when do infants develop self awareness
This research-based post will help you to better understand your 15 to 24 month old child. You are here: Home Developmental Timeline Baby begins to develop self-awareness. Sometime between 15 and 24 months, children take a large step in self-awareness. In an experiment known as the rouge test, mothers wiped a bit of rouge on the noses of their children and placed them in front of a mirror. Before 15 months, children look at the reflection and see a red spot on the nose in the mirror, but they don't realize that the red spot is on their own nose.