Vision and Perception Milestones

First Month

  • interested in activities and objects brought to her visual focal range- between 18 inches
  • eyes are coordinated most of the time
  • follows objects with eyes
  • show particular pleasure on a mobile that hangs to the side of her crib
  • likes the contrast of light and dark patterns more than vividness of color
  • interested in human face- likes watching changing expressions

2- 3 months


  • early- had difficulty fixing both eyes on an image
  • end of this phase- can lock gaze into moving objects several feet away
  • can see in full color- prefers blue and red
  • discovers hands
  • Note: Let baby put his hands into his mouth. This helps him understand that the fingers are part of him and the rattle is not.

5-6 months

  • eyesight is sharp as an adult
  • watch face closely imitate face expressions
  • eye- hand coordination improves
  • can find toes and grab them

7-8 months

  • show great interest in small objects
  • compares visually large and small objects
  • sees details well and is curious an the designs and patterns
  • test the effects of his actions on objects by deliberately dropping toys
  • has an accurate mental picture of room
  • enjoys a box full of toys to dump out- helps baby learn in and out & full and empty
  • does not yet understand the difference between 2- 3 dimensions

9-10 months

  • learns a bit of the visual world
  • understands the concepts of up and down
  • more proficient at roughly determining the size of something
  • can bang two blocks together
  • can drop items in a container
  • understand that an object exist when hidden
  • comprehension not complete
  • sharpen his senses on what things look like
  • squint eyes to get another view

11-12 months

  • see environment in many dimensions
  • has sharper perception of space and distance
  • sees objects as existing separately from her and in many contexts
  • discovers that things can be manipulated
  • more highly developed eye - hand coordination
  • memory improves- knows where toys and objects are normally found
  • increase attention span
  • May be able to group objects by shape and color
  • study pictures in books intently
  • make own scribblings
  • still confuse on glasses and mirrors
  • Note: your baby's ability to make such distinctions and to manipulate objects is part of a very important process- she is learning how to think and how to solve problems

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