Five Sense Organs Of Newly Borns

The five senses – sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch – are mostly developed at birth. Your baby begins using his or her senses immediately to make sense of what is going on in the world. Sight: Although newborns have blurry vision, they can focus fairly well on objects at about 8 to 14 inches – the distance from your baby’s face to your face when you are holding your baby in your arms. Smell: Newborns have a very well-developed sense of smell that makes them very choosy about their favorite scent. In the first days of life, a newborn can recognize his or her mother’s natural scent and likes it best of all. Taste: Newborns also have a well-developed sense of taste. They like sweet tastes. Nursing infants sometimes refuse to nurse when they taste garlic or heavy spices in mom’s breast milk. Hearing: Babies can hear while they are still inside the womb. At birth, they can recognize their mother’s voice – because they have heard it for several months. Touch: Gentle touch is a true pleasure for your newborn. It stimulates physical development while relieving stress. Fussy babies are sometimes calmed by a “baby massage” – some baby lotion warmed in your hands and gently applied to baby’s arms, legs, and back. NEVER, NEVER SHAKE A BABY! Your baby must never be handled roughly. Sudden, jerking motions such as shaking cause violent back-and-forth movement of the baby’s head – and the brain inside the skull. Bleeding into the brain from torn blood vessels, or swelling of the tissue itself, can result in tragic outcomes – seizures, blindness, deafness, and even death.