Developing Self- Awareness

 

Babies will giggle and laugh when they look at themselves in the mirror but since they do not have a “sense of self” yet, they do not recognize this image as themselves. In fact, they don’t even see themselves as separate from you. This will not happen until 16 to 18 months. We let each baby play in front of the mirror and talked about what they were seeing. We discussed eyes, nose, ears, and even some hair.