Dominant hand

[loretta81]

Hello. To an extent, I'm not that worried about this... however, I'm eager to know if it's common or way outside the norm, and if anyone has any tips.

DS is 3.5. I've already decided he's not going to school this September as he's summer born. I've noticed that he still switches hands a lot with crayons, etc. And he still holds them in a fist, so he's a long way off being ready to write. As he's not going to school yet, this is just fine. I've read that handedness emerges somewhere between 2 and 4, so I'm assuming he's on the slightly later end of normal.

Has anyone else's child developed handedness late/later within that 2-4 window? I've read about ways to support and I think it's just providing lots of fine motor opportunities until a preference emerges?

TIA.

I was still using either hand until I was 6 or 7yo. About then I started being more right handed, but dm reckoned I'd have been left handed in a left handed world. I'll still write with my left hand if that's easier due to space or if I'm using a computer mouse etc.

DD1 is definitely right handed, but her preschool leaving report (she was nearly 5yo) stated she was "probably" left handed. She isn't, and within a couple of months she had settled down to always using her right hand.
DD2 is missing her left hand so can't say.
Ds was probably about 3/4 yo before he fixed on his right hand. Although he was and still is resistant to writing so harder to tell. What I did find good for his pen control at that point was his Nintendo Dsi which meant he had to use the stylus, and very quickly started using it like his sisters-so holding it like a pencil. He then started using a pencil properly, however if he was using a pencil, and anyone commented on his grip he'd hold it at the far end in his fist. Awkward child.

My db is pretty well ambidexterous and he's 55. He prefers writing with his left hand, but there is nothing he can't do equally well with his right hand. Hasn't caused him any problems in life, far from it.