hi, i have a question that i hope someone can settle. my aunt is preggers again and my stupid cousin billy says that the baby will be blind for a whole month. i say hogwash, babies open they're eyes in like only a week or two (otherwise how could they crawl)? and that he's just jealous because he has to wear glasses. so maybe there's a baby expert here that can help set my stupid cousin straight? is it two weeks or more than a month that babie's can't open they eyes?
2007-01-16 13:30:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Babies open their eyes right away. Their vision is blurry, except at about 8-10 inches from their face (about the distance from the moms breast to face when she is breastfeeding). It gets more clear the older they get.
2007-01-16 13:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Babies open their eyes from the moment they are born. They actually open them in the womb (even though it's so dark in there they can't see anything. As soon as they enter they world they can see. A newborn baby with normal eyes typically sees and responds to changes in lighting right away. At first, they can only see a few feet away, but eventually as they develop and they can see just like everyone else.
I think your cousin is thinking of puppies, who will open their eyes between 8-10 days after they are born.
2007-01-16 21:37:33 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn D 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Babies open their eyes at birth and can see quite well. They lack the ability to focus right away....and they have no idea what they are looking at so people mistook this behavior for blindness...they are never blind.
2007-01-16 21:36:52 · answer #3 · answered by motherhendoulas 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Babies eyes are open at birth with a visual acuity of 20/400.
2007-01-16 21:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I only had one child but she had her eyes open the first day she was born and it looked like she was looking at my face. So I would say right away.
2007-01-16 21:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have pics of my son right after he was born, his eyes were open. For awhile, they can only see a few inches in front of them, that gradually increases.
2007-01-16 21:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Babys have there eyes open at birth. They arent kittens or puppys or something!!
2007-01-16 21:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
107.1 seconds after birth
2007-01-16 21:48:52 · answer #8 · answered by AL IS ON VACATION AND HAS NO PIC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋