Babies’ motor skills aren’t well-developed, but they offset their weaknesses with strengths in sensory skills.
Newborns have limited visual acuity that rapidly improves in a few days to see shapes clearly. They prefer faces and at one month can tell Mom’s face from others.
At 2-3 months, they see color and at 6 months, their depth perception and visual acuity is close to that of an adult.
In terms of hearing, during the final months in the womb, they can hear sounds and a newborn’s hearing is only a bit less sensitive than an adult’s. Within days of birth, they prefer human voices over noise, and can recognize Momma’s voice!
They have all 4 tastes, but prefer sweet! Infants respond to nasty odors the first days of life and can discriminate between 2 odors just days after birth.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking your baby isn’t paying attention. She’s using her all of her senses to take it in.
Claudia
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Newborns have limited visual acuity that rapidly improves in a few days to see shapes clearly. They prefer faces and at one month can tell Mom’s face from others.
At 2-3 months, they see color and at 6 months, their depth perception and visual acuity is close to that of an adult.
In terms of hearing, during the final months in the womb, they can hear sounds and a newborn’s hearing is only a bit less sensitive than an adult’s. Within days of birth, they prefer human voices over noise, and can recognize Momma’s voice!
They have all 4 tastes, but prefer sweet! Infants respond to nasty odors the first days of life and can discriminate between 2 odors just days after birth.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking your baby isn’t paying attention. She’s using her all of her senses to take it in.
Claudia
Join me on Facebook at Dr. Claudia McCulloch
At drclaudia.net, click on the "Ask Me" button and send me a question.
