Having been away for a wee while, and looking back over old threads, I was interested in this thread.
I'm left handed and right eyed (as is my mother) and dh is left handed and left eyed. My mother and I write, use a spoon, a knife on its own, a fork on its own and throw (badly! ) with our left hands, but use a knife and fork "normally" (ie with the fork in our left hand and knife in the right) and scissors we prefer to use in our left hand but can cope with our right. I'd never thought about it, but I suppose I'm left eared as I hate having the phone at my right ear.
My dh uses his left hand for everything and swaps the knife and fork around. However, golf he plays "right" handed - although he has in the past also played left handed.
Ds is however unfortunately showing a strong preference for his right hand although at 2 it is still not set. Every so often he gets our hopes up by using his left hand, but always clumsily and then reverts to using his right.
I know my dad (a medic) used to get upset at me when I was wee for practicing using my right hand as he said it wasn't good for me. Dh had a similar expereince at primary school when his mum (a teacher at the same school) came across him holding his left hand and writing with his right hand on, as he had been instructed to do by his teacher (who got an earful from his mum, a formidable woman).
RushingAround - I would agree with what the others have said about not forcing your ds to "pick" a hand. He should be allowed to continue to work out which one feels best to him - and it might only be when he starts to do a lot of writing.
If it's any consolation, despite being left handed and right eyed, I learnt to read early and am still a voracious and fast reader - I still read backs of bleach bottles in the loo (!! ) (the only reason I don't read much now is because once I've started a book, I can't put it down, which can cause problems both my dh and with work the following day! )