DD7 is left handed for eating and writing. She is also left eye dominant. She is right handed for everything else I can think of. She kicks with her right foot, throws right handed, and bats right handed. I'm hoping if we work with her we can at least turn her into a switch-hitter and get some good out of her being left handed but able to bat right handed.
We thought she was going to be right handed, but around 19-20 months she just switched on us all of a sudden.
As for any learning disabilities - we don't know of any for sure but we suspect.....
She is 7 1/2 and still writes letters and numbers backwards at times. She has problems with b's and d's and s's, 3's, E's and 5's. She asked me the other day if her h looked like a k. It looked like a perfect h to me and looked absolutely nothing like a k. I know this can be typical still at her age, but she has been writing for a long time now and still does this. She even sometimes catches herself when she starts to write entire words backwards. We have considered she may be stealth dyslexic and hope to find out for sure when she is tested this fall. Until being on this forum and learning about stealth dyslexia, we just assumed it was a left handed thing.
She is horrible at shoe tying and has to stop and think when it comes to which is left and which is right. I've read or heard somewhere that these can be indicators of dyslexia too.
She has also had a ruptured eardrum at least 2 times, multiple ear infections, and now tubes in her ears that still haven't solved all the problems. I've also heard somewhere that chronic ear infections and dyslexia can go hand in hand.
She struggles with piano. She still doesn't know her notes and has issues knowing which hand to play with after a year of lessons.
I may be wrong, but I think there are enough signs to be concerned. I will try to remember to look this post back up after we have our test results.
