The five senses in baby are his learning tools!
As with adults, the five senses are quite important to the newborn
When the baby is inside the womb and although many people do not believe it, little or little begins to outline what the five senses will be in the future. The fetus is able to distinguish some levels of light and darkness in addition to hearing various voices from outside. In addition to this, it is also capable of smelling and tasting the amniotic fluid with which it is nourished daily . However, the moment it goes outside, the five senses begin to fully function thanks to the large amount of stimuli it receives from outside. Then I will talk to you in more detail about each of the five senses that the baby has.
Index
THE BABY’S SENSE OF SIGHT
The baby is able to see perfectly once it is born. During the first months he sees quite well at a short distance of about 25 cm and with the passage of time he is able to see perfectly at much more distance. The newborn usually recognizes people’s faces without problems thanks to the so-called focus distance. On the subject of colors, it is believed that at first he is able to see in white, black and gray and as the months go by he begins to see different colors.
THE SENSE OF TOUCH IN THE BABY
Touch is undoubtedly the most important sense for the baby since he needs to feel the skin of his mother or father. Feeling your parents’ skin helps your baby relax and calm down quickly. Touch in the case of the baby is much more sensitive than that of adults, so it is capable of feeling sensations such as cold or heat in a much more important way
THE SENSE OF SMELL IN THE BABY
Another of the most developed senses of the newborn is smell. Thanks to this sense, he is able to recognize his mother from other different people. The mother’s scent is the most important for the baby and the one he needs every day to feel protected as well as relaxed.
THE SENSE OF TASTE IN THE BABY
Taste is without a doubt the least developed sense of babies. Despite this, it is capable of rejecting flavors such as acids and enjoying flavors such as the sweetest. From six months the baby is already able to perceive the different flavors. Until reaching this age the baby does not need to differentiate between these flavors since it only feeds on breast milk.
THE BABY’S SENSE OF HEARING
While inside the uterus, the baby is able to hear sounds from the outside and begin to become familiar with his mother’s voice. That is why experts on the subject advise that the mother speak to her future child despite being still inside the uterus. Once he is born, he can differentiate between different sounds and choose those that he likes from another that makes them uncomfortable. In this way, he dislikes high-pitched sounds and is frightened by very loud sounds. On the contrary, he really enjoys soft sounds. As for people’s voices, he is perplexed when he hears them, especially his mother’s. He usually recognizes it immediately and is protected and clothed once he hears it.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.