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When do baby eyes change colour?

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agaazaa · 21/10/2002 15:27

When do baby's eyes change colour from the cloudy blue they are born with?

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bundle · 21/10/2002 15:29

my mum told me this weekend that my niece's eyes (greenish) are turning brown...she's 3 and a half!

threeangels · 21/10/2002 16:06

I was told from what I can remember by 1 yr but can probally go from one color to another after a year. But the first initial change of color by 1 yr or even less. My childrens eyes changed into a different shade of blue at around 6 months from the birth color. Their all still blue but over the past years have changed a little in shade.

Hilary · 21/10/2002 21:03

I was told that they would change colour in the first 6 weeks but it was 6 months for ds1 to go from blue to brown and about the same for ds2

SoupDragon · 21/10/2002 21:55

Both my DSs had the usual blue eyes at birth. DS1s changed to brown when he was 13 months old and DS2s are a wonderfully reflective grey which change colour depending on what he's wearing (within reason!). He's 19 months now and I'm desperately hoping they won't change now!

hmb · 21/10/2002 21:58

It depends on the child, some babies can even be born with brown eyes.

Ailsa · 21/10/2002 22:40

ds was born with the brightest blue eyes, and they have stayed, but dd was born with brown eyes.

Meid · 22/10/2002 10:33

I was told by my health visitor that eye colour settles by 6 months so when dd's eyes changed from grey/green to brown seemingly overnight at 13 months I was shocked. She's now 15 months and they are gradually getting darker brown, so still not settled.
A friend's sister had blue eyes until a year old and then they went brown.

Ghosty · 22/10/2002 10:44

I still look at my DS blue eyes with surprise! I was convinced that they would go brown as my DH has brown eyes and my mum is really dark (thinking about the brown eyed gene being dominant) ...

But his eyes are exactly the same shade of blue as my dad's ...

bundle · 22/10/2002 10:46

ghosty - me too! dd has my dad's grey/blue eyes, me & dh have hazel eyes and brown hair.

Azzie · 22/10/2002 10:47

Ds has blue eyes like me, only paler - they look green if he wears a green top. Dd has beautiful clear brown eyes like her daddy - I still find it odd when both children look at me together and I've got one pair of blue eyes and one pair of brown looking at me. I don't remember when ds's eyes paled, but dd had slaty gray eyes at 1yr which went brown soon after.

PamT · 22/10/2002 11:20

I think DS1's eyes changed to brown by about 6 months, DS2 has always had bright blue eyes and DD seems to have different coloured eyes everytime you look at her, varying from green, to grey, to brown. I kept hoping that they would turn to a definite colour and stay there.

Eulalia · 22/10/2002 19:43

ds was born with a lovely dark violet colour - not really blue at all as such. They turned a very dark brown, almost black within 6 months and have stayed like that. dd is 6 months and her eyes changed fairly quickly to an unusual dark hazel colour. I don't think they will change. Seems to depend upon the baby.

zebra · 23/10/2002 16:40

Ghosty & bundle:
You think you were surprised.

My eyes are almost black; same colour that dominates in my dad's family (both his parents). My mom has green hazel eyes. My half-bros (different dad) have bright blue eyes.

DH has brown hazel eyes, like his mom. His dad & brother have bright blue eyes.

My 2 children have....

steel blue/grey eyes. Where??? [Blonde as anything, too]. I've been hearing milkman jokes since the day(s) they were born...

SoupDragon · 23/10/2002 16:54

I hope this makes sense, but this is how I understand it :

To get blue eyes, the child needs to inherit 2 blue genes - one from each parent. My dad has blue eyes, my mum brown and mine are hazel so I have one blue gene and one brown. My brothers both have blue eyes so my mum must have inherited a blue gene from one of her parents and passed it on.

My DH has blue eyes so DS1 (brown eyes) must have inherited 1 blue gene from DH and one brown from me. DS2 appears to have blue eyes so must have one blue gene from DH and one from me.

Two blue eyed parents can not have a brown eyed child as neither parent has a brown gene to pass on.

So, Zebra, your DH has one blue gene fron his dad and you must have inherited a blue gene from your mother as, if she did not have a blue gene to pass on, your 1/2 brothers would not be blue eyed. Of course, it may really be down to the blnd haired blue eyed milkman but only you'd know that I have the same jokes as my 2 are blond and both DH and I are dark.

See, clear as mud!!

What I'm not clear on is how shades of green and hazel etc get in on this.

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