What they see babies

Can newborn babies look and focus really distinguish people and objects?

Children are born with a fully developed capacity to distinguish between objects and colors. However, babies are very nearsighted (distant objects they see a very blurry).

Previously it was thought that the newborn babies in the first months of life have very poor eyesight. But new research shows that this assumption is incorrect. Already in the first week of life the children may well see and distinguish between different objects. They still difficult to focus, they are best seen from a distance of 20-30 cm - just such a distance from the eyes to the face of the newborn nursing his mother.

So what more appropriate for newborn black and white rather than colored toys and mobiles. Another interesting feature of the newborn - preference for human faces. In the brain, there is a special area that is responsible for facial recognition. And baby it already operates. Newborns like even drawings depicting human faces. This recognition engine helps establish a strong link between the child and parents. So when the newly born baby stares at your face and eyes, for example, during feeding, it really focuses on you.

Disadvantages of the newborn due to the fact that the child is still weak eye muscles, and it is difficult to coordinate eye movements. Thus, although the vision allows the infant to recognize patterns and contrasts, it is unable to focus and track moving objects. Many parents notice that their newborn child "mows" eyes. But these defects are usually held about three months.

Research still can not fully explain what he sees, and he does not see the newborn. But even the fact that we already know, makes admire the abilities of tiny creatures, the newly born.

Issues

If a child after a few weeks or months does not focus on near objects look, tell your doctor.

If 3-4 months baby still looks "oblique" (the left and right eyes are looking in different directions), it can be a sign of vision problems or muscle, and should discuss this with your doctor.

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