https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:24:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801628 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:50:08 +0000 Mama Bird 2801628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, this is a problem. When I was a kid, my class actually wrote with ink pens, the kind you fill from an inkwell. The pens were awesome, but I did have a lot of ink stains on my hands. There was a trick to cut down on the stains - you'd put a piece of blotter paper over what you just wrote. I guess with markers, you don't even need special paper, any sheet of paper will do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801610 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:38:55 +0000 jhd 2801610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another lefty who uses scissors right-handed. The lefty scissors at preschool were uncomfortable to use so I just used my right hand from then on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801568 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:40:18 +0000 cyntist 2801568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m a lefty, and I agree with the advice to use right-handed scissors. Unless they’ve changed a lot since I was a kid, the lefty ones don’t actually cut. The ink on hands is inevitable; we learn to wear it as a badge of honor :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801538 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:41:24 +0000 bloved 2801538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the previous poster who said to have her learn to use right-y scissors. It’s what is going to be more readily available and (weirdly, at least in the 80s) lefty scissors always seemed more dull than righty scissors.</p> <p>As for pens/pencils, get used to the “inky Pinky”: it’s just the badge of honor for being a lefty :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801509 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:07:37 +0000 Littlebit7 2801509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’d suggest to have her learn right handed scissors. The rest of her life it’s pretty likely that leftie scissors won’t be available.<br /> I’m left handed but really ambidextrous. I write with the left, cut with my right, throw left, kick right. Golf right, snowboard left,<br /> Oh and ink on hands will happen for the rest of her life. Flat notebooks (not chunky spirals) help. I prefer fluid ink (there’s a word for that but I’m sleep deprived) pen vs rollerball. Roller balls tend to make more of a mess. Learning cursive was terrible using the slant board (but they don’t even they anymore)<br /> Oh! Buy harder lead pencils instead of soft no 2. They are harder to find but don’t smudge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801494 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:49:28 +0000 Charm54 2801494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely scissors... they made a huge difference in my Dd4's fine motor skills. Other than that we haven't bought anything special but I too have noticed her hand all marked up and smeared from writing !</p> <p>My sister is a lefty and recently bought my dd some left handed pens, left handed shoe tying practice board and lefty notebook . I don't know if any of them are super useful since we haven't tried them out yet, I think my sister was just so excited to have a fellow lefty to bestow gifts upon :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801493 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:45:28 +0000 SugarMaple 2801493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Scissors (unless using ambidextrous ones) and a baseball mitt are the only things we have for our 3.5 year old who has a left hand preference. As kids get older the binding on notebooks can be bothersome when writting.<br /> Following for more ideas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-all-lefties-or-those-closely-affiliated-with-a-lefty#post-2801476 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:26:14 +0000 Ajsmommy 2801476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that dd is in preschool and they are learning to write she is clearly a lefty. </p> <p>Poor girl comes home with marker all over her hand....</p> <p>Are there any products / school supplies that are specifically made for lefties or anything that will help her as she goes to school?? </p>