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Babies are curious about everything right from birth. They love to look at bright colors in the crib and mom’s smiling face again and again. As a newborn, babies can only see what is within 8 to 10 inches from their eyes and thus, she starts recognizing mother’s face as she feeds and nurses the baby. The most preferred sight for your baby is her mom as she feels safest with her. This not only helps the baby to recognize you but is also a great bonding process between you and the baby.
As baby’s vision sharpens, she learns to recognize dad, other caregivers and family members and eventually pets and frequent visitors of the family. At first, babies see everything in only black and white but they acquire the ability to distinguish colors by the time they are two months old. So, it is advisable to not only invest in black and white toys or blankets and buy other bright colors that babies will love in a few months too. Babies seem to find people’s faces most interesting and read and observe them for long. It has also be seen that familiar faces and surroundings make baby feel secure and reassured.
Within a few months, babies start recognizing face expressions and start attributing them to certain feelings. They understand facial expressions better than words and may try to imitate them too. Infants also love to see pictures of other babies. Babies are smarter than most people credit them with and they notice changes in scenery, any changes that you make in décor or shifting position of things. It may also mean that they would resist the change in the beginning such as moving the crib to another position or repainting a wall or shifting houses and you may have to soothe the baby until she feels comfortable in the new surroundings.