This Is Your Baby: Eyes

The Formation of the Baby’s Eyes in the Womb

This is your baby, and these almond-shaped windows to the soul are their eyes. From the moment of conception, the eye color of your baby is imprinted within their genetic code, whether they be green, brown, blue, and even change colors with age.

At nine weeks, the eyes are fully formed, but the eyelids aren't fused shut until about 15 weeks. Although shut, your baby still sees the light that filters into the womb. They won't open until the 28-week mark, allowing the retinas to fully develop.

Early Visual Preferences After Birth

Two to five days after birth, those flowering irises will not only prefer to look at a face, but they'll grow very quickly to prefer your face, mom. So much of the human experience is visual, and your baby's eyes are certainly no exception.

Visual Acuity, Wonder, and Lifelong Sight

Halfway through their first year, they'll have the visual acuity that you do. The exact same eyes that opened while inside of you will begin processing information and aesthetics, taking in art,.

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Being mesmerized by the little things, and experiencing the wonder of the world around them. Gazes of excitement, stares full of hope, these eyes are the ones that will witness every event, every setting, and every person.

These are the eyes of your baby. The very same eyes that they will have and use for the rest of their life.