Dr. Chheda – Your baby can see when they’re first born. They can see colors – you don’t have to keep everything black and white. But their vision is really only about 12 inches, only about a foot, only about from your face to where you’re holding the baby in your arms when you’re feeding. That’s really what they can focus on.

Over time their focus will get better and they will start seeing further and further away. Around 6 months of age, they can start seeing across the room.

So if you have bright colors on, just kind of move around. Wear your bright colors and move around ’cause they will follow the bright colors. They will follow younger siblings. They will follow your pets running all around the house.

The one thing that they really love staring at is a ceiling fan, ’cause really when they’re lying on their back, that’s really all they can see. So your baby can see, your baby can see in colors. If you have any concern about your baby’s vision, please talk to your pediatrician.