Comments on: Misty’s Eight Things

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:32:03 +0000

Misty, you’ve eased my mind. I’m left-handed too, and I’m DYING for Marissa to be left-handed. She is a month old, and when she stretches predominantly toward her left side and reaches for my face with her left hand, I get so excited. It helps that Zach does those things toward the right, so I guess technically, I’m hoping for one of each for my twins. How hilarious that we are similar in this way!

By: Misty

Misty — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:02:43 +0000

And the best friend comes through again!

By: Lanabob

Lanabob — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:35:49 +0000

There are at least 100 more cool things about Misty that I could list!

By: Misty

Misty — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:11:28 +0000

On Handedness:
Eli showed up as a right hander very early on (As in the first few times he reached for things it was with his right hand. I remember because I was very specifically disappointed over it.) and it has stayed that way. Supposedly I showed up as a lefty early on as well. Liza shows a tendency to roll left as well as when she sits in the Bumbo she reaches/turns only to the left for toys. I hadn’t heard it was a “bad sign” though. What’s it a bad sign of if it shows up early? Stubbornness probably.

On Tagging People:
I didn’t tag anyone because most everyone I know has done this one already.

On Misspellings/Grammer Issues:
I blame my editor. He supposedly read it over before being published. So Mark if anyone deserves a noogie, it’s Sarge.

On Romance Novels:
Too many to list here, Jeanetta. I’ll send a separate email with my list!

By: CamSavWin

CamSavWin — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:33:48 +0000

See, I told you we had a lot in common! I’m nervous about brown recluse spiders, love showers, have had the same best friend since seventh grade (I updated my eight things to actually include eight, and I mention her), devour romance novels (I think of them as brain candy), and misspell everyday, too! (Shh… don’t tell anyone about the romance novels – I now have a rep to protect.)

By: Lucian Smith

Lucian Smith — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:38:41 +0000

It was somewhat surprising to us when we found out we wouldn’t know Ellric’s handedness for a while–it seems that there’s sometimes hints if you know what to look for as early as 1 year, but it sometimes isn’t obvious until 2 or older I think Ellric was getting close to 2 before we basically knew. Interestingly, the pediatrician said that if he showed a preference too early, that was a bad sign.

[Also, Misty, if you don't change 'everyday' to 'every day' I think markm will hunt you down and give you a noogie.]

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:34:48 +0000

Didn’t you violate some law of the Internet by not tagging people going forward?

By: jeanetta

jeanetta — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:03:04 +0000

o i love romance novels too!!!!
i generally read the contemporary romance ones. who are your fav authors? I have a few that i love. and i am like you i will devour them. i will hit the used bookstore every so often and stock up on them. but then i have a need to read them all instantly. so i dont do much but read the books and thats not good. lol. not much else gets done.

By: dfan

dfan — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:46:41 +0000

How early can you tell what handedness a child is? Does a left-handed baby reach for things with her left hand, or can you not tell until she starts doing things that require finer motor control? I never thought about this before but now I need to know!