BABIES NEED CONTRAST TO REST AND PROMOTE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S WHY: Researchers have repeatedly shown that newborns prefer to look at black and white geometric shapes, rather than colors or pastels. And contrary to adult - this helps babies to rest. What's so terrific about contrast? ----1) It has to do with the development of your newborn's eyes. The rods and cones - structures of the retina that perceive color - have not matured enough for him to perceive the values and intensities of red, blue, pink, yellow, purple, and green. Black and white are the easiest for him to perceive and his interest in these starkly contrasting colors continues until he is six to nine month old. ----2) They learn to track: Babies are said to be "tracking" when they try to follow appealing objects with their eyes. In the first two months of life tracking is difficult, but not impossible. When you use high-contrast designs like black and white, he will be able to track with more ease because of his interest in the stimulator. ----3) Learn to scan: A child moves his eyes from one object to another in a series of little jumps. He is "scanning" his choices. When your baby scans, he learns how to see and compare entire objects. This ability eventually helps him to distinguish all the objects in his environment. ----4) Learn to fix: Not only can your baby see clearly at birth, but he can fixate or maintain his gaze intently on an object. At first, baby's fixation or attention span varies from 4 to 10 seconds. When interest wanes, he closes or shifts his gaze aimlessly. The repeated sight of appropriate objects, however, will help increase your baby's attention span. Many parents have reported that their newborn's attention span increased from 10 seconds to 60 or 90 seconds after only one week of looking at black and white checkerboards for about 3 minutes a day.
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