Some studies have shown that newborns prefer to see graphics with sharp outlines and contrasting shades of color. It is possible that such graphics are more stimulating to the retina, so a black-and-white chessboard is more appealing to newborns than a simple white cloth. Mr. Fan once did an experiment in this regard. He showed two different images to the newborn at the same time, and if the newborn looked at one of them for a longer time and gazed at it more often, he loved the image more than the other one. Based on this reasoning, Mr. Fan patiently studied hundreds of newborns and proved that they preferred to look at the graphics with rings and stripes over the uncolored ones. He further found that newborns preferred complex, curved, content-rich shapes to simple, straight, content-poor shapes. More in-depth studies showed that newborns also like to look at people’s faces. To clarify whether this was because they knew faces or because they were attracted to the rounded contours of faces and the contrasting forms of eyes and hair, Mr. Fanz experimented by showing the newborns two faces. One was a regular face chart, and the other was a distorted face chart with the structures of the face such as nose, eyes and mouth moved home. The results showed that newborns prefer to see regular faces. This is probably because newborns are born with the ability to recognize faces of their own kind. The newborn loves to look at faces. During his quiet awakening, facing forward, with you and him facing each other, when he gazes at your face, his eyes open wide, his gaze becomes bright, and he often stops sucking and moving. This eye-to-eye gaze is an evocative and emotionally charged communication. Parents and babies are magnetically attracted to each other in the stare-off, exchanging mother-child feelings and genuine love for each other. The best distance to look – 20 cm When the newborn is looking at you, your head slowly moves to the side, but still facing the baby’s face, then he will slowly move his eyes, then turn his head to follow the direction of your movement, in addition to the horizontal direction, he can also follow from the vertical direction to see your face. If you talk to the baby at the same time, it will be more interesting to him because the sound stimulation and the movement of the mouth will enhance his feelings. Moving faces Some doctors use infrared photography to find that newborns often look at the external outline of a figure and then look at the details. Similarly, when looking at your face, look at the outline of the face first, then at the eyes, mouth, etc. The eyes are a particularly attractive target for newborns to gaze at. The fact that the newborn will not only look at the mother’s face, but will also want to touch her mouth with her hands, indicates that there is an unusual coordination between visual and hand movements. One of the reasons why it was thought that newborns could not see was because they did not understand the characteristics of nearsightedness in newborns. The best distance they can see is about 20 cm, which is equivalent to the distance between the mother’s face and the baby’s face when the mother is holding the baby for breastfeeding. Newborns have a poor ability to adjust their visual focus, so if something is too close or too far from the newborn, they can’t see it clearly and only see a blurred image. Therefore, to induce the newborn’s ability to see, the object must be placed at a distance of about 20 cm from the infant’s eye. This state continues until 3 to 4 months after birth, and infants have the ability to adjust their visual focus only at 4 months. Some newborns are able to follow moving objects, while others do not seem to look. It is only after research that we know that the ability of newborns to see is mainly related to the state they are in, and that they look only in the quiet awake state. If you want to observe your newborn’s ability to see, you must first learn to be acutely aware of the newborn’s state of arousal. Some newborns have a very short awakening time and must be good at catching it. This state is often easily obtained about an hour after feeding, because the state change is related to the sleep cycle. It is best not to do this just after feeding, because at this time the infant is very sleepy, very asleep and not easy to wake up. It should also be avoided before the second feeding, because this is when the baby is woken up very hungry, wants to eat milk and cries easily. Secondly, the room light should not be too bright because the bright light makes the newborn unable to open his eyes. To be able to draw out the excellent performance of the newborn’s vision, you should make the newborn have a comfortable position, it is best that you take a seat and hold the baby half-lying on your lap, you take a brightly colored toy to get his attention, or make him look at your face. If you shake the object gently, it is more likely to get the newborn’s attention. If the newborn is ill or has experienced a bad delivery, it is entirely possible that the response to looking at things may not be elicited for a while. Other than that, almost all healthy newborns have this innate ability to see.