Slow tracking arcs

โฑ๏ธ 5 minโšก calm๐Ÿงน no mess๐Ÿ  indoor

๐Ÿงบ You need

your face (best toy available) or a high-contrast toy

โœจ How

With baby alert on their back, hold your face or a toy ~25 cm away until they fix on it. Move it in a slow arc โ€” pause at midline, continue. Keep arcs under their frustration threshold; smooth pursuit is genuinely hard work at first.

๐Ÿ’› Why this matters

Following a moving target past the midline (typical around 2 months: "watches you as you move") integrates both brain hemispheres' visual maps and trains the eye teamwork later needed for depth perception and reading faces.

Source: CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early. โ€” 2-month checklist

๐Ÿฉบ Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice โ€” for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.