At birth, a baby can see light and patterns, but any object beyond eight inches is blurred. Even at five days old, infants prefer looking at faces over anything else.
Vision gradually becomes clearer and the eyes start working together.
Eye-hand coordination begins to develop as the infant begins tracking moving objects with the eyes and starts reaching for objects, first by chance and later more accurately. By eight weeks, they begin to focus their eyes on the eyes of a parent or other person near them. By four months, color vision is similar to an adult's. During the first two months, hang a bright, colorful mobile outside the crib for variety and movement. At about eight weeks old, move the mobile over the crib.