My daughter seems to use both her hands equally, is there something specific I can look for to see which hand she will use the most?
2007-01-18 06:16:22 · 12 answers · asked by LiSa B 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
kids don't generally show a preference until around two years old.
2007-01-25 02:16:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time they were 18 months. Hold a spoon in the air and see what hand the child uses to grab it ! Whatever hand he/she uses it most likely which one he will use for everything .
2007-01-18 14:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by IT'S JUST ME ! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did a simple test. I held out a toy or snack a little bit off to the left side to see if she would grab it with her left or right hand. Then I repeated it with the right side. My daughter is right handed b/c she tried to reach for it both times with her right hand more. I tested her when she was 12 months old.
2007-01-19 02:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by mycloud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandfather, here! Children may use both hands, as they're starting out. Gradually, you'll see them using one certain hand. Don't encourage either side. They'll choose which one they want. Your Mother did the same for you. Congrats! You may get a little hint, by getting them to grip two of your fingers. The one that they grip the tighhtest? Is probably one that they'll use.
2007-01-18 14:26:08 · answer #4 · answered by Goggles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Babies show preferences as infants, but it usually changes when they get a little older. Usually by the time the child is feeding themelves with a spoon (18 months) you'll know which hand they prefer.
2007-01-18 14:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children's brains are not developed enough to show hand dominance until 3 or 4 years of age.
2007-01-19 18:03:13 · answer #6 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you want to find out then just look at what hand she uses to write and eat with. That would be her main hand.
2007-01-18 14:19:52 · answer #7 · answered by soccerchick00011 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you probably won't definitely know until she goes to school. I thought my daughter would be a lefty and I think she may be, but her school has trained her to write with her right hand, but for everything else she does, eat, pick things up, etc. she uses her left hand.
2007-01-18 19:35:54 · answer #8 · answered by BimboBaggins 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
start by handing them a pen, pencil and seeing what they write with. Hand them an object and see what hand they use the grab the object. She may be ambidexrious.
2007-01-18 14:23:11 · answer #9 · answered by courtney b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i learned my child preferred his right hand to his left when he was about 2 yrs old and coloring and it has become more dominant since
2007-01-25 14:11:55 · answer #10 · answered by Deb F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋