This popular science article on infant vision development was first published by ophthalmologist Romesh Angunawela on an authoritative British media. The article uses a series of pictures to vividly show the vision development of the baby from birth to 12 months.

        When a baby is born, he can only see the face of the person who is holding him, but as the baby grows up month by month, he can see more and more clearly.As the baby's brain develops, he sees more and more clearly, and gradually he can understand and grasp the world around him through his eyes.

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

In the first month, the eyes of the babies can only focus on things 20-30 cm in front of them, and the whole world is blurred in black and white. At this time, the mothers are all in blurred black and white.Babies' eyesight tends to be nearsighted, and they can focus on objects 8 to 15 cm away, and can follow moving objects with their eyes.

      By more than one month, the baby can already see objects within 1-15 cm in front of his eyes, and can start to focus on objects.

  After the full moon, you can see a slightly clearer mother.That shadow next to Dad is Xiami?The phenomenon of baby's visual concentration becomes more and more obvious, and he likes to look at moving objects and familiar faces of adults.Able to gaze at objects in a coordinated manner, able to distinguish colors, but unable to distinguish shades, eyeballs can move with objects within a range of 90 degrees, when objects approach quickly, there will be protective reflexes such as blinking, staring at small hands for more than 5 seconds .

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

Babies under 2 months can only see things at a distance of 20 centimeters, so from 20 centimeters, they are a little blurry, but at this time they start to feel the interest of light and contours, so they will see the flashing place , will feel the shaking things, at this time I start to like all kinds of hands~ Isn’t it amazing~

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

Starting from 3 months, it is a little clearer!At this time, the baby's vision begins to gradually clear up.At this time, the vision has reached 0.01-0.02, and the field of vision has reached 180 degrees.

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

At 4 months, the clarity is getting farther and farther away. It seems that there is a person named Dad next to the mother, but he is still a little blurry~ Yes, maybe the father stands farther away. 0.02-0.05 Hand-eye coordination begins, can look at one's own hands, and sometimes can use hands to touch objects seen.

 After four months, have you noticed that your baby's vision has begun to change in distance and depth?Yes, it has already started to become three-dimensional. If the mother is closer and the father is farther away, it will show a different feeling.

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

 From 5 months old, Dad also gradually became clearer, and the toys next to him were also clearly visible, and Mom was already clearer than ever!

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

 At 6 months, Dad gradually became clear. At this stage, the eyesight of the babies has almost reached 0.1. Are you excited to play with something? !

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

After 7 months, the scope of seeing has become wider, and the distance has also been strengthened a lot, especially in terms of details.Dad was almost seeing clearly too.

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

 At 8 months, the baby's eyesight has taken another step forward. It is already a little close to the eyesight of an adult. The two eyes will coordinate very well. They can see the target together, focus together, and can adjust to see more clearly~ The background is starting to become clear~

After 8 months, the baby can reach about 0.3, and can learn to walk and talk very well, and the door to the world is getting wider and wider.The eyesight has taken another step forward, and it is already a little close to the eyesight of an adult. The two eyes will coordinate well, see the target together, focus together, and can adjust to see more clearly by themselves~

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

At 9 months, it is no longer enough to lie down. Many babies start to crawl and explore the world with their eyes, hands and mouth.

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

After 10 months, the things on the back wall can gradually become clear~

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth        

At 11 months, I can see the chairs behind me clearly~

Vision of the baby in the first month after birth

After 12 months, my eyesight has reached a very good level. I can basically see clearly what is in front of me.

From birth to 12 months, during these 12 months, the baby's vision has changed from blurry to black and white, from black and white to color, and even the clarity has gradually improved, which is really amazing.From birth to 12 months, gradually from the blurry black and white world, to being able to see colors clearly, and then being able to recognize the closest people.
        Therefore, for the baby in the confinement period, there is no need for the mother to be so entangled in whether the baby recognizes himself or not, and there is no need to give him dolls and other toys, because he has not yet the ability to see the world clearly.
         Remind mothers to pay attention to the fact that children's 1-3 years old's visual development is very susceptible to external interference. It is strongly recommended that 1-3 years old do not touch electronic screen products, less vision development will be adversely affected by interference and cause vision development problems.