Baby’s eye colour
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Topic: Baby’s eye colour
Posted By: littleLittle
Subject: Baby’s eye colour
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 7:05pm
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My little boy looks so much like his dad and the only thing he seems to have inherited from me so far is long fingers (good for piano playing or catching the rugby ball when he's an All Black!!).
So I was hoping that at the very least he might get my brown eyes. However I don't know at what point their eye colour stays blue or when it changes. Can anyone tell me approximately what age it might change if it's going to? I think the colour is starting to change now but it could just be wishful thinking on my part!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 7:12pm
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my DD is 7 1/2 months and hers are still changing between brown & green.
I think they will change by 12 months at the latest  -------------  
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 7:26pm
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i asked plunket and they said to wait till 9 months :( DS has my blue eyes at the mo and im desperate for them to stay but apparently they can keep jumping between colours for a long time ------------- 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 7:38pm
| Daniels have never changed, he may be the exception there |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 8:06pm
Sams started off dark blue and over time just got lighter and lighter and lighter! I think my next one with have his fathers dark brown eyes. Sams dad has blue eyes too but Sams are the same colour as mine. 
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 8:23pm
| it really can be anytime - my niece had light blue eyes but they changed to green not long after her 2nd birthday.. |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 8:31pm
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Megan started off with very dark blue eyes look almost black but they will always be blue (her dad and I both have blue eyes) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BerryBliss
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:00pm
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my DS1 had very blue eyes up till a few months ago, they are now grey and he's turning 6 yrs in september, don't know whats up with that. I always thought they changed by 12 months. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 1999 DS 2003 DS 2006 DD 2009 |
Posted By: littleLittle
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:11pm
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Kind of like a mood ring Jezsika! Cute pics too!!
That's good then - I've still got plenty of time for his eyes to turn brown. And maybe as he gets older he might end up looking a little more like me. Anyone else had that happen where they start off looking like one parent and change? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:18pm
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My youngest three were all born with blue eyes, gremlins changed around 3 months and are now really dark brown. Lil miss had really stunning blue eyes till six months, then they gradually changed, now they're hazel, but they are changeable, sometimes greener, sometimes more brown.
I have mood ring eyes too, green/hazel depending on my mood, what I'm wearing etc. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:23pm
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Emily's eyes started out blue/grey, then around 2 months they started to look more blue, then 3-4 months they went green, and graduallly they got darker until by 9-10 months they were brown and have stayed brown. Funny though because I have green eyes and DH hazel. DH's mum has hazel and his dad green/blue. But my mum has brown so that's probably where it comes in. For a while there I thought she was going to have my green eyes. ------------- 
Missed MC July 2011
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Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:50pm
Leonard's were pretty much black to begin with and haven't changed at all. I was hoping for a blue-eyed boy since DH has blue eyes but now I don't care because.... well, just look at them!
Okay, any excuse to show him off... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:53pm
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Hes gorgeous!
Brennan had blue eyes and still does, both of us have blue eyes so hes stuck with them! |
Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:55pm
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My eyes are blue and DH's are hazel. Brooke's eyes were dark blue/grey at birth gradually lightening to blue. But if the light shines just right you can also see a bit of hazel in there. There is a site I've been to where you put in parent's and grandparent's eye colours and it tells you the likelihoods of different eye colours for your baby. Sorry I can't remember the nameof the site (sorry not very helpful!) but I'm sure if you Google it, you could find it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 14 August 2009 at 10:20pm
Caitlyns were a really dark grayish blue, then they went brown after about a week , maybe two weeks  ------------- 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 15 August 2009 at 8:54am
One day old
One year Old 
They have stayed very blue right from day one ------------- |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 15 August 2009 at 9:54am
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I was told the first 6 weeks. H&E's eyes were blue from day one but close to a year they started to change to green. (I'm blue Jess is Hazel coloured) -------------  
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 15 August 2009 at 10:39am
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Ooo I love looking at these pics
Sams started out like this 
Then to this 
To this now 
I think they are still changing though, they are starting to go more grey. |
Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 15 August 2009 at 10:49am
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My eyes are brown/hazel, DP's are true blue, and Elizabeth's are a stunning green now with these almost black flecks in them - really unusual. They started off baby blue, then lightened up to a true blue like DP's, then darkened to the current colour at about 9 months. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 15 August 2009 at 11:44am
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i have brown eyes james dad has blue james are blue with flexs of brown sooo pretty ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Mel&Kel
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 7:35pm
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Dam, I have hazel eyes and DH has brown eyes and Eva has blue eyes, everyone told us if they change colour they would by 6 monts so we were hoping they would stay blue (both our familes have blue eyes).
I guess we will have to be patient and wait and see what they do. ------------- Mummy to Eva born 11 Feburary 2009 and Charlotte born 18 April 2011 |
Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 7:41pm
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Janaya had dark blue eyes, which went lighter gradually and then at 2 they decided to go green.
Jackson was also born with blue eyes but he just got lighter and lighter, and now has bright blue eyes. Wonder if they will go green like his sisters. DH has brown and i have dark blue eyes. |
Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 9:08pm
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Chelsea's eyes are still blue and she's almost 6 months. Both DH and I have green eyes so wonder if they will change...? (she has two grandparents with blue eyes though) ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Natalie_G
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 9:28pm
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Ariannes eyes are still blue the same as mine, they have shown no other colours. She also got more looks from her dad and looks like she only got eyes and hair from me. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: queenb
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 10:22pm
Layla has blue eyes. DH and I both have brown eyes. My nanna and DH's grampy have blue eyes, so hopefully they don't change,and she would be one of the lucky ones!
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Posted By: rachndean
Date Posted: 17 August 2009 at 11:00am
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I have brown eyes and DH has grenny hazel mood ring eyes DD has deep brown eyes, and DS has very blue eyes. Bright blue eyes are very dominant in both mine and DHs family though..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
DD Savannah 18.01.04 DS Austin 04.09.08 |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 17 August 2009 at 12:34pm
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Just google it and most articles say that baby's eye colour is determined by one year old but can keep changing up to 3 years of age. -------------  
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 17 August 2009 at 3:15pm
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Eye colours are all determined by chromosomes and dominant chromosomes are certain colours, I remember studying it in Bio at school, sorry can't remember what colours are the dominant. But basically both sides of the family has to have the colour in their family history somewhere down the line and it gets spliced etc. ATM DD has green/brown eyes but round the iris you can see blue so she looks like she has contacts on, highly likely she will have brown eyes as DP is majority Samoan and I have maori in it but we will see, he does have German in there somewhere. I want my brown curly haired, dark skinned, blue eyed baby lol ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 17 August 2009 at 5:13pm
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DS's eyes were a really dark blue/grey and have got lighter and lighter - they are a bright/light blue now. DD's eyes are still a very dark blue but have lightened a bit already.
I have mood ring eyes ... they were a dark blue/grey colour with brown/green flecks as a kid, but mainly blue ... and in my 20s got greener and greener. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 17 August 2009 at 8:55pm
This is my baby blue eyes at about 2-3 mths...
And with hazel eyes at about 9 mths...  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: SBM
Date Posted: 17 August 2009 at 10:49pm
| Dang Natalie was born with dark dark eyes and never looked blue, always brown. I guess that means she's going to have brown eyes?? I don't suppose anyone's bubbas went from dark to light??! |