After being what I considered right-handed (though not above using his left hand for drawing and writing) ds has suddenly decided he wants to use both hands equally. The first I noticed this was during the summer when we had a psycho-educational evaluation done and the psychologist noted that he was left-handed. I was surprised (and felt really dumb 
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On his recent report card his teacher noted that sometimes his printed work is hard to decipher and I have also been noticing how messy his handwriting is. It's not something I've ever cared about too much but to me it seems to be getting messier - it's worse now than when he was in grade 1! (he's in grade 3) And this is when he writes with his left hand which he has been doing consistently at home.
What prompted me to write this now is that I just heard him on the phone to my mom and he was telling her how he writes with his right hand in the morning with teacher A and then uses his left hand in the afternoon with teacher B (they have two teachers half-time each). I'm not sure what to make of this. When I ask him why he uses each hand he just says because he wants to. In the past I know he has switched hands when one gets tired.
Should I discourage this? I'm really hesitant to do that and, like I said, neat handwriting isn't a huge priority for me. But I am starting to wonder if I should make some suggestions to him about settling on a hand. Not sure if this has anything to do with it as we've never made a big deal out of it but I am left handed and dh is right handed.
Thanks for any advice!
)!On his recent report card his teacher noted that sometimes his printed work is hard to decipher and I have also been noticing how messy his handwriting is. It's not something I've ever cared about too much but to me it seems to be getting messier - it's worse now than when he was in grade 1! (he's in grade 3) And this is when he writes with his left hand which he has been doing consistently at home.
What prompted me to write this now is that I just heard him on the phone to my mom and he was telling her how he writes with his right hand in the morning with teacher A and then uses his left hand in the afternoon with teacher B (they have two teachers half-time each). I'm not sure what to make of this. When I ask him why he uses each hand he just says because he wants to. In the past I know he has switched hands when one gets tired.
Should I discourage this? I'm really hesitant to do that and, like I said, neat handwriting isn't a huge priority for me. But I am starting to wonder if I should make some suggestions to him about settling on a hand. Not sure if this has anything to do with it as we've never made a big deal out of it but I am left handed and dh is right handed.
Thanks for any advice!
