The sense of sight is one of the important senses. No wonder some parents are curious, can a newborn baby be able to see well or not? The answer is yes, but babies usually cannot see clearly, especially objects that are far from it.
Unlike the sense of hearing that has fully matured at the age of one month. The baby's vision takes longer to be able to see the surroundings clearly.
Stage of Vision in Infants
Here are the stages of the baby's eye development so they can see clearly:
Newborn until 1 month of age
Newborns cannot see anything far away. Babies can see objects with a distance of 20-40 cm (approximately one inch of an adult). At this age, babies prefer to see contrasting colors, or colors with striking differences.
Newborns also have eyeballs that cannot focus at the same time. When shown an object that moves before his eyes, his eyeballs cannot simultaneously follow the movements of objects. The ability of the baby's eyes to focus will be better when he is 1-2 months old.
Ages 2-4 months
In this age range, babies usually start to clearly see the difference in color. Babies may already enjoy seeing primary colored objects, such as red, blue, or yellow, and objects with more complicated designs or details. At this time, parents may show brightly colored toys, books or pictures.
When she is 4 months old, babies can estimate the distance. Supported by the motor skills of the arms, the baby will more easily reach the object he sees.
5 months old
Entering the age of 5 months, the baby's ability to recognize small objects and moving objects has improved. At this age, Little will probably like to play 'peekaboo', because he can already recognize an object even though he only ever saw a little detail of the object.
His understanding of color has also begun to improve. Babies can distinguish bold colors and begin to distinguish soft colors, such as pastels.
8 months old
At the age of 8 months the baby's vision is nearing perfect, even almost the same as adult vision. At this age, babies are able to see objects that are far away, although not as good as close vision.
12 months old
The age of 12 months, the baby can see clearly. He can already see objects that are both close and far well. Even babies are able to recognize people they already know from a distance.
It is important for parents to know the stages of development of a baby's vision in order to be able to recognize it early if an interruption occurs. If your baby's two eyeballs do not move together at the age of 3-4 months, check with your pediatrician. These symptoms can be a sign that your child has a disruption in vision or in the eye muscles.
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