Baby Vision Health – What You Should Know?

It is well known that eye vision health is mainly determined by hereditary factors and acquired disposition. As for hereditary factors, although there is no exact statistic about children suffering from eye diseases if their parents wear thick eyeglasses, those children are susceptible to various visual impairments. Apart from hereditary factors, acquired disposition matters a lot to children’s eye health.

Suppose all the parents have a good command of children eye care, it is less likely for the kids to become near-sighted, or suffer from other eye diseases.

Babies learn to see over months, just like the way they learn to walk and talk. The ability to focus their eyes, move them accurately, and use them as a team also need to be learned. Knowing the crucial period of children vision development will ensure health vision for your children.

The first period is during pregnancy. The care to your baby during pregnancy is extremely important for the development of body, mind, and vision. The young mothers should keep close contact with your OB doctors and follow the instructions on nutrition, rest and activities. Try to get rid of those bad habits, like smoking and alcohol drinking, as they will bring sobering effect to the baby.

Then another golden period for vision development is after birth. At birth, the baby sees only in black and white and shapes of gray, since the nerves cells in retina and related cells are not fully developed. Then only until 2nd month or 3rd month, many advances in vision development will take place. As the visual acuity becomes sharper, the child starts to reach for things in its sight. And if the parents decorate the room with bright colors could help to stimulate baby vision development. By the 6th month, the child should have his first eye exam, even though the baby doesn’t tell the letter, the doctors could perform non-verbal testing. This eye examination is beneficial to detect myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, as well as evaluate eye teaming and alignment. If the parents are so negligent to miss this eye examination, many of them would regret when the kids playing with thick reading glasses.

Next period comes to 7th to 12th month. During this period, the parents should pay close attention to eye injuries and eye diseases such as strabismus and amblyopia to the baby. Early diagnosis plays quite effective ways in preventing visual impairment for the kids. In order to have health vision for your kids, the parents should attach much importance to eye care from as early as possible.