Visual Stimulation for Newborns
By Dr. Brown
Babies can not see color at this time, they prefer to see sharp contrast items. If you have any black and white picture cards or rattles, hold them about 10-16 inches away from your baby for sharpest focus. Babies begin to see color (red) at about two months of age. Although it may seem that your newborn baby may not be processing much, your child's vision is rapidly developing - stimulate your child with the appropriate tools such as black and white.
You may also go to the following websites and print some patterns from your computer:
www.babystrology.com/baby-learning/infant-visual-stimulation/infant_visual_stimulation.pdf
http://baby.zorger.com/baby.zorger.com.newborn.pdf
Babies can not see color at this time, they prefer to see sharp contrast items. If you have any black and white picture cards or rattles, hold them about 10-16 inches away from your baby for sharpest focus. Babies begin to see color (red) at about two months of age. Although it may seem that your newborn baby may not be processing much, your child's vision is rapidly developing - stimulate your child with the appropriate tools such as black and white.
You may also go to the following websites and print some patterns from your computer:
www.babystrology.com/baby-learning/infant-visual-stimulation/infant_visual_stimulation.pdf
http://baby.zorger.com/baby.zorger.com.newborn.pdf