left handed or right handed

klang621 · November 2011

is it too soon to tell??? Riley pretty much does everything with her left hand...every once in awhile she'll surprise me and grab with her right. I'm wondering if its too soon to tell for sure that she's going to be left handed...I'm left handed, so she could be.

cvl105 · November 2011

I heard its not determined till 2 yrs of age

LauraOTR · November 2011

Babies can have a preference early on, but they don't develop a true dominance until later...anywhere from age 2-5, or in the case of left handed kids, sometimes later.

Gwyneddlesliegrace · November 2011

A is almost 3 and still switches hands constantly.

justme04 · November 2011

My 2 year old is still rather ambidextorious. So I would say its deffinatly too soon to tell.

By the way....what hand you use dominantly is not genetic. Both of my parents were left handed and my sister and I are both right handed. So it wasn't even influenced by them (being left handed) teaching us to write!

maddiemoon43 · November 2011

LauraOTR:
Babies can have a preference early on, but they don't develop a true dominance until later...anywhere from age 2-5, or in the case of left handed kids, sometimes later.

This. When they get older you can test things to determine their dominant hand if it isn't clear. We have OTs at work help us determine it with some of the kids (most being 3-6 year old kids with Autism) who it doesn't seem clear so we can best prompt and guide their teaching.

MommaA117 · November 2011

DD seems to use her left more but I think it's just a coincidence or me looking in to it more.

Gwyneddlesliegrace · November 2011

maddiemoon43:
LauraOTR:
Babies can have a preference early on, but they don't develop a true dominance until later...anywhere from age 2-5, or in the case of left handed kids, sometimes later.

This. When they get older you can test things to determine their dominant hand if it isn't clear. We have OTs at work help us determine it with some of the kids (most being 3-6 year old kids with Autism) who it doesn't seem clear so we can best prompt and guide their teaching.

Hmm, we have really watched A and she doesn't show to be more dominant in either. Is there anything I can look for at home?

Birdies08 · November 2011

justme04:
My 2 year old is still rather ambidextorious. So I would say its deffinatly too soon to tell.

By the way....what hand you use dominantly is not genetic. Both of my parents were left handed and my sister and I are both right handed. So it wasn't even influenced by them (being left handed) teaching us to write!

How could it not be genetic? It's not environmental... it's probably just more complex than something like eye color, but someone correct me if they know more about the science of this!

Oh, and my LO is pretty clearly a righty. She favors it and has been developmentally ahead on that side. We'll see if that changes over time!

Gwyneddlesliegrace · November 2011

Birdies08:
justme04:
My 2 year old is still rather ambidextorious. So I would say its deffinatly too soon to tell.

By the way....what hand you use dominantly is not genetic. Both of my parents were left handed and my sister and I are both right handed. So it wasn't even influenced by them (being left handed) teaching us to write!
How could it not be genetic? It's not environmental... it's probably just more complex than something like eye color, but someone correct me if they know more about the science of this!
Oh, and my LO is pretty clearly a righty. She favors it and has been developmentally ahead on that side. We'll see if that changes over time!

My dad has a theory, now this is just a small time pastor's theory on something that he knows nothing about. (he has an infinante wealth of useless knowledge though...)

Anywho he thinks that being left handed or right handed has to do with with child birth. It is in his opinion that leftys tend to be first born, and that it has something to do with the birth canal.

Yeah he should really get a grant for that

Birdies08 · November 2011

Gwyneddlesliegrace:
Birdies08:
justme04:
My 2 year old is still rather ambidextorious. So I would say its deffinatly too soon to tell.

By the way....what hand you use dominantly is not genetic. Both of my parents were left handed and my sister and I are both right handed. So it wasn't even influenced by them (being left handed) teaching us to write!
How could it not be genetic? It's not environmental... it's probably just more complex than something like eye color, but someone correct me if they know more about the science of this!
Oh, and my LO is pretty clearly a righty. She favors it and has been developmentally ahead on that side. We'll see if that changes over time!

My dad has a theory, now this is just a small time pastor's theory on something that he knows nothing about. (he has an infinante wealth of useless knowledge though...)
Anywho he thinks that being left handed or right handed has to do with with child birth. It is in his opinion that leftys tend to be first born, and that it has something to do with the birth canal.
Yeah he should really get a grant for that

My LO was born with her hand up by her face. But I'm not sure which hand. Will that be the dominant one?

justme04 · November 2011

Gwyneddlesliegrace:
Birdies08:
justme04:

My 2 year old is still rather ambidextorious. So I would say its deffinatly too soon to tell.

By the way....what hand you use dominantly is not genetic. Both of my parents were left handed and my sister and I are both right handed. So it wasn't even influenced by them (being left handed) teaching us to write!

How could it not be genetic? It's not environmental... it's probably just more complex than something like eye color, but someone correct me if they know more about the science of this!

Oh, and my LO is pretty clearly a righty. She favors it and has been developmentally ahead on that side. We'll see if that changes over time!

My dad has a theory, now this is just a small time pastor's theory on something that he knows nothing about. (he has an infinante wealth of useless knowledge though...)

Anywho he thinks that being left handed or right handed has to do with with child birth. It is in his opinion that leftys tend to be first born, and that it has something to do with the birth canal.

Yeah he should really get a grant for that

That theory on first born would work for my father since he was the first of 6 but my mother was the 6th and last child in her family.

I only say it isn't genetic because I asked my college genetics proffessor (alright he was a Dr) how both my parents were left handed and my sister and I are right handed and he said that it had nothing to do with genetics. He said it was just a fluke.

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