The baby is born practically blind, although after a few weeks he already recognizes our face, his sense of sight is essential for him to relate to the world. Our baby's eyes are perfectly developed at birth, but they are unable to see, since the visual process requires a long learning, as much as ten years.
Sight is the sense that takes the longest to be effective, the brain needs to learn to interpret what its eyes are seeing little by little. It is a maturation and intense process, especially in its first trimester and from there it gradually decreases until the age of five. From this age, his visual acuity is similar to ours, although he needs to complete this learning that lasts five more years.
Upon birth, our baby only sees lights and shadows, their retinas are only able to capture the intense changes of light, their pupils respond weakly and their eyes still do not move. He sees less than half of what we see, but after ten days of birth he begins to notice a bright spot, although he continues to see it blurry and discontinuous. It is curious that at the distance that focuses more sharply, it is the distance that the mother has while breastfeeding, about 20 centimeters, hence the visual bond that joins the mother from the first days.
In its first month it already focuses on objects located almost one meter away, but what most attracts its attention are the faces of the people around it. The objects that most seduce you are simple and black and white, but you can only capture them if they are static, the movement captures it when it is very bulky and slow. It is after three months when they can follow figures in light movement and turn their heads towards it.
Finally, as of the fourth month, he begins to coordinate the movement between the eye and the hand, he observes his hands and plays with them. When we get your attention with a toy, try to catch it, the color vision begins to mature. At the beginning it only differentiated the contrasts, but now it sees different shades.
We must help you develop your visual sense by showing objects of different shapes and colors, it is a game that will make us enjoy the whole family.
