Baby born with congenital reflexes that will help him get comfortable in the world. Gradually, the child will grow and develop, it will be new skills. How to develop the child's vision in the first two months of life?

Children with fair skin eyes at birth, eyes are usually blue, but they will get permanent color between six months and a year. A dark-skinned children have brown eyes and usually remain such, although they may slightly darken or posvetlet during the first year. A child is born with good hearing, but relatively poor eyesight - about 20/200. Newborn clearly see objects at a distance of 20 cm - just to see your face when you feed your baby. During the first two months, the child learns to follow the objects and learns to see at a greater distance.

Milestones of newborn

• A newborn baby can focus the mind on a stationary object near. Later he learns to follow the eyes of a moving object.
• The baby is with great pleasure exploring the faces of the mother and other people in preference to other objects.
• It reacts to changes in light.
• For two months the child can focus on a small object next to him (for example, buttons).
• By this time, he may begin to consider their own hands and feet, as well as looking at things and drag them.

What parents can do for the development of the child

• Shows him a color or black-and-white contrasts with bright toys or interesting patterns.
• Have your child unbreakable mirror in which he will be able to look at his face.
• Most hold face-to-face baby (this may make adults or siblings), look into the eyes of a child. Change your facial expression.
• Experiment with lighting - open and close the curtains, turn on the bright or dim light.
• Hang over the crib or stroller colorful mobile.
• Put your baby on his stomach on a bright rug.
• Wear bright baby socks with patterns.
• Read picture books and hold them close enough that the child can focus on the pictures.
• Change your hand when feeding the baby, even if you feed it from a bottle.
• Protect eyes baby from too much light.

Danger signs

Every child develops at their own pace, and not in accordance with the tables and graphs that are loved by adults. Even if the child is a little behind these tables, possibly nothing terrible happens. However, if after two months after the birth of the child does not respond to bright light, do not focus on your face and other related facilities, one or both eyes look dull - contact your doctor.

Listen to your intuition. Some things are quite normal (for example, if the child is six months sometimes "squint"), while others are still worth to pay attention to them. If you think that a child has vision problems, consult your pediatrician or pediatric ophthalmology.

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