thread: How old was your bub when you could tell what colour their eyes were going to be?

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2008
    Perth, WA
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    DS' eyes were an amazing bright blue when he was born, but have definitely lightened in the last few months to the same blue-grey of DH's eyes. Having said that, DH's eyes still change colour depending on his mood (and what he's wearing can bring out the blueness too) and DS' do too. He's 19 months old.

  2. #2
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    Jan 2007
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    DS has blue eyes and is 3 and just the other day I was looking at them thinking they have changed again. Now they are a muddy grey/blue rather than a deep darker blue like they were!! DD's changed to the colour they are now by around 2 but even then I think they have gotten darker(goldy/hazel) !!! So much for they will be the colour they are at 12 months like so many people say!

    Oh and how do 2 brown eyed people have a bluey - 5% chance or something!!! Heehee!!

  3. #3
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    Oct 2009
    surrounded by textbooks, cat toys and love
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    DS currently has clear blue eyes, but DH has very green eyes and his only changed to green when he was 3. I gots a long wait ahead of me.

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    Oct 2008
    brisbane australia
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    my DS1 had blue then green at about 4 months then at 6 months they turned very dark brown despite having two blue eyed parents!

  5. #5
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    Apr 2008
    Adelaide
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    My DD1 had very blue eyes but they have slowly changed to a grey/green like mine, around 2.5 years before they stopped changing
    DD2 had very bright blue eyes and they have stayed blue but are now a lighter blue, this was around 18 months

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    BellyBelly Member

    Sep 2010
    North West Victoria, Australia
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    DD was born early and her eyes were black for a few months.
    They started to lighten to blue at about 4 months (2 1/2 corrected), and they've stayed blue. She's about to turn 1.
    I have blue eyes, so she gets it from me.

  7. #7
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    Jul 2007
    Melbourne
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    From memory the gene works that if there is NO blue/green in your DH's parentage, babies eyes will be brown.
    I suppose it's not a hard and fast rule but i remember doing 'punnet squares' in yr 12 biology for gene pairing and it makes sense.
    Something like as follows - To have a blue/green eyed baby, one parent needs to have a dominant gene and the other a recessive for it.
    Recessive gene come from their parents.
    I was shattered when I found a refresher on gene pairing and realised that even though I have blue eyes I won't have a blue eyed baby.

  8. #8
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    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
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    Dh has brown eyes and I have green.

    DD has electric blue eyes. Always has.
    DS was born with grey/blue eyes but flecked. Now at nearly 3 they are still changing. Might end up with a green eyed child yet.

  9. #9
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    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
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    DS1, DD2 and DS2 were all born with dark brown eyes, it was quite remarkable to see these tiny babies with such dark brown eyes because most other babies have blue eyes. DD1 however was born with the typical baby blue eyes, but by 3 months old hers were a hazel colour. I have dark brown eyes and DH has hazel coloured eyes. We were never going to have blue eyed kids LOL.

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    Jan 2009
    A Pirate Ship
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    ds has blue eyes but at 4 months I started to see a very small green patch in one of them. As both dh and I have green eyes I had assumed they would turn green. He is 14.5months now and they haven't gotten any greener so now I'm thinking that he will keep his blue eyes as both of his grandfathers have blue eyes. I've also been noticing loads of adults with blue eyes and a green patch in the same spot as ds. I've been looking at the iridology chart to see what area in the body it relates to so that I can be mindful of his diet etc Apparently there are only 2 true colours, blue and green and everything else is an indication of problem/weak areas in the body or constitution. I also know of people that have changed their green eyes back to blue as adults. Soooo I will work on clearing up ds's green patch if he eyes stay blue. I think eye colour is supposed to be set by about 2yrs of age.

  11. #11
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    Feb 2008
    Melbourne
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    My daughters eyes were the darkest shade of brown (pretty much black) from birth, but her daddy is of Indian heritage. They have stayed that dark and she is now over 2 1/2.

    Janie xxx

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    Sep 2009
    Bunbury WA
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    I have 4 kid my 3 boys were born with almost black eyes, they were never blue and they all have brown/ really dark eyes now. My DD had Blue eyes until she was 3 and then almost over night they changed to a greeny browny colour

    ETA im pretty sure they call that Hazel LOL