Left handed toddlers / children. When is it set in stone and what differences does it make?

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I think 2yo DD is going to be left handed. She uses her left hand to scribble with and it seems to be her main hand whatever she's doing.

Will it make any difference when she starts learning to write?

Are there any day to day tasks that left handed people find a PITA or is it easy to adjust to?

(Am posting and running as I have to get to sleep but didn't want to forget - back tomorrow). TIA.

My DS is left handed (nearly 6). I knew from a very young age he would be - it was very obvious to me, but still people said wait and see.
He took some time to undertake some tasks that others seemed to master quickly. He now copes very well. I would recommend a pair of left handed scissors. Apart from that I'm not sure what else you might need. He took a while to learn to write but is ahead of the game now. I would say relax and go with it.

All schools now have left-handed scissors. When I was little the teachers had to cut things for me! As far as writing went, I was ahead of other children in my class and my writing was a lot neater. Consequently I don't think that being left-handed or right-handed makes any difference at all!

my ds is left handed,it is causing problems at school,
he keepsbeing given (right handed) scissors to use,which he cant,i also noticed at sports day they were giving him cricket/golf/tennis the right handed way and he was finding it difficult.have been to school often and they dont seem to take much notice tbh :(
he also used to write back to front(still does sometimes) as if he is copying someone,he feels like he is doing the same but is actually doing a mirror image of what they r doing!

They say you can definitely tell from the age of 3 but like the other posters it was very obvious my dd was left handed from babyhood! She's nearly 6 now and not great at writing, hopeless at using left handed scissors but who knows whether she would be if right handed? School are more on the ball than me about it and adjust the mouse settings on the computer which I would never have thought to do if they hadnt!

My DS showed signs of being left handed for writing from a very early age. But he does use his right hand for lots of things. He started school in Sept and only properly dedided then to use his left hand for handwriting and it's very neat. He does get some numbers/letters back to front, but I guess a lot of children do this. I can't forsee any problems for DS being a lefty. It has made me think though to ask the school about scissors/equipment.

I had been thinking about the left handed scissors actually (any excuse for some retail therapy). Maybe I will get pair for her in a year or so.

Never thought about changing mouse settings!

My 7yr-old is left-handed and so far it hasn't been a problem for him at all. He learned to write without any delays or difficulties, and uses ordinary scissors.

I'm left handed , 4 out of the 5 of us in this family are - we didn't change the mouse settings, just wiggle the index over both buttons.

None of us have had any problems - schools have left-handed scissors and techniques for teaching writing left-handed now.

Its only a big deal if you make it one.

Me and DD are both lefties. She uses my laptop with a wireless mouse set up for left handed use. I'd definitely recommend it.

Other than that, left handed children these days face no more difficulties learning to write than right handed children do (other than bashing elbows with the right handed child sitting next to them).