[blparent] visual stimulation and eye contact with babies

[Lisamaria Martinez]

Erin brings up some really good points. At two months, a baby can't
see very far so it is important to get close to your baby. I put my
face close to Erik's all the time--even now but that's mostly to kiss
his chubby little cheeks or -pretend to. I think acting like you're
making that eye contact works fine enough for children.

Babies will look at things that interest them. So, if you feel your
baby's little head pointing in a different direction, then they are
interested in something. For the longest time, I couldn't tell if Erik
was sleeping or awake when he was really young. He'd lay there quietly
observing the world, looking at the tree leaves moving, the blinds
swaying in the breeze, and all that time I would be thinking he was
asleep only to have my husband say his eyes were wide open. In the
end, it really doesn't matter if the baby and you are looking deep
into each other's eyes.

LM


On 5/11/12, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
> Hello my husband and I are both totally blind and a cloose  friend talked to
> me about visual eye contact. She told me to act as though I could see him by
> keeping my face turned to him when I held him or played with him. It seemed
> to work because when he became a toddler if he thought I wasn't paying close
> enough attention he would come over and take my face in his hands aand point
> me toward him.
>
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