Race and Ethnicity Research. The Census Bureau has a long history of conducting research to improve questions and data on race and ethnicity. Since the 1970s, the Census Bureau has conducted content tests to research and improve the design and function of different questions, including questions on race and ethnicity.
In this article. Babies are born with a full visual capacity to see objects and colors. However, newborns are extremely nearsighted (far away objects are blurry): 1  Newborns can see objects about 8-15 inches away quite sharply. 2  Newborns prefer to look at faces over other shapes and objects and at round shapes with light and dark borders (such as your adoring eyes).
SOmething to keep in the back of your mind when you look at the ages for milestones is that the age is an average age. so at 6 weeks ish baby will make eye contact. At 7 months ish they sit unaided etc, at 13 months ish they walk unaided. 6 weeks is very early.