Letter:Babies on left and right
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Sir: Your article "Why left sounds right to a babe in arms" (21 June) reports two scientists' complicated explanation for why mothers cradle their babies on the left arm. I have four children. It is quite simple: cradling the baby on the left leaves the right hand free in right- handed people. They only had to ask mother.
GILLIAN RUSSELL
Aberdeen
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