DS5 has had quite a few issues with writing his numbers and letters backwards. My first thought was that it was normal for a 2 & 3 year old to have a tendency to write them backwards, and then at 4, he rarely wrote any letters backwards. But lately it seems he has been writing more backwards than before. So I thought dyslexia. I have had issues with mild dyslexia myself, but DS5 doesn't have ANY difficulties comprehending words or letters when they are written or when he reads them, etc. He does sometimes say 51 instead of 15 when he sees the number 15, but it's extremely rare.
So I thought about my own issues with writing things backwards as a kid, and while I don't remember how I reacted to being told my letters were backwards or what have you, I DO remember being able to write with both hands. And I'm wondering now, if because DS5's brain is a bit more advanced than the average 5 year old brain, that maybe somewhere subconsciously, his brain is telling him to write with his right hand like he would with his left hand, as in the motions themselves. And I know you're saying, well we all write the same way, but think about it. If you write a number 5 with your left hand, the thumb and finger(s) holding the pencil don't just make a backwards c when you get to the bottom part, but they move in an outward direction - away from the palm of your hand. So, if you do the same motion with your right hand, you will actually make a c, making the 5 backwards. It's like the whole pat your head while rubbing your belly. Even if you can move your hands individually, your brain tells you to move them the same.
So, now is that dyslexia afterall or is it an ambidextrous child, who started out only using his left hand (as a small baby/toddler - even writing), but is now right handed (he was not forced), and whose backwards writing is really not a product of him being dyslexic, but that he is able to use both hands equally kinesthetically, which if you were to mirror motion with both hands, they would move in opposite directions???
Or am I just thinking entirely too much? LOL!!! (Sports Medicine was my minor, so I'm intrigued by the brain and the physical movements of the body, etc).
