Every mother and father want nothing more for their new baby than to be healthy, strong, kind and smart. Luckily, we now have many ways to help our children reach their highest potential. But how many parents are concerned with their child’s vision growth? Many parents often believe an infants vision is the same as an adults. In actuality this is false.
In the first week of life a baby’s vision is without detail and based on shades of gray.
This is a great time to introduce a soft and cuddly blanket to the nursery. Although the baby only sees the world in shades of gray right now they’ll very shortly be able to expand on that. What better way to introduce a world of colors than with comfort and softness?
After the second week the baby can now start seeing basic colors such as red, orange, yellow and green. Blue is a trickier color and takes longer to develop due to its short wave lengths.
This illustration from our Soft Kisses book is a great example of how to encourage a baby’s vision to grow at this time. Use as wall art around the nursery as a way to stimulate and encourage baby’s focus. The colors are gentle enough on her new eyes while offering enough contrast to keep a baby interested.
By six months a baby can now see all colors of the rainbow and have much better hand eye coordination. This means many more things get easily popped into the mouth!
Start keeping lots of books around by this point as babies are going to crave the visual stimulation. And what better way to start a collection of visually stimulating books than our Twilight Dreams.
As they drift to sleep you’ll be happy knowing they’re growing as perfectly as ever with your help.
Getting your little one settled in for sleep time will include lots of different bedtime routines. We’ve discussed so many but there’s just nothing like snuggling with a bedtime story.
