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We study the visual self-recognition of 153 children between 15 months and 6 years of age. We analyze three reactions of the child in front of a screen in which it sees itself mirrored. Firstly, with the aid of an eye-tracking device we measure the speed with which the child fixes their gaze on a spot on their cheek (time to first fixation). We study the well-known paradigm of the gesture of the child’s hand towards the mark made on their cheek without their knowledge and we show, contrary to what might be expected, that this gesture diminishes after 4 years of age. Finally, we observe the reaction of the child when the experimenter hands them a tissue. This new situation makes it possible to study a later stage of self-awareness in which the child becomes capable of taking into account a representation of himself from the point of view of the adult (the premises of a meta-awareness of self). A developmental turn occurs when the child is around 3–4 years old.