FFF: Learning to Reach

Lately, Enoch has been trying to reach for toys that are slightly out of his "reach zone".  It usually involves a ball or block that rolls away.  Right now, it seems like he can grab most things that land 8"-12" away from his tummy (if he can get a grip on it), and usually if it rolls more than a foot away, he doesn't even try.

But, there is one problem that he hasn't really figured out yet about reaching.  If the toy rolls to one side of him, he doesn't understand that the nearest hand is the best choice. This is especially true if he was holding the toy in his left hand but it lands on his right side..  the left hand almost always tries to grab it.  It's pretty cute to watch him try to figure out how get the toy back, and you can definitely see his wheels spinning when the opposite hand just seems too short.  Usually he tries half-heartedly a few times (in vain of course) and then gives it one final big reach only to fall over (sometimes on top of the toy).  

I captured a sample video to demonstrate how funny and cute it is.  (Please excuse my bad English- I say "what a good _____" way too often!!)

I'm sure that once he figures out how to use the "best" hand, he'll start wanting to figure out how to get those toys which roll outside of the 12" reach zone, I mean isn't that what kids do, learn one thing only to find something else that needs to be learned?  :-)