Games to stimulate the vision of babies from 0 to 5 months

Babies when they are born do not see clearly, their vision is blurred and also, they only perceive white and black. Between 0 and 3 months, they will not be able to distinguish faces or objects and can not capture colors either. This ability can be developed between 3 and 4 months. They have not yet

Babies when they are born do not see clearly, their vision is blurred and also, they only perceive white and black. Between 0 and 3 months, they will not be able to distinguish faces or objects and can not capture colors either. This ability can be developed between 3 and 4 months.

They have not yet developed binocular vision, that is, the use of both eyes at the same time. Your eyes must be trained and adapted during the stages of their growth until they reach visual maturity. To help you in this process we can perform some simple games and activities that will stimulate you visually.

3 activities to stimulate the vision of newborns

It is convenient that all activities, both daily and games that we perform with the baby have to be done working both eyes equally: either breastfeed or bottle, place him in different positions , play both sides ... In this way, we will stimulate both eyes.

- Use light stimuli: it is about using objects that have a high contrast and that catch your attention, that is, objects of white colors, use objects of different sizes, textures and shapes.

- Work eye-hand coordination: bring objects closer so that you can try to catch them. He is still not able to do it but if we put them two inches from his arm, he will try to make slight movements. So we will be working the visual periphery.

- Lay him on the ground: arrange a comfortable and safe place where there are many visual stimuli. In this way, he will move voluntarily to try to catch them.

With the collaboration of:

Teresa Molina and María Valencia

Opticians and optometrists

ISAVI, Institute of Visual Health