could newborns see?

It is true that the macula in newborns is not fully developed at birth. As they continue to see, their macula gets developed and become fully developed after a few years. So it is not true that newborns can't see.

i have a five year old son. when my wife gave birth the pedia told us that a new born can see but it is all like in black and white. they still need to get used with the new environment. so slowly their sight will adjust but they can see but not clear as when they are already 2-3 months. do you have a baby? try to put a red balloon when he is already a month old and you can see your baby looking or cooing at the balloon... priceless sight.

I think they can see only short distances. Farther distances are very blurry to them. They also do not have a sense of color for a couple of months.

They can see but not like we can. Everythig is very blurry to new borns. They don't see colors very much thy can see up to about 12inchs in front of them. They can see black and red by the time they are about 4 to 6 month old they will see other colors and far. The best thing to do is sign up to a free parent site that goes over all of a baby's growth before and after birth. BabyCenter is really good.

Newborns can see but not as clear as we do. What they usually see are shadows. Their eyes also will respond to the direction of a sound. I mean, even though they can't see clearly, they can locate someone by just listening to the direction of the voice. They also respond to colors but more to black and white. And they start to see clearly at the age of 3 months.

Newborn babies as far as I remember, can't literally see but can detect lights and motions. Then they start to see object at a very short distance after 3 months such faces, bright colors from rattlers, and etc. and they tend to stare at these objects that would catch their sight. Showing them objects with colors black, white, and red would help the infants vision develop fast. I hope this could be of help.

Newborn babies' vison is potentially as good as ours but they don't make any sense of the shapes they see. It's likely, too that their focussing ability is not yet trained so they may not see clearly at a distance. They can certainly see colours and shapes, however. My daughter once accurately described the hospital room she was born in without prompting and I KNOW that, at the time, she was certainly looking because I was the first to hold her while the midwife was 'tidying things up' and the nurse at the time commented on her 'most unusual muscle tone' as she held her head up with eyes wide open and looked around within just a few minutes of being born. Not all babies take much notice of their surroundings directly after birth but quite a few do and, when that happens, their eyes are perfectly functional. It's just that what they see may not make any sense to them yet. I have experienced exactly the same thing when I was heavily under the influence of morphine after an operation. It is a weird experience but not in the least scary.

Newborns don't see clear but can see. It takes some time (few days) for them to see well nearby. The older they get the further away they can see. Voices of mother/family they will recognize at once (if heard in the belly) and the mother they recognize immediately (incl heartbeat).

I think that they can see fuzzily.Maybe after three months they can see clearly.:)