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Dr. Edward Boshnick
Snapper Creek Professional Center
7800 SW 87 Ave Suite B-270
Miami, Florida 33173
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FAQ about your baby's vision


When should I begin to be concerned about my baby's vision?
Your role begins even before birth, with proper prenatal care and nutrition. At birth, be sure your baby's eyes are examined for signs of eye health and congenital eye problems. Though these are rare, early diagnosis and treatment are important to your child's development.

When should I seek professional care?
Unless you notice a need, your child's first visit to your optometrist for a thorough vision examination should be by age three. Be on the lookout however, for symptoms that may indicate a need for earlier professional care. These include an eye turning inward,outward,upward or downward frequently or for long periods;favoring one eye; a tendency to bump into objects on one side;reddened eyes or lids;excessive tearing; encrusted eyelids or frequent styles. Modern technology makes it possible to examine and treat infants even under six months of age.

How can I help in the development of my baby's vision?
Your baby will spend much of his or her first three years learning how to see. The many different vision skills developed now will serve your child throughout life. There are many ways you can help.

The first four months: Your newborn sees a blurred world of light and dark patterns. Within the first four months,however, he or she should begin to follow moving objects with the eyes and to reach for things,first by chance and later more accurately,as hand-eye coordination and depth perception begin to develop.

Things you can do are:

  • Use a nightlight or other dim lamp in your baby's room.
  • Change the crib's position frequently and your baby's position in it.
  • Hang a mobile outside and above the crib.
  • Keep reach-and-touch objects within your baby's focus, about eight to twelve inches. Toys should be large enough not to be swallowed.
  • Talk to your baby as you walk around the room,giving him or her a target to follow.
  • Alternate right and left sides with each feeding.


    • Four to six months:
    Your baby should now begin to turn from side to side and use his or her arms and legs. Eye movement control and eye/body coordination skills should develop further.

    Things you can do are:

  • Allow your baby to explore different textures and shapes with his or her fingers.

  • Hang objects across the crib to foster eye-hand-foot coordination.

  • Play "patty cake" with your baby.


    • Six to eight months:
    Both eyes should focus equally now.

    Things you can do are:

  • Allow your child freedom to crawl and explore.
  • Play "peek-a-boo" with toys or faces.
  • Provide stuffed animals and other objects with details.
  • Have older children play in the same room. Your baby will imitate them within the limits of his or her own development.


    • Eight to twelve months:


    Your baby should be mobile now,crawling and pulling himself or herself up. He or she now will begin to use both eyes together to judge distances and can grasp and throw objects with greater precision.

    Things you can do are:

  • Don't encourage early walking. Crawling is important in developing eye-hand-foot-body coordination.
  • Give your baby stacking and take-apart toys.
  • Provide objects your baby can touch, hold and see at the same time.


    • One to two years:
    Your child's eye-hand coordination and depth perception should become well developed and he or she will begin to understand abstract terms.

    Things you can do are:

  • Encourage walking.
  • Help you baby play with building blocks,simple puzzles and balls.
  • Provide opportunities to climb and explore indoors and out.
  • Provide a rocking horse or riding toys pushed with the feet to help develop eye-hand-foot coordination.


    • Two to three years:
    Your two-year-old will become more interested in exploring his or her environment and in looking and listening.

    Things you can do are:

  • Read or tell your toddler stories to prepare for learning to read.
  • Prepare tools for drawing, painting and coloring.
  • Allow time for outdoor activities.


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