There are so many misconceptions about newborn babies.

I am still asked if baby can see or hear at birth!

The answer is a resounding YES! Let’s explore the remarkable skills that babies are born with. Read the list below so that you can rejoice and encourage baby every day.

• Feel, taste, and hear

• Move arms and legs in play

• Cry when in need of something

• Enjoy being held and spoken to

• See things 8 – 10 inches away

• See the human face and black and white contrasts

• Look into your eyes while you look into his

• Maintain a quiet alert (learning) state for minutes at a time

• Look at simple pictures or designs

• Lift head to look around

• Begin to turn head

• Grasp a small object briefly

• Make cooing sounds

• Smile

• Turn head to the side to follow an object

• Turn head to the side to follow a sound

• Reach toward a toy

• Show happy and sad feelings by making sounds