Handedness

My husband would tell you that he is the 'only one in his right brain' because he is left handed. He would also tell you that 'most people are born right handed, and only the gifted overcome it.' : ) At the first ultrasound we had of our precious boy, he was sucking his fingers with his left hand, and my husband was so excited! It turns out, now at 3 1/2 our little boy does indeed favor his left hand. He eats with it, reaches for things with it, and colors with it. So our little boy will join my husband, and other great men such as "Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Picasso" who were also left-handers (Children 260). Hand preference can appear as early as in the womb, like in the example of our son, but isn't usually noticed by adults until the early childhood years. The textbook mentions that infants seem to prefer a side to sleep on, or turn their head towards, which often turns into their dominant side.