What age on average do babies start reaching for things and holding them?

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DS2 is 13 weeks now and there is some concern over his eye sight and how much he can see.
I am waiting for a hosp appt to come through for further tests..
In the mean time I am wondering if it is soon that he should be able to reach for things? If so, I can be looking out for it and encouraging it as a guide to what and how much he can see iyswim...

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When did your babies start reachng for things?

My ds2 is 14 weeks and not yet really reaching. I think somewhere between 3 and 4 months is the norm. Is he interested in objects dangled in front of him. We have a playmat that I've hung a giraffe from while he's lying underneath and he spends time gazing at it.

he does lay on his play mat, but its hard to see whether he is looking at the dangly bits or not!
he loves his cot mobile and is always smiling at me, but only really when I am talking to him at the same time (and his cot mobile plays a song) so its hard to tell if he is smiling at the sight of it or the noise iyswim

At least when he reaches out for things that are not making a noise I will know that he can see them!

At 13 weeks he may not yet be reaching for things, but he should be able to look at your face and react to your smiles or look at a toy held reasonably close and possibly follow with his eyes if it stays within his field of vision iyswim. If he was prem though he may do things later than maybe you would expect.

He wasnt premature, no.
He does seem to look at things, but does not follow them if you move them at all. This is why he has been referred to the hospital.

I think he can see, I just think he has problems following things so maybe it is weak muscles behind his eyes rather than no sight.

When I look at him close up and smile and keep very quiet, he does look hard at me as through he can see something, but doesnt smile until I talk.

I know it's easier said than done, but please try not to worry. Home eysight tests are not that reliable! How long ago was the referral done, maybe you could ring the eye unit and chase them up about getting your appointment through.

Thanks. I am managing to keep quite optimistic about it.
I remember when DS1 was a baby, he used to purposely avoid eye contact lol and his vision is perfect. Am hoping I just have awkward unco-operative children

The referral was 4 weeks ago. The dr did say it could take up to 8 weeks to get him seen though.
I saw my HV yesterday to get him weighed and she said she would phone up and chase it for me so will hopefully get an appt soon.

Ahh yes, my dd1 is currently doing her AS levels in these subjects, awkwardness, uncooperativeness, stroppyness, laziness...........

I think I would be tempted to ring myself, but then my hv is crap!

Looks like my HV did the job (she is a goodun)
I have an appt for next Friday to have his eyes checked.
Fingers crossed all is ok!

That's great, fingers crossed for you x

How did you get on today 2.4? Hope it went well.