Do you ever notice when you lift your child if you favour carrying them on one side of your body to another?
Well, according to statistics, 70-85pc of us prefer resting them on our left side and there is a very specific reason as to why.
A study by Nature Ecology and Evolution suggests that we do it in order to keep our babies safe.
Carrying our children on our left side means the right side of our brain has time to focus on processing information especially emotions.
The authors say that the right side works to make sense of what you see and be aware of your child’s expressions to understand their needs.
So while you may try and swap to make sure the muscles on your right side don’t feel neglected, you may have to pick up some weights to even things out.
