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Age-Appropriate Vision Milestones
Vision problems may be suspected in children who are not
responding to their environment properly. Thefollowing are some
age-related guidelines that may help to decide if your child is
having problems. It isimportant to remember that not every child is
the same, and some children may reach milestones at different
ages. Consult your child's physician if you are suspicious that
your child is not seeing correctly or is having otherproblems with
his/her vision.Milestones related to vision or seeing:
Birthpoor eyesightinfant will blink in response to bright light
or touching eyeeyes are sometimes uncoordinated, may look
crossed-eyedable to stare at object if held 8 to 10 inches
awayinitially fixes eyes on a face or light then begins to follow a
moving object
1 month looks at faces and pictures with contrasting black and
white imagescan follow an object up to 90 degreeswatches parent
closelytears begin to work
2 to 3 monthsbegins to be able to see an object as one
imagelooks at handsfollows l ight, faces, objects
4 to 5 months beginning to reach hands to objects, may bat at
hanging object with handscan stare at blockrecognizes bottlewill
look at self in mirrorwill look at own hand
5 to 7 monthshas full color vision, able to see at longer
distancescan pick up a toy that is droppedwill turn head to see an
objectlikes certain colorswill touch image of self in mirror
7 to 11 monthscan stare at small objectsbegins to have depth
perception
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plays peek-a-boo
11 to 12 monthscan watch objects that are moving fast
12 to 14 monthsable to place shapes in proper holesbecomes
interested in pictures
recognizes familiar objects and pictures in books, may point to
some objectswhen asked, "Where is the ...?"points and gestures for
objects and actionsrecognizes own face in mirror
18 to 24 monthsable to focus on objects near and farscribbles
with crayon or pencil, may imitate drawing straight line or
circlecan point to body parts (nose, hair, eyes) when asked
36 to 38 monthscan copy shapesvision is nearing 20/20names
colors
48 to 72 months (4 to6 years) recognizes and recites the
alphabet
ready to begin readinghas complete depth perceptionuses
scissorscan name coins and money
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