Looking After Your Toddler’s Vision To help your toddler develop healthy vision: • Make sure her eyes are safe from injury. • Protect her eyes from sun exposure. Use sunglasses: • with 99–100% UVA and UVB protection • with lenses that fully cover the eyes • that fit snugly and comfortably. • Provide healthy food. • Show things to her (mobiles, colourful images, patterns). • Encourage her to climb, run on the playground with you, play with a ball and big puzzles, build with blocks and look at books. • Have her eyes checked if you think there may be a problem with her vision.
When you are choosing sunglasses, make sure they offer 99–100 per cent UVA and UVB protection.
The following are typical vision skills of toddlers:
Typical Vision Skills of Toddlers By 6 – 8 months
• Sees objects of interest and moves toward them. • Eyes appear “straight” and work together.
By 8 – 12 months
• Uses her eyes to help herself move around objects.
Over 12 months
• Shows interest in books/stacking toys. • Moves, climbs, and throws in a co-ordinated manner.
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