Hand Preference

[Unknown]

I just had my LO 18m assessment at daycare and the teacher brought up an interesting subject (which I then discussed w/ our Pedi who said the same thing). Normal hand preference can't be known until closer to 2.5yo, but almost all kids show a preference by 18m. So, where are your LOs at?

[Unknown]

My LO uses both equally, and her teacher said she is the only one in her class who doesn't have a preference. At home she holds her spoon/fork in her left hand, and her teacher said at school she uses her right. When coloring she will switch between right and left. Last night at dinner halfway through eating her applesauce we noticed DD switched her spoon to her other hand and finished. So strange. My sister writes left but does everything as a righty, and wonder if my DD is going to be weird like that. Honestly the world is made for righties, so I always hoped she ends up a righty. Just makes me wonder were other S13 LOs were at.

[fiveohfive]

I'm a lefty and DH is a righty- so far my DD is still using both equally. As long as she learns to cut with scissors using her right hand I'll be happy with whatever she does otherwise! I have to keep a lefty pair in my purse at all times

[wowcheezits]

Evelyn's right handed.

[mommabakes]

Gwen still uses both of he's, although she tends to favor her right when doing things like coloring.

[happymama]

DD seems to use the left a little more, but it's hard to tell since she is switching back and forth a lot still.

[legitsince86]

I'm lefty but more ambidextrous. DH is a righty. LO seems to favor using a fork in her right hand but other than that, she alternates.

[nymama917]

DD still uses both but she shows some lefty favoritism when it comes to throwing and coloring.

[jlprybs927]

Mar 20, 2015 14:53:41 GMT -5 jnetx said:

I haven't been paying much attention because I thought it was too early. I'll have to watch him and see.

Same here jnetx ... Our pediatrician said they shouldn't have a preferance until closer to 4? Anyone else's say that?

[lilqt3929]

Mar 20, 2015 17:55:42 GMT -5 happymama said:

DD seems to use the left a little more, but it's hard to tell since she is switching back and forth a lot still.

This for us as well. 

[jlprybs927]

Unknown our pediatrician said to make her use both hands equally as best as we could, offering things to her on each side at different times. I think it has something to do with the brain, I believe. I'm going to have to ask at her appointment in a a few weeks to be sure. But I definitely recall her saying they shouldn't be handed until closer to 4.

[af1004]

DD is pretty well right handed but uses both...

[Unknown]

jlprybs927, it's interesting that different pedis say different things. I know it's too early to determine, but both the teacher and pedi say kids show a preference so I was curious if other LOs have shown a preference yet.

[marley629]

DS uses both equally. There was a time he favored his left but now it's fairly equal. I have noticed he eats more with his right and throws things (and by things, I mean everything in sight) with his left

[joi922]

Like many of your LOs, DS seems to be using both about equally. One day he'll hold the fork in his left hand, the next in his right. He also reaches for things with both, and throws things with both. We think he may have a slight preference for the right already since he uses his right hand to hold a crayon 75% of the time. I'm a righty and H is a lefty, so we figured he was just seeing both and trying both. Really interesting that they don't actually form a solid preference for another year or so!

[zoly1103]

He was using both hands equally for the longest time. But I've noticed that now that we are using crayons more, he is consistently using the right hand.