Babies changing eye color
As a scientist at heart, I found it very interesting to watch my child's eyes change color. I wondered, what do babies eyes look like as they change color. So I tried to document it, but babies... move. And close their eyes as you take the picture... But I did get some good shots that show how the change occurs.
With his genes, he was born with gray eyes, which then went bright blue, followed by the slow shift to brown. In my husband's family, all the kids started with brown or black eyes, so the gray was quite a shock. We knew he would have brown eyes (my eyes are blue and my husband's are so dark they appear black, simple Mendelian genetics), but my family was surprised that he still went through gray and blue.
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| 1 week |
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| 1st month (bright blue with professional lighting) |
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| 8 months - you can see the brown coloring starting to deposit at the pupil and filter out through the iris |
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| 2 years |
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| 4 years |
