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

[Cranky Kitten]

I'm curious and can't for the life of me remember how old DD was when her eyes changed from newborn/baby blue to their lovely clear blue that they are now. I always knew hers would be blue though, as both her father and I have blue eyes. DH however, has brown eyes - so I'm curious to know whether DS is going to have blue like me or brown like his dad...or something else entirely

So how old were your kids when their eyes took on their "normal" colour? And what colour are your/your partner's eyes compared to your kid's eyes?

[*TripleJ*]

I'll get back to you im looking at pics to figure it out my son went from blue to brown

[danita]

my sons eyes went from bbay blue when first born to a deep brown within a couple of weeks DD on the other hand has a really bright blue eyes and they are still bright shes nearly 2 i have Green eyes and DH has brown so who knows.
My little sisters were 7 years old when theirs changed from blue to green *dunno*

[*TripleJ*]

back again it was about 12 months when it really showed brown but they were always dark blue from the start so i was waiting for them to change =]

[LuluHB]

DD1's eyes were a very clean blue right from the start and are a beautiful blue/green. DD2 had blue/grey eyes for almost 4.5 months before they started to slowly change. By 6 months they were a gorgeous dark brown just like her daddy.

[Lisa]

I have one brown eyed child and I could tell from birth that her eyes were going to be brown. It was almost like you could see the colour underneath, if that makes sense?

[Cranky Kitten]

It sort of does actually - Penguin's eyes are very dark grey/blue, but seem to have brownish undertones particularly close to his pupil. I'm putting money on brown for him

[Lisa]

It sort of does actually - Penguin's eyes are very dark grey/blue, but seem to have brownish undertones particularly close to his pupil. I'm putting money on brown for him

Yep, that's how it was with my DD's eyes. All my other kids had blue eyes and you couldn't see a colour underneath.

[*Danni*]

My baby is just over a year old now and his eyes are still changing! At birth they were an amazing bright blue and then they slowly turned to a blue gray over the first 6 months. I always knew they were going to change, as some said you can see near the pupil and what also was a big give away was a brown spot in them. This was despite me having every relative tell me that they were going to stay blue like great grandma lol I knew but no one else did. After about 9ish months they changed to a hazel blue green colour and now they are like a hazel but with much more of a brown undertone. So they are still changing, despite me still having people tell me they are staying blue hazel hehe. They'll get to brown one day! Me & DH both have brown eyes btw.


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[SunnyRain]

I think I read somewhere that blue eyes turn blue the fastest, brown eyes take a bit longer unless you're ethnically darker skinned (for some reason) in which case eyes can go brown almost immediately. Green eyes take the longest and keep changing.

Dh 's eyes are classed as hazel, they change colour hour by hour. I've sat and watched them change from light brown to deep green.

Ds has green eyes, they took well over a year to change, although it was a long change not sudden.

Dd 's eyes are still changing. She's 5.5 months. I was certain they were going to be dark brown like my eyes, but now I'm wondering if she'll have green eyes, too.

My eldest sister has crazy yellow eyes. I'm sure they were brown when she was little but have turned yellow as she ages. Weird.

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[JLeigh29]

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.

[Beach Mama]

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!!

[KitFaerie]

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.

[Me+him+bub]

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!

[Novella]

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

[Charlotte91]

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.

[loulabelle]

Both of my kids are still slowly getting darker. They are blue eyed but are turning slowly hazel/blue. They are 3.5 and 2.5.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

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.