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  Checklist for Detection of Vision Problems Download

Here are some of the signs of normal vision for you to look out for during your baby's first year:
From 1 week Does your baby turn to diffuse light? Does your baby stare at your face?
By 2 months Does your baby look at you, follow your face if you move from side to side, and smile responsively back at you?
Do your baby's eyes move together?
By 6 months Does your baby look around with interest? Does your baby try to reach out for small objects?
Do your baby's eyes move together?
Do you think your baby has a squint? Squint is now definitely abnormal, however slight and temporary.
By 9 months Does your baby poke and rake very small objects such as crumbs or 'hundreds and thousands' cake decorations with fingers?
By 12 months Does your baby point to things to demand?
Does your baby recognise people she knows from across the room, before they speak to her/him?
If at any time you suspect that your baby's vision is abnormal, either because you cannot answer 'yes' to any of the items above or you suspect a squint, seek advice from your nurse or doctor.
Reproduced from the Checklist for Detection of Vision Problem. Mary D Sheridan From Birth to Five Yea's Children's Development Progress. Edition revised and updated by Marion Frost & Ajay Sharma. (London: Routledge 1997), Appendix II. Permission to use granted by International Thomson Publishing Services Lid.

 
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Last revision date: 01 September 2006