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Readers Respond: When did your baby's eyes change color?
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By Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com Guide

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Parents often ask if their baby's eyes stay gray, which many babies are born with, or if they will they turn brown, green, or blue? The standard reply is that most babies eye color will either stay the same or will darken over the first six to nine months of her life.

Did your baby's eye color change? If so, when?

Parents Respond

Different colours

Currently our son, who's just coming up to 3 months old, has one eye slightly darker than the other - both are basically blue (like his sister and mother's eyes, I have brown and green in mine), we're wondering if they will equalize. It's only noticeable if you look closely - strangely enough, we do!
—Beelzebubblegum

Colour changed

My daughter was born with dark blue eyes. They started to change to grey/green around 4 months. At 13 months they have started to look more hazel/brown in colour. I was hoping that at 12 months they would not change colour anymore, but I was wrong!
—Guest Sue

Emmie

Our daughter had blue eyes forever so we thought they would stick. Then, around eight months, they began to seem more green. Don't get me wrong, we think she is beautiful either way, but we thought it would be neat if she had blue eyes.
—Guest JBMom2

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