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Original poster

To think he may be leftie

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almightysockbandit · 03/12/2018 15:18

Playing with ds today (4mo) and he always reaches to grab with his left hand (nothing wrong with right hand or arm just seems to prefer his left)

Am I reading to much into this or has anyone else though about this just interested to know

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10PollyPockets · 03/12/2018 20:16

Dd was a leftie right from when she could reach so 3/4 months. 10mo ds uses both but favours right hand so can't really tell but I'm assuming rightie.

BumbandBaby · 03/12/2018 20:21

It became a question with DS around 7-8 months. Before that they use whatever/ whenever.

Now at 2, I would say it is obvious or becoming more obvious he has a preference for his left. Eating drawing etc, if he can choose which hand he Will take pen/ fork in his left.

Sashkin · 03/12/2018 20:22

DS used his left hand more than his right before about 9 months, but now seems to have swapped over. I’m a leftie so I’m actually a little disappointed.

I wouldn’t read too much into it. As long as they are using both hands for some things (ie no concerns about weakness in the other arm) I don’t think it makes much difference at this age.

Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhh · 03/12/2018 20:27

My 4 year still swaps between both hands. I thought he might have shown a preference by now. He writes and colours with either hand, is left footed and holds a bat with his left.

My eldest didn’t show a preference until about 2-3 but is right handed now.

Oldraver · 03/12/2018 20:29

DS2 is lefthanded, and footed and showed a preference from the very beginning of picking up toys etc

Dorabean · 03/12/2018 20:30

@HildaZelda 😂😂

Dorabean · 03/12/2018 20:30

My 4mo also prefers his left hand. I hold something to him in the middle and he always uses his left hand first!

Allthewaves · 03/12/2018 20:32

Dh is leftie and I'm right handed. 3dc and only one is left handed. We did consciously put cutlery etc directly in front of them and let them choose themselves as we knew there was a 50/50 chance of left handed. One of dc was pretty ambidextrious until started school and become right handed

Boatsnack3 · 03/12/2018 20:33

My mum and brother are both left handed.

My dd definitely favoured the left until about age 2 and was pretty ambidextrous until starting school at 5 and a half once she started writing more she started to favour her right hand. Apparently I was the same. I still do certain things left handed like using a knife and fork, ironing and I can use any scissors.

Thesearmsofmine · 03/12/2018 20:35

It was really obvious my left handed was left headed from the start of weaning, he always used that hand. My other two used both hands equally at that stage but are right handed.

sluj · 03/12/2018 20:37

Both of mine became obviously left handed by about 7-8 months when they were given baby spoons and yoghurt. Made a right mess with their right hands but much more coordinated with the left

megletthesecond · 03/12/2018 20:38

DD was clearly left handed as an older baby.

BobDobbs · 03/12/2018 20:40

Ds has preferred his left hand since he started to reach for toys at 5 months or so. The health visitor said I must be imagining it. He's 3 now and definitely left handed

My eldest is right handed but didn't have a preference till 3 or 4.

Sammy867 · 03/12/2018 20:41

My dd used both until around 2 years old. It’s only recently she’s actually started using her right more so than her left whereas before then it was pretty even. Her dad is left handed and I am right handed. The first hints were eating, as apparently you always reach for food with your dominant hand.

MumW · 03/12/2018 20:45

To early to be sure. Anyway, as we know, all the best people are left-handed

rslsys · 03/12/2018 20:50

If its correct that each side of the brain controls to opposite side of the body, its only us lefties that are truly in our right minds . . .

Left my coat over here somewhere

MattFreisCheekyDimples · 03/12/2018 21:46

mattfrei correlation is not causation

I know. I made that point myself. I was just quoting it as interesting research. I find it interesting anyway, partly because it had resonance for me vis-a-vis DC1, who was scanned a lot for various reasons.

I'm not sure what it proved at the time, if anything, and I read it not long after he was born, which was 20 years ago now, so I don't doubt it's been superseded with something more illuminating. But, as I say, you'd have to do a literature search.

delilahbucket · 03/12/2018 21:54

My ds was the same at that age and then around two he switched to his right and has been the same ever since. He's ten now.

Unescorted · 03/12/2018 22:07

DD was clearly left handed at a few months old. All the pictures we have of her are with her reaching out with her left hand.

bruffin · 03/12/2018 22:52

Righthanded DS had a lot of scans of the last month, and lefthanded dd had none.

Im now 56 and becoming more left handed as i get older.

Youmadorwhat · 03/12/2018 23:05

My DS is a leftie (3) I suspected from about 1and a half. Although they can be ambidextrous until around 2

Coffeeisnecessary · 03/12/2018 23:08

My five year old ds switches hands mid sentence. Keep wondering when he is going to choose! He also writes in mirror image sometimes, not sure if this is something to worry about or not?!

iabvvu · 04/12/2018 18:38

@Talkinpeece I didn't say it didn't exist before 18 months, just that it shouldn't. It is a developmental red flag

@angelikacpickles I agree with your paediatrician family member - I'm not a paediatrician myself but I am a doctor on my paeds rotation currently. A young baby exhibiting hand preference is worth investigating.

www.gillettechildrens.org/assets/uploads/general/Newsletter_PDFs/Vol18No2.pdf

under the 'visual-fine motor skills section'

fpnotebook.com/mobile/peds/Neuro/DvlpmntlRdFlgs.htm

www.canchild.ca/en/resources/211-how-to-recognize-and-refer-children-with-hemiplegic-unilateral-cerebral-palsy

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