family are; 5 kids and parents.

I'm a twin and there's some crazy logic in my head thinking that with twins there's one of each, so it'll be interesting to see what happens with my 2 ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:19:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362619&title=left-handed#362619 <![CDATA[left handed : Italiah wrote: I&#039;m a...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362608&title=left-handed#362608 Author: nuttymama
Subject: 16548
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 7:58am

Originally posted by Italiah Italiah wrote:



I'm a COMPLETE lefty - I couldn't live without my left-side of my body, it feels like it's soo much more in control and stronger than my right. I can only wink my left eye and kick with my left foot. I too find it so frustrating when writing, as my hand smears the ink across the page, and the ringbinder notebooks are such a pain!

.


I am the same. DH always teases me that it's called "Right" for a reason.

Both my parents are left handed and 4 out of 5 of us kids are. We have all had right handed kids though.

I did think Miss 3 was going to be left handed but when she started drawing properly she switched hands.]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:58:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362608&title=left-handed#362608 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m left-handed. I like...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362372&title=left-handed#362372 Author: my4beauties
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 7:30pm

I'm left-handed. I like that it's a little different and everyone seems to think it's sooo weird that I am. I don't get the big deal really!

My dad is a lefty, mum is right. I have 2 older sisters who are both right, then me and my younger brother are both left. Although my bro only uses his left hand for writing, everything else he does he uses his right hand, even kicks with right foot. My dad is about the same.

I'm a COMPLETE lefty - I couldn't live without my left-side of my body, it feels like it's soo much more in control and stronger than my right. I can only wink my left eye and kick with my left foot. I too find it so frustrating when writing, as my hand smears the ink across the page, and the ringbinder notebooks are such a pain!

My Dh is right-handed and so far it seems both R and G are right-handed. Who knows what Jett will be.

Edited by Italiah]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:30:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362372&title=left-handed#362372 <![CDATA[left handed : I work in ECE and find it really...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362363&title=left-handed#362363 Author: thunderwolves
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 7:24pm

I work in ECE and find it really hard to teach the kids how to hold pencils and scissors properly, my brain doesn't seem to be able to just swap things over and do the opposite, not sure if its a lefty thing, or a me thing....

Bobbie, I hear you on the can openers and white boards, also the sensor pads you use for your signature when you get your drivers license, took me about 10 goes, my hand passing over the pad kept blurring the signature..

]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:24:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362363&title=left-handed#362363 <![CDATA[left handed : canopeners suck..somewhere i went...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362323&title=left-handed#362323 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 6:43pm

canopeners suck..somewhere i went had a left handed one!!:)

my2angels yeah i heard that too not sure why...i just through in the thing bout eye colour cause I'm so weird in my family:) yeah teaching in general sucks left handed esp as you say any boards!!:)

thunderwolves interesting i wonder if he will be too... seems quite a few people are lefties :) supposed to be 1 in 7 but i think we are taking over the world...the only problem i have is the wrong side of my brain is dominant(the left) so i am super good at some things and it takes forever to learn others (things on right side) but I'm not very creative..maybe thats why? (as normally lefties are 'supposed ' to be but they normally have right side brain dominated) oh and scissors as a child but i have left handed ones now.. its useful teaching kids as i make sure the left handed ones are ok:)and have what they need.

caramel.. thats interesting i wonder how that works:)

pepsi- generally its definite by 2..but lots of children have a clear preference long before that.. but lots of children switch between.

mummy becks..hmm that would be an awful lot of twins though? ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:43:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362323&title=left-handed#362323 <![CDATA[left handed : All right handers in our family. But...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362294&title=left-handed#362294 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 6:18pm

All right handers in our family.

But I also was told that left handers are the result of twins and the other one died very early in pregnancy - don't know how true it is.

]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:18:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362294&title=left-handed#362294 <![CDATA[left handed : My mum is left handed, and so...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362277&title=left-handed#362277 Author: pepsi
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 6:02pm

My mum is left handed, and so is one of my brothers - although myself and the other bro and righties. I think Alyssa will be left handed too as it seems to be the most dominant hand no matter what she's doing. Not sure when it's definite though?]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:02:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362277&title=left-handed#362277 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m a freak. I&#039;m the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362271&title=left-handed#362271 Author: caraMel
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:50pm

I'm a freak. I'm the only left handed one of 4 kids, neither of my parents are lefties either.
Ella and Benjy both seem to be right handed like their Daddy too.]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:50:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362271&title=left-handed#362271 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m left handed, as is my...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362269&title=left-handed#362269 Author: Neeks
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:49pm

I'm left handed, as is my oldest sister but both our parents are right handed. My nephews are both right handed but I think Keziah will be a lefty as it seems to be her dominant hand DF is ambidextrous but his right hand is stronger]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:49:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362269&title=left-handed#362269 <![CDATA[left handed : I am the only lefty in my family,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362267&title=left-handed#362267 Author: thunderwolves
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:47pm

I am the only lefty in my family, but both me and Ethans dads are left handed so I wonder what he will be..]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:47:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362267&title=left-handed#362267 <![CDATA[left handed : I am the only left handed of four...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362265&title=left-handed#362265 Author: Jessica
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:44pm

I am the only left handed of four kids, dad was left handed but made to change at school. I am not sure about Lachie but sometimes I think he is a lefty as well. When I am feeding him he pinches, but only when his left hand is on top - bl**dy hurts! ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:44:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362265&title=left-handed#362265 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m left handed and so is...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362263&title=left-handed#362263 Author: Bobbie
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:40pm

I'm left handed and so is one of my sisters. The other is right handed. My mum is right handed and so is my dad but like yours, my dad was made to change as a child so was born a leftie.

DH is right handed so it will be interesting to see what Rowan ends up being.

Can openers suck! as do white boards and ring binders ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:40:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362263&title=left-handed#362263 <![CDATA[left handed : my nana is left handed and i think...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362259&title=left-handed#362259 Author: my2angels
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:33pm

my nana is left handed and i think kobe might be, he bats etc... left handed but that could also be to do with the premature thing cos apparently a high percentage of premature babies are left handed, something to do with the side of the brain that developes first or something]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:33:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362259&title=left-handed#362259 <![CDATA[left handed : I&#039;m right handed blue eyes...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362245&title=left-handed#362245 Author: .Mel
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:20pm

I'm right handed blue eyes and Conor is left handed, with brown eyes.
Nyah is right handed - blue eyes
I think Cooper is going to be left handed as he seems to grab everything with his left hand. He's got blue eyes too.

The only difficulty we've had with Conor being left handed is he has broken so many can openers! ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:20:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362245&title=left-handed#362245 <![CDATA[left handed : as i was reading a thread backwards(quite...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362237&title=left-handed#362237 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16548
Posted: 21 April 2008 at 5:10pm

as i was reading a thread backwards(quite common in left handers) i was just wondering:) how many of you are left handed..are your parents(i heard theres only 25% chance even if both your parents are left handed?).. and i know bubs dont have a dominant hand sometimes till 2 but what did your children end up?

My parents and brother are right handed(and green eyed for the matter) and I'm blue eyed and left handed....so I'm a freak..but my Dad think he was mad to change from left handed and my Gran certainly was

Dh's family his Mum and sister are..but not him.. so I wonder about Ethan..not that it matters just bored and wondering randomly:) ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:10:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16548&PID=362237&title=left-handed#362237