Do you notice that sometimes your new baby crosses their eyes? Are you worried that this might be permanent? The good news is that you do not need to be worried if you notice the following things if your baby is younger than six months old and the crossing of the eyes occurs intermittently.
Infant vision is approximately 20/200 at birth. They see only high contrast and outlines of people and things. This is why infants are attracted to black and white and highly patterned items. As the baby's vision improves, she is able to see things more clearly and begin to see colors. The improvement in vision is a result of binocular vision and it is an automatic process that the brain programs.
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If your baby is younger than 6 months and you have noticed that their eyes are crossed sometimes, relax. Most babies do not use both of their eyes together until about six months old. It is completely normal for a baby to have one eye that goes off to the side or turn inward on an intermittent basis, up until the age of six months because the brain is not programmed for binocular vision as of yet. The brain programs the eyes to work together around this age and this is when vision improves dramatically for infants.
Some babies do have a condition called esotropia (eyes turning inward) or exotropia (eyes turning outward). This is caused by a problem with the eye muscles and must be corrected surgically if the vision is to develop normally. Most babies with these types of eye problems have it persistently instead of intermittently and need to be treated by a pediatric ophthalmologist.