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Your Baby’s Eye Color
Your Baby’s Eye ColorNow, a Health Minute.Your baby’s eyes may be brown or blue now, but as your baby grows their eye color may change. It can takemonths, even up to a year for your baby’s final eye color to develop.Parents with blue eyes are more likely to have blue-eyed babies. And parents with brown eyes are more likelyto have brown-eyed babies. Depending on you and your partner’s genes, your baby could have a totallydifferent eye color than either parent!Melanin also plays a role in your baby’s final eye color. Melanin is a pigmentation protein that gives skin, hair,and eyes their color. Babies with darker skinned parents will have dark eyes while most Caucasian newbornshave lighter eyes that may darken after a few months.No matter what color your baby’s eyes end up being, you will love gazing into them.This program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness,or suitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.VER60988A EN YourBabysEyeColor.pdf© The Wellness NetworkPage 1 of 1
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