A newborn sees and perceives the world a lot different than how we do. It is obviously understandable as they have the first time exposure to the outside environment , as opposed to our years of living in it. However, it is not just because of this reason. A baby’s senses haven’t yet developed to their full capacities and so remains the difference. While, touch and auditory senses are almost fully developed at the time of birth, the baby may not be ready yet to see and focus on the lovely views surrounding him. The visual sense, takes months to develop and mature. So, expecting him to remember and recognize you by your faces is too much to demand. If he still does identify the mother (or maybe the father as well), it is probably more by their sounds than their face, for those voices he’s acquainted with from a time long before the birth.
Now, the question is- how long will it take for the child to develop his visionary faculty completely, and can parents do anything to stimulate this particular sense? So the answer is, it does take months, and you cannot precisely tell how many. Stimulation works, and there are ways to do so. It is good and is recommended.
So here are 6 simple activities to stimulate your baby’s visual senses:
8 to 12 inches from the baby
Show them the “Black & White”
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Decorate the nursery with bright and bold patterns
Keep Changing the Crib/Bassinet position
Stripe it
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Play Peekaboo
By the time your child will start crawling, his visual capabilities would have significantly improved and he will begin to grab on the distantly placed objects too as they will now be able to judge the distance by the sight (size) of objects and have greatly enhanced hand-eye co-ordination.