{"id":3288,"date":"2026-08-24T00:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:45:57","slug":"why-do-babies-cry-when-someone-gets-too-close-to-kiss-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/?p=3288","title":{"rendered":"Why do babies cry when someone gets too close to kiss them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first few months of life, their visual acuity is much lower, and they can only see clearly at a distance of about 20\u201330 centimeters, roughly the distance between a baby&#8217;s face and a parent&#8217;s face during feeding.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.redd.it\/zjflzpmzaw221.jpg\" alt=\"This is what babies see when u want to kiss them...that's ...\" width=\"518\" height=\"493\" \/><br \/>\nNewborn babies don&#8217;t see the world with the same sharp focus as adults.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overstimulation:<\/strong> A sudden, giant face looming directly in their field of vision can be startling or overwhelming for an infant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Limited Focus:<\/strong> Newborns have very short-range vision (best at about 8 to 12 inches), so an abrupt close-up fills their entire world rapidly. [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sensory Adjustment:<\/strong> Babies rely heavily on calm, predictable cues and gentle handling; intense, fast movements can trigger a startle response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When someone suddenly moves extremely close to a baby&#8217;s face, features can become distorted.<br \/>\nA nose, mouth, or eyes may dominate their field of view, creating a strange-looking image compared to what adults normally perceive.<br \/>\nBabies are also still learning how to process faces.<br \/>\nHuman faces are one of the first things they become interested in, and their brains rapidly develop specialized systems for recognizing expressions and emotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first few months of life, their visual acuity is much lower, and they can only see clearly at a distance of about 20\u201330 centimeters, roughly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mdrssa_facebook_image":"","_mdrssa_unique_id":"","_mdrssa_normalized_url":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3290,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions\/3290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}