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Red Flags in Your Child's
Visual Development
5-6 Months
- Infant has trouble moving eyes in all directions
- Babys' eyes jiggle from side-to-side or up-and-down and cannot hold
still
- Excessive tearing
- Your infant does not track (follow objects or faces with both his or
her eyes) by 3-4 months
- If by 4 months your child's eyes are not aligned contact your
child's physician or a pediatric optometrist (visit
www.InfantSEE.org for providers
in your area)
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Visual Skills Development: 5-6 Months
It is thought that infants have good color vision by 5 months of
age, although, not as sensitive as an adult's.
Other milestones at 5-6 months include:
- Tracks horizontally across midline and diagonally
- Tracks movement of people within the immediate environment
- Visually follows the path of a dropped object
- Observes own personal movement
- Locates an object and leaning toward it
- Smiles at mirror image
- Uses vision to reach for and grasp objects accurately
Between 5-8 months eye-body coordination is continuing to improve. At
7-8 months you will begin seeing your child move his or her eyes with very
little head movement. He or she should also begin watching activities for
longer periods of time. Around 8-9 months your child will look for dropped
toys (object permanence).
Strategies
- Play "peek-a-boo" with toys and faces
- Provide objects of various shapes and textures for your child to
explore
- When feeding, have the child follow the spoon horizontally,
vertically and diagonally
- Use a floppy hat or baby sunglasses to protect your baby's eyes from
the sun.
- Schedule your child's first comprehensive eye exam between 6-12
months of age. InfantSEE is a public health program offering no-cost
eye exams regardless of income or insurance. Visit
www.InfantSEE.org for a list of
providers in your area.
Visual Development by Age GroupContact Information
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