Savvy Statin Shopping. Let's go shopping. This edition of Staying Well focuses on how to be a savvy shopper in choosing a statin for your patients, a timely issue in light of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) new simvastatin warnings.
From around 18 months old, your toddler will probably hold a brush or pen with her whole hand, and make her marks by moving her arms around (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) . It won't be until your child is three years or older that she'll be able to hold a pencil in the writing position (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) .
Some children choose their dominant hand very early. You may notice your son or daughter using their right hand more often when they are as young as 7-9 months. This may not be permanent, though. The majority of the time, children begin to display permanent hand dominance at around 2-years-old. For some kids, it could be when they are 4 to 6-years-old. When children begin learning to write in school, their teacher may note that they have not yet chosen a dominant hand. Some never do and will be ambidextrous or mixed-handed. Fun Fact: In about 20% of identical twin children, one twin will be left-handed and the other twin right-handed.