Happy Left-Handed Day

[Nakia]

to all you lefties out there!

 

Here is a cool list of famous lefties.

 

My oldest daughter, who is a leftie, is trying to make all the rest of us write left-handed today! It is proving to be :lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Desert Rat]

My hubby and oldest son are lefties!

[violinmom]

My 1st two children are left-handed! Did you know that most left-handers are oldest children?

Edited August 13, 2010 by violinmom
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[Nakia]

My 1st two children are left-handed! Did you know that most left-handers are oldest children?

 

I didn't know that! Very cool!

[Scuff]

My oldest was almost left-handed. But all 3 of them are left-eye dominate which means they do many things left handed. How fun.

[myfatherslily]

My DD is left handed:) She is the oldest. Her Grammy, uncle, aunt and cousin are lefties as well, and only one of those is an oldest child.

[K-FL]

Both ds & I are lefties & neither one of us is oldest. He's 3rd, I'm 2nd (middle.)

[Desert Rat]

My dh is #3 of 4. Interesting though, that most lefties are eldest.

[runamuk]

There are a number of lefties on both sides of the family, but only one is first-born. My son is a lefty, but he's number 3.

[Heather in AL]

My 1st two children are left-handed! Did you know that most left-handers are oldest children?

 

How interesting! Do you have a website/statistic so that I can read more about this?

 

Ds and I are lefties and we are both oldest children. :D

[mommaduck]

I'm a firstborn lefty. I have two lefties: firstborn and fifthborn. I'm a bit more ambidextrous, doing some things with my left (writing) and some with my right (scissors), but able to do some things with either or (particularly in sports where you usually have people that do things only right or only left handed). My lefties are both fully southpaw, especially the younger one.

[*********]

I'm a second child lefty; my dad is an only child lefty. None of my siblings are lefties, so I always felt it was something 'special' that my dad and I shared. I was really hoping one of my boys would be a lefty, but no luck.

[sbgrace]

My hubby is a leftie and he is a second born with an older brother. My son is a leftie but he was a twin (first born twin but I'm not sure that counts w/twins).

[Mabeline]

Fun! I am left handed, although niether of my boys or my dh is. I am also a first born, if you don't count my much older half siblings.

[Angie in VA]

I *heart* lefties! I have always been fascinated by people who are left-handed! We're talking, since way back in grade K! I can tell you who in my classes were lefties! Weird, huh? (I'm not one, btw.)

 

DD is left-handed. We noticed it when she was 6 months old. She would reach across her body to pick up an object w/ her left hand instead of just getting it w/ her right hand. :) I'll tell dd. She has as lefties' calendar, but I think she's behind in reading it. She'll be happy to know it's her day.

 

Happy Left-Handed Day!

[elise1mds]

I'm a first-born leftie. I own my great-grandmother's left-handed sewing shears. She wasn't a first-born, but she was the first girl born to the family. :)

[Marylou]

My twin dd who was born first is a lefty. My older sister #2 of 6 is the only lefty in my growing up family. My parents were both righties.

[Cedarmom]

Both my son and I are lefties.

[fairfarmhand]

Second born left handed and the ONLY one in my family, dh's family, and my extended family too. I'm quite an anomaly.

[extendedforecast]

My third DD is a lefty. No one that we know of on either side of the family is a lefty, and I've asked all the grandparents, great-aunts and uncles, etc.

[TXMomof4]

Firstborn lefty here. In my family - 2 of the 3 were lefthanded. And my father. None of my kids are. Funny how that makes me sad. :confused: I REALLY wanted to have a lefty.

[Crissy]

I love that list, Nakia!

 

My younger son is left handed, and my dad used to tease him about it :glare:. He'd refer to Hunter as the Wrong-Handed Kid. It really bothered Hunter, so we've been working on making sure he knows that his left handedness is a good thing.

 

We started making a list of all the lefties we know personally.

Last summer we were at a charity golf tournament and Hunter had the opportunity to meet Vida Blue. Mr. Blue found out that Hunter is a left-handed pitcher in Little League, and he autographed his picture to Hunter, "Left is right!"

Hunter was so happy!

 

This summer we saw Vida Blue at the same tournament and he remembered my little guy. He said, "Don't you forget! Left is right!"

 

:D Hooray for Lefties!

[Dandelion]

My DS is a lefty (firstborn too!). Thanks for the list! :)

[cottonmama]

I'm a lefty second child, and my older sister is a righty. My aunt is a lefty (necessitated by cerebral palsy affecting her right side) but my mom, her older sister, is a righty.

[MamaT]

My 2nd and 3rd sons are lefties. I am a righty, but do almost everything except eat and write with my left hand. My dh is a righty, but plays all sports, including golf and baseball, left-handed.

[Barb_]

I"m a leftie and out of our seven kids, we've produced 3 more lefties and the jury is still out on the youngest one. She's still a switch hitter. That many lefties in one family is pretty unusual, I"m learning.

 

Barb

[Country Mouse]

Dh, ds and I are all lefties.

 

It's great at the dinner table, we never bump elbows. :D

[Nakia]

I love that list, Nakia!

 

My younger son is left handed, and my dad used to tease him about it :glare:. He'd refer to Hunter as the Wrong-Handed Kid. It really bothered Hunter, so we've been working on making sure he knows that his left handedness is a good thing.

 

We started making a list of all the lefties we know personally.

Last summer we were at a charity golf tournament and Hunter had the opportunity to meet Vida Blue. Mr. Blue found out that Hunter is a left-handed pitcher in Little League, and he autographed his picture to Hunter, "Left is right!"

Hunter was so happy!

 

This summer we saw Vida Blue at the same tournament and he remembered my little guy. He said, "Don't you forget! Left is right!"

 

:D Hooray for Lefties!

 

That is an awesome story!!

[Sugarfoot]

I'm am lefty (first-born) and so are 2 of our DC!

 

DS (oldest) and DD (third).

 

DS and I were hoping that the little guy would turn out to be "one of us," ;) but he's a righty. If he'd been a lefty, we'd have dominated! As it is, our family is split 50-50. I think my DH was actually getting nervous about it, as he claims that the lefties are more "intense" than the righties around here. (He's actually right about this, but I'll never say it out loud...:lol:)

[Nakia]

So, for those of you who have a child that is a leftie, was it very obvious early on? Like a pp, my daughter was so clearly a leftie from about 5-6 months when she would reach for everything with her left hand. I would try putting something in her right hand, and she would refuse and then take it in her left hand. If I could get her to take it in her right, she would switch it. It was really amazing. I kept telling people she was a leftie, and everyone would say it was too early to tell. :001_smile:

 

Both of my grandfathers are left-handed. It's interesting that it skipped two generations on my side. None of my siblings or cousins on left-handed, and Anna is the only great-grandchild that is a southpaw. She is a special girl. :)

[Jan in SC]

My oldest ds is a lefty!

[Mejane]

So, for those of you who have a child that is a leftie, was it very obvious early on?

 

Yes. My dad, also a lefty, used to tell me to make her stop because being a lefty was harder. Like "making" her into a righty wouldn't have been hard (on her). :confused:

[Nakia]

Yes. My dad, also a lefty, used to tell me to make her stop because being a lefty was harder. Like "making" her into a righty wouldn't have been hard (on her). :confused:

 

Both of my grandfathers were made to write right-handed in school. I'm so glad times have changed!

[Barb_]

So, for those of you who have a child that is a leftie, was it very obvious early on? Like a pp, my daughter was so clearly a leftie from about 5-6 months when she would reach for everything with her left hand. I would try putting something in her right hand, and she would refuse and then take it in her left hand. If I could get her to take it in her right, she would switch it. It was really amazing. I kept telling people she was a leftie, and everyone would say it was too early to tell. :001_smile:

 

Both of my grandfathers are left-handed. It's interesting that it skipped two generations on my side. None of my siblings or cousins on left-handed, and Anna is the only great-grandchild that is a southpaw. She is a special girl. :)

 

My 16yo was a leftie from day one. Right from the earliest developmental stages she had a clear preference. Then I think I remember Mia being fairly clear, at least from the time she began to feed herself. Sarah is a left handed batter and he throws and kicks on her left side, so I count her a left hander even though she writes with her right. She tended to switch a lot as a baby. Keira started out grabbing things with her left, switched to her right when she began feeding herself, but now that she's scribbling she switches from left to right while eating or drawing. I can't figure her out.

[Sasharowan]

My oldest 2 boys are lefties and the youngest is tending that way but still switches some. My mom and her next to the youngest brother are lefties. I taught myself to write legibly with me left and can mouse equally well with both hands, but my right is dominant.

[mcconnellboys]

So how many of us are left-handed but also left-brained?

[Sue in WI]

My brother and I are both left-handed. I was born first, and he was born third. My grandfather was a lefty, and my fil was too. None of our dc are leftys, but /I am hoping that we might have left-handed grandchildren someday.

[funschooler5]

My oldest DD is left-handed (for those of you keeping track of the first-born lefties!) :tongue_smilie:

 

I've always been facinated by left-handed people too!

[orangearrow]

Firstborn on which side? Firstborn from the mother, or the father, I wonder? That's really interesting!

 

My dad came from a family of 5. The 5th was a lefty.

 

#2 (righty) had 3 boys - the 3rd was a lefty.

 

#5 (lefty) had 3 children - the 3rd was a lefty.

 

My dad (#3 & a righty) had one child - I'm a lefty.

 

I had 3 children - the 3rd is a lefty.

 

So, in our family - it seems the LASTborn children are always the lefties! :lol:

[Mimm]

http://www.amazon.com/Left-Handers-Handbook-James-Tertius-deKay/dp/1567312292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281762821&sr=8-1

 

For the lefty in your life.

 

I got that for my sister years ago. She recently gave a speech in her college speech class about being left handed that was very popular with her class. :)

[Jamee]

Both of my grandfathers were made to write right-handed in school. I'm so glad times have changed!

 

My great-aunt is a lefty and when she was in school the teachers tried to changer her, my great-grandparents went down there and gave them what for, allowing her to stay a lefty. My cousin and I are the lefties in the family and both first borns. I'm more ambidextrious though where as he is strictly left--I still can't cut with my left hand to save my life! My kids write right, but have left-handed tendencies. I'm hoping they'll both be more ambidextrious.

 

I'm always amazed at the number of prominant left-handers out there. I think all but one of the past five or more presidents is left-handed!

[scmama]

My daughter is a lefty (second in birth order) and my youngest son is showing signs of left dominance. I'm a righty, dh is a righty. I don't know many people in my family that are lefties, I'll have to ask now that I'm curious! :)