Handedness poll

[Momling]

Poll is coming... How many lefty parents have righty kids and vice-versa?

[WishboneDawn]

We're both lefties and both kids are sadly righties.

 

:D

[Crafty Mathy Mom]

We're both left handed. My dh is totally left handed. I'm a bit more ambidextrous. We have 2 righties and one lefty.

[Mrs Mungo]

I'm right handed. My dh is right handed. Our daughters are right handed. Our son is left handed. All of the boys in my mom's family are left handed, none of the girls.

[RahRah]

Other? :001_huh:

 

I'm ambidextrous, DH is right-handed

 

DS is right-handed, but quite capable with his left hand too, so many turn out to be ambidextrous

 

Baby-DS is still too young to know

[Marie in OR]

Two right-handed parents here, four left-handed kids. Starting our very own Benjamite army.

[YLVD]

My ex-dh and I are both right-handed and our daughter (only child) is left handed.

[ChristusG]

DH is a lefty and so is DD7.

 

I am a righty and so is DD4.

[Word Nerd]

I'm the only lefty in my family and am somewhat ambidextrous; what I do left-handed depends on the task at hand and I mostly only use my left hand to write and use right for most other things. Both kids are righties. My dad and one sister also use their left or right hand depending on the activity (but they write right-handed).

Edited July 20, 2011 by WordGirl

[twoxcell]

My dh is a lefty, and I'm a righty. I have two right handed, one left handed, and not quite sure(most likely right) kids.

[speedmom4]

My dh and I are both righties and we have two right handed children and two left handed children.

 

Elise in NC

[MamaT]

My dh and I are both righties, but do a lot of things left-handed. Of our natural children, two are right handed and two are lefties.

[Desert Rat]

I'm right, dh is left. Boys are one of each.

[BlsdMama]

I'm left handed, my mother is left handed, my mother in law is left handed...

What do I have?

 

All RIGHT handed children!

 

Well, so far at least. I really can't tell what Daniella and Olivia are yet. But so far seven of them are right handed!

(But several did get my green eyes.)

[mjselmk]

I'm a righty and my husband is a lefty. We have three who are right handed and we are pretty certain that the youngest will be a lefty. It's interesting to hear how many lefties perform tasks ambidextrously. My husband does everything well with his right hand/leg except for writing. I on the other hand couldn't use my left hand to save my life, it's a little ridiculous actually.:lol:

[Mommy22alyns]

DH - lefty

Me & girls - righties

[Tutor]

I need an "other" option. :tongue_smilie:

 

Right-handed mom, ambidextrous dad, one lefty kid, and three righty kids.

[angela in ohio]

I chose mixed parents with mixed kiddos...

 

I am a lefty who learned to write and eat right handed, but does everything else left (and eats lefty quite a bit, too.) Dh is fully righty. My oldest dd is mixed: she eats with either hand, writes right-handed, plays sports left-handed, shoots with either, etc. Middle dd is fully righty. And youngest ds is fully lefty.

[Sugarfoot]

I'm a definite lefty, as are older DS and younger DD. So we have an even 50/50 split.:)

[gingersmom]

Me and my husband were both righties.

 

My daughter is a righty and my son is ambidextrous (he writes with his right hand, everything else is up in the air).

 

My father was also ambidextrous but everyone else in the family was a righty.

[HayleyKC]

My husband's a lefty and I'm a righty. However both kids are lefties. My husband's sister is a lefty and her son is a lefty. Seems to be a strong lefty gene they have! :-)

[Lolly]

Umm...other?

 

Dh is right handed. I am ambidextrous. Two kids are ambidextrous. Two are right.

[Running the race]

mixed parents. Two righty kids and one lefty.

[ChristineW]

I'm a lefty and my son is a lefty. DH is a righty and DDs are probably both righties (the 2 year old tends to use her right hand more but she's more ambidextrous than either of her siblings).

 

Dh is excited that his son is a lefty--apparently its an advantage in sports--it never mattered to me (I learned to catch and bat right handed).

[historically accurate]

Both parents are right-handed (although I am left footed -- go figure), all 3 kids are right handed.

[Punchie]

Two lefties w/1 righty, 1 most likely righty, and one not born yet.

[Ginevra]

Darn it! I clicked the wrong one! I meant to click "mixed parents, mixed kids" but I picked the one above it. Sorry! I'm RH, dh is LH and we have two righties and one lefty. There are lefties in my family too, though, so I assume I have the recessive gene.

[Mynyel]

Parents are R handed, dd13 and ds3 are R and ds9 is L.

[Mom-ninja.]

Dh is leftie and I'm rightie. All three boys are right handed. At least the 2 yr old seems to show right hand dominance at this point.

[akmommy]

I'm a lefty, dh is a righty. All three kids are right handed. Secretly I'm kinda disappointed. I had kind of hoped at least one of them would take after me in handedness, but it was not to be.

[LostSurprise]

My mom was a lefty and dad was a righty. We (the kids) were all righties, although I am/was ambidextrous. I often volunteer to sit on my mom's left when we're eating and did the same with my lefty college roommate. It doesn't matter to me.

 

We're 2 righties raising 4 righties.

[Sputterduck]

I am left-handed, ex was right-handed. My son is right-handed.

[posybuddy]

I'm a lefty, dh is a righty. All three kids are right handed. Secretly I'm kinda disappointed. I had kind of hoped at least one of them would take after me in handedness, but it was not to be.

 

This is my exact situation, although my disappointment is tempered with relief that they'll never face the exasperation of being a lefty in a right-handed world.

[LidiyaDawn]

mixed with mixed…

 

me:right

dh: left

dd14: right

ds12: left

dsNewbie: don't know yet!

[oneplustwoIdaho]

DH, DS, and I are right, but our identical twin girls are mirrored, so one right, one left.

[kchara]

I write with my left handed, but do a lot of other things with my right, so I suppose I'm somewhat ambidextrous. So far, we have 2 righties and one leftie, who I learned today cuts with his right hand, even though he writes with his left. So he might be ambidextrous, too.

[dirty ethel rackham]

I voted right-handed parents with right-handed kids. Although I think ds15 would have been a lefty if left to learn to write and draw on his own. He constantly emulated his older brother and his older brother usually put the magnadoodle pen in his right hand because that is how he himself wrote;). My dad was a lefty who was converted to a righty in school.

[sleepymommy]

Dh and I are both righty. Ds7 is a lefty, ds4 is a righty.

[Cindy in FL.]

Dh and I are both rh and have 3 lh and 2 rh children.

[Crimson Wife]

DH was originally a lefty but his mother forced him to become a righty. I'd never heard of that happening to anyone our age (tail end of Gen X) until I met him.

 

All our kids are righties. If I ever have a lefty, I most certainly would NOT try to change it!

[LisaKinVA]

I said mixed parents with right handed kids... but one of mine is ambidextrous. She learned to write with her right hand, but can write equally well with her left. She can draw equally well with both hands, simultaneously, too.

[KidsHappen]

My hubby and I are both righties. One of my kids is ambi and the rest are righties but so far all three SILs are lefties and it is beginning to look like my dgs will be too.