leftie vs rightie
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Topic: leftie vs rightie
Posted By: AandCsmum
Subject: leftie vs rightie
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 7:43pm
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How do you tell if your child will be lefthanded or righhanded?
Does one of the parents have to be left handed to get a left handed child or can it skip a generation. My Dad is a leftie & it is quite predominant in our family. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
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Posted By: Muz
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 7:50pm
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I personally think that its not a genetic type thing, my whole family are lefties, I assumed that because I was at home with the girls (now 5 and 6 1/2) and teaching them to draw and write that they would be lefties too - wrong!! both right handed!!!I just let them pick up the crayons etc with what ever hand they wanted and let them go for it - and they decided what was most comfortable. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 7:57pm
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Little bit young for that hehe
But he reached out for a book with his left hand. He also holds my top when feeding with his left hand but doesn't do it with his right. My Dad would be over the moon if he was a leftie  ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 8:02pm
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when Ella was a baby we thought she might be a leftie (my bro and grandma are both lefties) as she did seem to favour that side. However now she is definitely right handed. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 8:10pm
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My parents are both right handed - I'm left.
My Mum is right and my stepfather is left, but half bro is right. I hope Hollie is a lefty lol -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 8:32pm
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There are plenty of lefties in my family too, and DD is showing qute a few leftie tendencies, but it is still hard to tell for sure.
She mostly uses a spoon with her left hand, but not always. My Mum thinks a good test is which leg they pick up first when they stand to put trousers on. I read somewhere that you should pass them things in the middle and they make up their own mind which hand to take it in. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 9:24pm
| I am the only leftie in my whole family! Can't wait to see if my little boy will be a leftie too! |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 9:41pm
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All the males in my DHs family are leftys.
Im a leftie but my parents suspected that i was meant to be a righty because i began everything on the right but my mother had her right hand amputated 2 yrs before i was born and was still learning how to write for herself (she was a righty) so they think i just copied off her. Im ambedextris (have no idea how to spell it! lol) now. Considering both DH and I are leftys we assumed Bay would be and in fact he actually did most things taking off left first (walking etc) but nop he is a righty. Unsure about Astin yet. |
Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 22March2009 at 10:23pm
I'm the only leftie in my family too.. including aunties, uncles and cousins! 
Wonder if DD will join me ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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 Little Angel, April 10
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 8:55am
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often doesn't show itself properly till about 2... but some kids like me... used one hand mostly from birth..I'm left and whole family right thought Dad and Gran were changed hands at school...
Genetic Research http://www.iched.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=iched&item_id=research_lefthandedness Is left-handedness inherited? Left-handed parents are more likely to have left-handed children. It has been demonstrated that handedness runs in families, but of course environmental pressure must also be considered, for parents may purposefully or incidentally teach their children to be right- or left-handed. Adoption studies suggest that handedness is under genetic control as the results indicate the handedness of adopted children is more likely to follow that of their birth parents than their adopted parents. Some researchers have hypothesized the existence of a single gene which confers right-handedness; individuals lacking this gene display random handedness with about one-half being right-handed and the other half being left-handed. One problem with this single-gene theory is that other studies show that when both parents are left-handed they have a 30% to 40% chance of having a left-handed child. If left-handedness were a recessive trait and both parents are left-handed, then all of their children should be left-handed. Perhaps more than one gene is involved, or other more complex factors come into play. When a full gene map has been developed, the genetic factors will hopefully become more clear. In the final analysis, we still have much to learn about handedness, its causes, and the manner in which it interacts with human behavior. The probability of major breakthroughs because of advances in neuroscience and genetic studies appear to be high. We can look forward to a better understanding of lefties and “why they are the way they are” in the not-too-distant future. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Natalie_G
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 9:42am
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My DH could write with both hands perfectly, but in France they forced kids to write with their right hand so now he is right handed.
I haven't seen any preference with Arianne's hands yet she enjoys them both. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 10:25am
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That's really interesting Kerri-Anne.
Been watching Cooper & he chews his left hand & also breaks out with his left hand first (but that could be the way I wrap) ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 10:25am
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Oh I should say both DH & I are righties ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Helen1
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 11:05am
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Just wanted to let you know that DD would use both left and right hands equally right through pre-school and it was only when she started school that she became right handed. I don't know if this is very late but she was equally good with each hand and would pick things up equally with each hand as well.
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 12:49pm
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helen no it's not late..can happen right till 5 just most show a preference by 2ish but it's totally normal to wait that long too:)
I've secretly hoping for a rightie cause his red hair will be enough teasing without the lefthandedness too(i used to get so teased for both!:)_ ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 1:20pm
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Gosh, I was never teased for being a leftie.
Me, my Mum, Dad and sister are all lefties. DH's parents are both lefties - he's a righty. Hannah doesn't seem to have a clear preference yet. ------------- 
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 1:30pm
| I was under the impression that it could even be as late as 4 years old before they show a preference for one hand over the other. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 23March2009 at 2:40pm
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yeah as i said above Saffron can be up to 5.. but often it's clear by two...sorry should have worded it better. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |