tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post2871552353637426864..comments2024-03-03T22:03:05.210-05:00Comments on A Joyful Chaos: Left HandedA Joyful Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-42686286198632034982012-05-11T14:51:27.347-04:002012-05-11T14:51:27.347-04:00I was a thwarted lefty!! couldn't write legibl...I was a thwarted lefty!! couldn't write legibly til I was about 10. now, like others who have commented, I am largely ambidextrous. Buddy is lucky to have a mama who cherishes his uniqueness.Raisabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497416550941261431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-22301797642996769022012-05-09T04:08:22.785-04:002012-05-09T04:08:22.785-04:00I think sometimes they start showing a preference ...I think sometimes they start showing a preference from day one, sometimes they change it at some point (between 2 and 4 usually, I think), and other times they swap and change for the first few years until they pick a preference. So Buddy could go either way. It will be interesting to see.Torizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965005679599352165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-53388358508757580632012-05-08T23:45:34.594-04:002012-05-08T23:45:34.594-04:00I've watched children in school (pre K) switch...I've watched children in school (pre K) switch hands when they color and "write". My favorite was a little boy who loved to paint and when he painted things on the left side of his paper, he used his left hand but when he painted things on the right side of the paper, he used his right :-) <br /><br />Our granddaughter started showing a definite pattern of left handedness when shePeggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312481804665424463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-30570155591394508552012-05-08T21:21:15.867-04:002012-05-08T21:21:15.867-04:00I'm a lefty, the only one in my family (so, gu...I'm a lefty, the only one in my family (so, guess it's genetic and not something you learn by watching others). I was lucky - I was never punished at school for using my left hand, although my parents told me (they were both born in the early 1900s, and attended public school) that when they were in school any children who would use their left hand would be smacked on that hand with a Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789254472476830498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-26891466239959088662012-05-08T21:13:07.702-04:002012-05-08T21:13:07.702-04:00Very cute baby. My youngest son seemed to favor h...Very cute baby. My youngest son seemed to favor his left hand when he was little like that, but he grew up to be right-handed. Isn't it interesting how our perspective on things like left-handedness have changed through the years.Debbie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860602536020970116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-20811735784248994082012-05-08T20:32:47.926-04:002012-05-08T20:32:47.926-04:00Buddy is SO cute!
Both hubby and I are right hand...Buddy is SO cute!<br /><br />Both hubby and I are right handed, but both our kids are lefties. Go figure. Actually, my daughter would switch back and forth, so I figured it didn't matter and started to teach her to write right handed. Of course she decided she wanted to write left handed! She is otherwise very ambidextrous.Knitwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224736384702969469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-67935127771699430642012-05-08T18:37:20.696-04:002012-05-08T18:37:20.696-04:00they did that to my grandmother in Jacksonville,Fl...they did that to my grandmother in Jacksonville,Fla almost a hundred years ago...she was born 1906...she wrote beautifully with her right hand but she did everything else with her left. Made her sit on her left hand. I recall when I in school teachers would ask a lefty how can you write like that. Most would turn their hand. I can write with both but I don't turn my hand. It's not AverettLadyNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509213680922009574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-23127865309382992092012-05-08T17:00:22.063-04:002012-05-08T17:00:22.063-04:00What a cutie! Back in the day, it was not allowed ...What a cutie! Back in the day, it was not allowed to eat or write with the left hand. I had my cousins dad be absolutely CRUEL toward him until he learned to be ambidextrous.<br />TTFN ~<br />Have a great week ~<br />Marydon<br /><br />GIVEAWAY ends 5/13Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697196986038110683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-53661617566604970972012-05-08T13:51:59.700-04:002012-05-08T13:51:59.700-04:00I read that it's too early to tell and you won...I read that it's too early to tell and you won't know until about 2 years of aged. The reason i was reading about it was because I was wondering the same thing. My mother claims I started using my left hand around the age of 2 and my parents guided me to use my right.Monica https://www.blogger.com/profile/09434370272889356134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-49767854443085931492012-05-08T13:37:58.245-04:002012-05-08T13:37:58.245-04:00See if you can get Buddy's thumbs side by side...See if you can get Buddy's thumbs side by side. The thumb on the dominant hand will be slightly larger and squarer. You can tell this even at his age. <br /><br />I am left-handed, as was my dad. When I started school the teachers wanted to break me of it, and my father told them, in his best British accent, that if it was good enough for the King, it was jolly well good enough for his Lady Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608765381189723792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-88934188929421080102012-05-08T12:27:09.127-04:002012-05-08T12:27:09.127-04:00It probably is too soon to tell, but I wouldn'...It probably is too soon to tell, but I wouldn't worry about it. He sure is cute and getting so big!Linda from KYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113650049469929569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-37917453572452626112012-05-08T12:24:17.805-04:002012-05-08T12:24:17.805-04:00I have a son who favored his left had until he was...I have a son who favored his left had until he was well into 4 years old. He finally at that time decided on writing with his right hand (before that he wrote with both) He writes right handed but does everything else left.<br />HE is SO cute btwKristy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/12872273329523349906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-78098280704998134822012-05-08T12:14:06.186-04:002012-05-08T12:14:06.186-04:00i'm a lefty too, i never had to deal with peop...i'm a lefty too, i never had to deal with people trying to make me write right handed, but I know I am like the lady in the above comment. I do most everything right handed....except write!...so I am considered a leftie....lolAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287133405335107549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-33806877251553238842012-05-08T12:05:31.468-04:002012-05-08T12:05:31.468-04:00Awww, I love lefties! My dad was the same way as ...Awww, I love lefties! My dad was the same way as your grandpa. I thought it was just a Catholic school thing, but I guess not, huh? They made him write right-handed. I write right-handed but do everything else left-handed. I knew I was mixed up. :)The imPerfect Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155280178284448740noreply@blogger.com