Infants are far-sighted, but right from birth they can follow an object to an arc of 30 degrees. That increases to an arc of 180 degrees at 8 to 10 weeks. At this stage, babies can't see minute detail, but tend to fix their eyes on points of contrast, like black and white things. You can encourage this by posting simple black and white pictures - at baby-eye level - by the change table or other places where you regularly put your little one. We do know one thing for sure: parents and pros alike agree that baby's favourite thing to look at tends to be his mother's face — which works out well since moms love to look right back.

Evidence shows just the opposite. Responding to your baby’s needs quickly leads to babies who are less fussy and easier to calm later on. It’s just the thing to help develop security and confidence later in life, too.

(Canadian Paediatric Society)

Sadly, getting a full eight hours of shut-eye at night will still be but a dream for many of the sleep-deprived moms (and dads) at the three-month mark. Sleeping through the night is actually a developmental process that babies go through. For the first 3 months, babies generally sleep 16 to 20 hours per 24-hour cycle, but they tend to spread it out in 3-4 hour chunks. So they'll sleep for up to 3 hours and then be awake for up to 3 hours throughout the day — and night. Then at around 4-6 months, babies start to get a sense of day and night, and may start to do a longer nighttime stretch — 4 to 6 hours or so, sleeping about 14 hours in total, throughout the day (but anything less or more can be normal for your baby). Don't fret too much if baby doesn't seem to follow the schedule — every little person develops at their own pace — even if that means keeping mom and dad up for a few more months at night.

(Canadian Paediatric Society)