Right or left handed?

alphaphi98

Is it too early to tell if our LOs are right or left handed? I think my DD prefers her left hand more, but she still uses her right hand to grab stuff too. My DH and several other family member are left handed.

Hmmm..just wondering if you see a preference with your LO.

Becky520

I'm not sure if its too soon to tell but I've noticed Em use her left hand a lot. This seems odd to me since DH and I are both right-handed.

BabyMakes 3

Benjamin uses his right hand most. I'm assuming he'll be right handed

doggiemom4

DH and I want him to left handed like me... I do try to purposely put things in his right hand but he always wants to grab with his left. I put things in at eye level for him to grab at and he always uses his left hand.

SurpriseAt39

N definitely tends to grab and reach for stuff with his left more often. Both his dad and I are right handed, but both of us do some things left handed. 

My DD uses her right most often, but is fairly ambidextrous.  Her dad is a righty as well. 

MY dad was a lefty, but thought to be evil and wicked while growing up, so he uses his right.  Everyone else is a righty. 

zmoss

I think LJ uses his R hand more but I'm not sure. Mostly by grabbing his paci and toys.

abfromva2

Mine clearly favors the left. Of course she uses the right some but it is very obvious she prefers left. 

kjmommy1214

K uses both pretty regularly. Some days, she will favor her left. This is a very small favor though. DH is a lefty, and I am a righty. We will see.

puppy_love6969

From a pediatrician on babycentre.com: Your baby's preference for her right or left hand may start to appear as early as 6 to 9 months of age. Even so, you won't be able to determine true right- or left-handedness until your child is 2 or 3 years old, when she'll begin to favor the same hand consistently. And some children may be ambidextrous (using both hands equally) until they're 5 or 6, when they finally make a choice.

Hand dominance is greatly influenced by genetics. If both you and your partner are left-handed, your child has a 45 to 50 percent chance of being left-handed as well. (About 10 percent of people are left-handed.)

karkissy09

Hallie favors the left. Which is strange because me and DH are right. However my mom and sister are left. She still uses the right some though. IMO it's too early to tell...