To stimulate the baby's vision one must resort to colorful toys with different shapes and prints.
The newborn baby looks best at a distance of about twenty to thirty centimeters from the objects. This means that when he is breastfeeding, he can see the mother's face perfectly. Little by little the baby's field of vision increases and he begins to see better.
However, the little eye test that can be performed even in the maternity and up to 3 months of the child's life may indicate that the baby has a vision problem such as strabismus and some strategies to stimulate the child's vision are necessary.
These games and toys are suitable for all children since birth, but are especially suitable for infants born with microcephaly and those whose mothers had Zika during pregnancy because they are more likely to have visual problems.
Here are some options you can do at home daily to improve your baby's vision.
Toys best suited to stimulate baby's vision
The best toys to stimulate the baby's vision are those well-colored, brightly colored and vibrant, as are usually the children's toys. If the toy besides being colored, still emitting sounds, they also stimulate the child's hearing.
You can put a mobile in the baby's crib or a bow of toys to put in the stroller that is well colored and has some sound. As the newborn baby spends a lot of time in the crib and in the baby stroller, whenever he is seeing these toys his sight and hearing will be stimulated.
Colorful Handkerchief Play
The game is very simple, just hold a piece of cloth or well colored scarf with different prints in front of your baby making moves to draw the baby's attention towards the scarf. When the baby looks, move the scarf from side to side to encourage the baby to follow him with his eyes.
Easy to do toys at home to stimulate baby's vision
To make a very colorful rattle, you can put a little grain of rice, beans and corn in a PET bottle and close it tightly with hot glue and then stick a few pieces of colored durex in the bottle. You can give the baby play or show the rattle to him several times a day.
Another good idea is in a white Styrofoam ball you can glue strips of black glue tape and give the baby hold and play around because the black and white stripes attract attention and stimulate eyesight.
Neurons related to vision begin to specialize during the first months of life and this activity that stimulates the baby's vision and will ensure a good visual development of the child.
Watch the video to learn what the baby is doing at this stage and how you can help him develop faster:
