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  | Bombshell   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: Lefty or RIghty? Posted: 21 July 2007 at 9:24am
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   so when did you first notice whether your child was left or right handed?
 Gabriella seems to favour her left hand for picking things up, holding them etc etc...not too suprising given MIL and BIL are both leftys and my mum was ambidextrous  as a child before school converted her o a righty
 
 
 I think i have a left handed child on my hands....anyone else notice early on or were right about their child?? just curious = time will tell of course....
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  | pepsi   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   I initially thought Alyssa might be a lefty as she used to use that hand all the time when she was smaller, but now she seems to be more obviously a righty...  Not sure if it can change again though?
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 21 July 2007 at 9:48am | 
 
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   most children are ambidextrous till about 5yrs when they are starting to write more and will favour a particular side. Mercedes used her left hand for everything as a toddler including drawing at kindy etc but her second year at school she has changed to writing with her right hand.
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 21 July 2007 at 10:11am | 
 
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   My Alan is a lefty I am sure fo it cause he tend's to dothing's better with his left hand I have known this scince he started feedign himself.   I know Mikey is and have known form day one he is a thumb suker and suck's his left like i did when I wa little and i am a lefty.   | 
 
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  | Rachael21   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   I think Jack is a righty I just noticed the other day that he draws with his right hand.
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  | Bombshell   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   yeah she sucks her left thumb too....!!! she holds bottle with her left hand too....
 will be interesting to see what pans out down the track. just never thought about this before....
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  | my2angels   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Kobe always did things with his left, now its about even and Addison is the same, she sucks both thumbs and will use either hand. Ive read somewhere that prem babies are often left handed, something to do with the side of the brain that developes last.
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   Both my girls always use their right hand for cutlery, from before a year. Deb, I used to suck my left hand so I could crinkle the sheet with my right hand (I'm RH).
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   jack seems to favour his left hand alot more than his right.  he eats with his left hand and usually draws with it too.
charli i think is a righty.  she sucks the right thumb but uses both hands to hold the bottle
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   Conor is a lefty and from memory I noticed it probably before he was one.  Nyah is a righty, and I noticed that around 9mths....
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 |  busymum wrote: 
 Both my girls always use their right hand for cutlery, from before a year. Deb, I used to suck my left hand so I could crinkle the sheet with my right hand (I'm RH).
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 LOL well there goes that theory. O hand i crinkled an clean hanky in the same hand as I was sucking my thumb. 
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