hereorthere, your theory that infants are discouraged from looking in mirrors so as not to promote vanity or self-absorption is an interesting one. However, I disagree with that explanation, because most babies won’t recognize themselves in a mirror before they’re a year old. Before that age, looking in a mirror wouldn’t foster vanity, since infants don’t realize they are seeing themselves. And judging from previous posts, there don’t seem to be any minhagim discouraging babies from looking in mirrors past one year of age.
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