Son uses left and right hands

domestic_goddess

Not favouring either hand can be a sign of dyspraxia (sp). My friends little boy has recently been diagosed with this. I am sure its not this in your case but i wonde if they point it out just to cover themselves...

pulliptears

matto wrote: »

As soon as DS could hold a rattle we knew he was going to be left handed.

Had the same experience with my son too, we had no end of problems when he started to feed himself because we discovered that angled baby spoons were all designed for right handed babies. "experts" reckon there is no preference to hands at that age. I beg to differ!

We finished up getting FIL to bend us several tea spoons in a vice just so he could try and feed himself! Still have one in the drawer for posterity lol

He is 14 now and although he is predominantly left handed he does use his right for playing guitar etc
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daphne_descends

Why is being left-handed a problem for some?

Apart from a few awful teachers telling me I wasn't holding my pen properly, being left-handed has never given me any grief.

thesaint

sickofhavingnomoney wrote: »

Not favouring either hand can be a sign of dyspraxia (sp). My friends little boy has recently been diagosed with this. I am sure its not this in your case but i wonde if they point it out just to cover themselves...

This shows the serious side of being left and right handed.

My son does most tasks with his left but writes with his right. He has been having difficulty reading and writing for years, and one of the problems is that the left side of his body is dominant, but his brain fights it which causes small but significant problems to his learning.

I wish we'd found out years ago, he is 3/4 tears behind his peers at school.

Carmina_Piranha_3

reheat wrote: »

Or juggler?

my ambidextrous husband is good at juggling. our baby was right handed almost as soon as he was born, but is now using both hands well although the right is probably his favourite. i think it's only a problem if they aren't using either hand well.

my eldest son had occupational therapy during his reception year at school because they were concerned about him not choosing which hand to use. it wouldn't have mattered if he had good fine motor skills but because he was clumsy with both hands they thought it would be easier for him if he chose one and then concentrated on using it properly. he was statemented for special needs for nursery and is still clumsy now at age ten, with terrible handwriting. he can't use scissors really. the paediatrician had a bee in his bonnet about my son not being dyspraxic so he ignored the recommendations of every other professional and refused to diagnose it :rolleyes:

but anyway, i would say if your son can use scissors etc. and is able to hold a pencil then it's not really a problem. my youngest holds a paintbrush in each hand (he's at the stage where he just completely covers the page with paint, so it's more efficient to use both hands). he wants to learn juggling already, he's only 1 :rolleyes: he may be ambidextrous like my husband, but because he's not clumsy it won't be a problem.

lil_me

My son did this until he was 6 years old. He now prefers to use his left hand for writing but can use both when needed which is helpful. Mainly because he can use left or right handed scissors etc as there is a limited supply of left handed supplies in his school.

ALWAYS_POOR

My daughter is left handed but uses both hands well, sometimes it's frightening to watch her, eg when she irons, she passes the iron from left to right hand, she uses scissors with her right hand because it's easier. Could never teach her to knit though, it was too much of a nightmare! I think it's probably been an advantage for her.

Sometimes left handed people look clumsy when they write because of the way they place the paper (to keep their hands off what they are writing), but she always wrote with the paper in the same position as a right handed person and her writing has always been neat and tidy.

absolutebounder

I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous

jo1967

I was always told that children dont "settle down" until 4 years old and will often chop & change.

My son is left handed & when he started nursery I advised tham that he appeared to favour his left. We have no problems and he will use his right hand to use scissors - but it is a bit awkward for him! One of the only problems so far at school is that he had trouble with a hockey stick lol!! :rotfl:

Dont worry about him, dont make an issue of it & he will settle. Also if he has problems with scissors etc there are web sites to but let handed items - I got left handed kids scissors from ELC.

balmaiden

Im 50 and write with my right hand but do other things including sewing with my left hand. When I was at school my needlework teacher said she thought my brain had been put in backwards!!! Didnt you just those old school marms.