left handed?

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Registered: 03-14-2005
left handed?
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Mon, 10-09-2006 - 12:41pm
hey y'all... I have a question... and this may seem kind of odd, but I really don't know.
Hannah is left handed, and everyone else in my family and Kyle's family is right handed, so I'm having to really focus to remember when I give her things at the table. I felt like such a bad mom this morning because the girls were painting and I realized I had put the paint on her right side... she kept reaching over trying to get the paint on her brush.
As far as setting the table, do I need to put her cup and silverware on the left side of her plate? I know how to set a table *properly* like for the holidays etc., but omg it's confusing for me. How do you lefties like your table setting?

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 10-09-2006 - 1:14pm

This has been an issue my whole life.

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Registered: 03-14-2005
Mon, 10-09-2006 - 1:59pm
gosh I hadn't even thought about the computer! I guess she'll have to get used to that since she's outnumbered around here LOL

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Registered: 11-22-2003
Mon, 10-09-2006 - 5:46pm
Alex is left-handed, too, and I just try to set his opposite to what I'd set mine. When I forget, though, he's fine with it. Things like place settings are easy to fix. Accomodating her for painting for something is good, though. Or helping her with sports when she gets older will be important. :) You're doing a great job! Helping her to understand that she needs to be flexible can be to her advantage. Imagine if something should happen and she'd have to be right handed for awhile. Could be an asset! :)

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Registered: 10-11-2005
Mon, 10-09-2006 - 7:58pm

First off...CONGRATULATIONS!!!


I'm a lefty too!

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Registered: 03-25-2005
Mon, 10-09-2006 - 8:15pm

Leftys usually adapt to the righty world pretty well.




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Mon, 10-09-2006 - 8:32pm

Katelyn - my 4 year old is left handed. Almost everyone on both sides of the family are right handed. Only lefty is DH's 3rd cousin (and my SIL, but she is married to my brother).

I usually forget too for things like painting and such that I should put them on Katelyn's left side. She can do most everything right handed too though. She can cut with scissors just as well or better with her right hand and she can use the mouse at the computer right handed. I wouldn't do anything different. If she needs to, she will correct it herself. Left handed people actually have an advantage over righties. We live in a right handed world and so righties use mostly the right, whereas lefties are forced more often to use both, so the usually end up very good with both hands.

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