Baby's eyes???

Question

I have a 5 1/2 week-premature baby boy. He's 2 months old now. My question is just to see what your experiences have been. My boy's eyes were of course, deep, dark royal blue until about 2 weeks ago. The outter part of his eyes lightened up a little bit, but not exceedingly so, but the insides, near the pupils turned a lovely, smokey-blue color. Do baby's eyes USUALLY change color MORE than once? Or do they usually stay the same after they've changed once already? I'm hoping they'll stay the way they are, but I know there are no guarantees. But I'mma hopin'!!! (Daddy has almost aqua-bluish eyes, and Mama has brown eyes, my mother has brown eyes, my biological "father" has those smokey-blue colored eyes, according to my mother-she has no reason to lie about that, Daddy's parents' eye colors are unknown).

Answer 1

Babies' eyes are blue when they're born because the melanin, a molecule that colors your skin, hair and eyes, isn't developed yet. This causes the iris, the color part of your eye, to reflect the color blue. It's EXTREMELY rare for a baby to be born with eyes of any other color. Usually the eye color changes once, but sometimes it can change more than once or fade. For example, a baby's eyes can change from blue to brown, but then lighten to a hazel green. There's no way to say "ok, his eyes are going to stop changing and this is the color they're going to be." Having brown eyes is a dominant trait (much more common) and blue eyes is usually a recessive trait (less common.) It depends on what genes your baby received from you and his father and how they express. His eye color can change at any age, anytime.
I know with me, i had dark brown eyes when i was kid and around the age of 15 or so they turned hazel green. With my middle son, the same thing happened. My husband has green eyes, my oldest son has green eyes like my husband and my youngest has these grayish-blueish eyes, like my husband's father.
Best wishes to your son and congrats!

Answer 2

I think it depends upon the baby. My daughter is almost 4 months old and her eyes haven't changed a bit. I have really green eyes and her daddy has these goldish colored eyes. Her eyes are a deep slate blue-almost the color of dark demin jeans. Nobody on either side has this color, but it is really pretty, specially with her reddish hair!! The will most likely stay blue, but they might darken or lighten.

Answer 3

my daughters eyes kept changing. At 9 months the Dr commented on her pretty blue eyes and I asked if they would change. He said possibly but not likely. By the time she was about 14 months they were hazel green and have stayed that color

Answer 4

Well I was born with deep blue eyes, when I was a teen ager they were hazel. Now as an adult I have what is called heterochromia which means I have two different colored eyes. One is blue one is green something I feared I'd pass onto my son. My daughter was born w blue eyes {her dad has bright blue eyes} about the age of 10 is when her eyes turned green and stayed that way. My nephew was born with blue eyes, then green now at 17 they are hazel. My son was born with blue eyes-so blue in fact I call him blueberry. He is 10 months old was 5 weeks premature and they are as blue as the day he was born {his dad has hazel eyes}

Answer 5

I know a guy who's eyes were blue until he was seven years old and then they changed to hazel, almost brown. My son's eyes are continually changing. They were dark blue when he was born and then hazel and now they are turning more brown, like his Daddy's. My son just turned 1.

Answer 6

My brother (optometrist) told me that they can gain their true pigmentation 3-9 months, though 3-4 is most common. The gray color, or black-brown color is lack of pigmentation, so check for a bolder color. My daughter is 4 months old, and her eyes were definitely blue by 3 months. Give your child at least 4-5 months to determine color.

Answer 7

My daughter's eyes were black when she was born. It wasn't until she was about 5-6 months old when they lightened a bit and turned brown. I would say that your baby boy will probably have blue eyes.

Answer 8

I, too, have a preemie that was born six weeks early. You have to look at gestational age with preemies all the way up until age two unless they continue to be developmentally behind still at age two. If I were you, I'd discuss getting your child into early intervention (every state and county has them) to get your son on target with tummy time, sitting up, crawling, standing, walking, etc. I don't want to scare you, but my daughter has been behind all along and is currently 20 months and not walking yet due to low tone in her hips and legs so she's in weekly physical therapy. I'm not saying that all preemies are developmentally behind, it's just something you may want to discuss with your pediatrician.

As for the eye color...they can change many times up until age one. Whatever color they are, at age one, is what they will stay. That's what my pediatrician told me anyway....she's good. I sometimes have to wait forever to see her as she's always behind due to being so through. Good Luck!

Answer 9

My nephews eyes where the most beautiful sky blue untill he was about 4 and now they are sort of a green looking color... (still beautiful) am not sure if that helps but that all the input I've got! I hope things work out the best for you!

Answer 10

Brown is a dominant eye color, and you will have to wait until the baby is a bit older to determine exactly what color the eyes are going to remain. What color is your baby's hair? Haircolor tends to darken as they get older, too.