Day 13 – To the left, to the left, everything goes in a box
to the left…yep, Baby Girl is a lefty, FINALLY. I say finally because for
a long time you just couldn’t be sure which way it was gonna go. Early on
she was pretty equally skilled at using both the right and the left. That
sounds awesome right? Who wouldn’t want to be ambidextrous! Yeah, well,
that’s all good until somebody points out that long past when your brain is supposed
to declare a side in typical development your kid is using both and not able to
“cross the midline”. Those are fancy, technical words for only using the
right hand to do things on the right side of your body and vice versa with the
left. There is no reaching across the midline of the body to do stuff and
that’s bad. Dyspraxia. That’s the really fancy, technical
word. Fixing that midline problem takes effort and working on improving
motor skills requires practice, building strength and improving
coordination. Occupational Therapy to the rescue. She started when
she was two and a half and has basically gone once a week since. At about five
she declared her loyalties and the left it is. Midline, shimdline – she’s got
that under control now, too! BOOM! PS – I wish I had taken the
pictures below directly head on because it would really be easy to see the fine
midpoint line and how she picks up the food only with the hand on that
side. Watch the cupcake – her favorite food of all time. #30facesofautism
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