Thirty 12- to 13-month-olds were tested to determine whether they could use the self as an analogy for understanding others' looking. Using a procedure similar to Brooks and Meltzoff (2002), we examined gaze-following when the adult's view of a target was occluded by a blindfold (blindfold without training). Some infants received experience with the blindfold's sight-blocking qualities (blindfold with training). The control was a headband condition. Gaze-following was highest in the headband condition. Gaze-following in the headband and blindfold without training conditions, but not the blindfold with training conditions, were significantly greater than zero. These results demonstrate that 12- to 13-month-olds have some understanding of the looking behaviour of others. Only weak support was found for simulation theories of the development of social cognition.