Seeing your little angel born into the world, must be very happy. You may also be impatiently waiting for your little one to look at you and recognize your face. However, from what age can babies see? Let's get to know your baby's vision development process.
Once born, the baby can actually see. However, his vision is still very limited, which is only about 20-30 cm, or as far as you and your baby can see when you are breastfeeding.
Apart from not being able to see long distances clearly, his two eyeballs can't move well at the same time, so his vision is not focused.
Stages of Little One's Vision
The eyes and ability to see the Little One at birth is not perfect. However, the process of rapid development of the sense of sight will occur in the first months of life.
The following are the stages of development of the ability to see in infants:
Second month
If in the first month your little one is only interested in black, white, or light colors and can't tell the difference between similar colors like red and orange, in the second month your baby will begin to learn to distinguish colors.
You can help her development by showing a variety of books, toys, pictures, and photos in bright colors.
Fourth month
At the end of the third month, he will begin to be interested in paying attention to moving objects. Especially if the object has an interesting pattern and shape. Entering the fourth month, babies begin to enjoy seeing the faces of the people around them, and recognize the faces of their parents. Even from a distance, your little one can recognize some familiar faces.
In the fourth month, the baby's visual acuity is increasing. Likewise with motor development. That's why your four-month-old baby starts to love pulling on your earrings, glasses, glasses, or hair. At this age, babies also like to see their own reflection in the mirror.
To help your little one's motor and vision development at this stage, you can stimulate your little one by giving him colorful toys that he can hold and move, such as rattles.
Fifth month
By the fifth month, babies can recognize an object, even though they have only seen a small part of the object's shape. He has also begun to follow moving objects and see objects that are small in size. He can distinguish light colors and can be introduced to pastel colors.
In this fifth month, your little one can also start imitating your facial expressions. You can invite him to play peek-a-boo to stimulate his visual abilities.
Eighth month to 1 year old
In the eighth month, your little one's eyesight is near perfect, almost as good as that of adults. An eight-month-old baby is already able to see distances more clearly, although not as well as near-sightedness.
Arriving at the ninth month, your little one's eyesight is sharper and can pick up very small objects. He can also point and ask for objects that are nearby.
At the age of 1 year, your baby has started to see clearly. He can easily recognize people he already knows, even from a distance, and can distinguish between near and far.
Now you know how your baby's vision is developing and when the baby's age can see clearly. Invite your little one to play and stimulate their visual abilities by providing a variety of toys that have attractive shapes and colors.
The speed of the development process of each child is not the same, including the development of the sense of sight. However, if your child shows signs of visual disturbances, for example, does not respond to bright or luminous objects, the eye shape looks abnormal, the right and left eyes are very different, or the eyelids cannot open, immediately consult a doctor.