Would you say something?

[worriedaunty]

Last night I took a photograph of my niece aged 15 months outside in the dark with the flash on and one eye was red and the other like a bright white light. I feel like I need to say something to my sister but I don't want to cause unnecessary panic. How would you broach this without causing alarm? It is probably nothing but I would feel horrible if it was something and I didn't say.

Mum has mentioned that she thinks she may have a lazy eye before so this makes me more concerned.

Are you sure it isn't just the photo? Sometimes the light reflects oddly and gives red eyes or bright white eyes?

If not, I'd just say you were looking through the photos and noticed this, probably nothing but thought she should know. No biggie.

It's only the one eye which is what's concerning me. There wasn't any light to reflect off really. I am babysitting her tomorrow so I will see if I notice it again, if I do then I will mention it.

Did you only take one photo? If it's only come out in one photo it's probably fine if all others were fine.
I think lazy eye means it's more likely to do the white eye in one eye.
I took a whole set of dd1 which were one white eye for some reason, and she was absolutely fine.

However it's worth just saying to your dsis that it almost certainly is nothing, but maybe she could just nip her into the doctor's to check. It's worth the short time of worry and finding it's nothing against you leaving it and it being (rarely) something.

There wasn't any light to reflect off really The flash is what it would reflect even if it hadn't been in the dark. It's also more likely to happen in the dark as the pupil should be large.