Do babies' eyes get bigger?

Nowadays, people love beauty very much, especially women. Everyone likes to have a pair of bright and big eyes. However, many people are born with small eyes. If you see that a baby has small eyes, parents will still be worried. First of all, they worry that the child’s eyes will not be beautiful enough in the future. In addition, they may worry about the child’s eye vision problems. So will the baby’s eyes get bigger in the future?

Do babies' eyes get bigger?

Having a pair of big watery eyes is what many friends pursue, especially girls. Beautiful eyes can improve their appearance by several levels. So, at what age will a baby’s eyes become bigger? How should babies protect their eyes? Next, let’s learn about it.

When will the baby's eyes become bigger?

First of all, there are genetic factors involved. If the baby's parents both have single eyelids, the baby is likely to have single eyelids as well.

If one of the eyes is larger, the baby has a 50% chance of inheriting the condition. For example: a baby is born with single eyelids, and his father has single eyelids. People think the baby will look like his father, but after six months, the baby's eyes sometimes have double eyelids and sometimes remain single eyelids. At about ten months, the baby's eyes become completely bigger, like round black beans.

Finally, if both parents have big eyes, then the baby is more likely to inherit big eyes, so the baby's eyes will change as the baby ages, and the early or late changes will vary from person to person. Parents don't have to worry too much.

How should babies protect their eyes?

First, babies are still very interested in watching TV, and they will pay close attention to the plots of the cartoons on TV. However, in real life, babies will be disturbed in various ways when watching TV. For example, adults will walk around, clean, and put away dishes. At this time, in order to reduce the distraction, the baby will try hard to get closer to the TV screen. If the adults do not correct it at this time, the baby's eyes will become myopic in the long run. Therefore, you should tell your baby that adults need to do things and once they are done it will not affect the baby's concentration on watching TV, and then remind the baby to sit back on the sofa or chair before watching.

When babies watch TV on the bed or sofa, adults should always pay attention to their posture when watching TV. It’s okay for the baby to watch TV while sitting or lying down, but the baby should not watch TV while lying down. Watching TV while lying down can easily cause eye fatigue in babies, leading to retinal deformation, which over time can cause the retina to bulge and form myopia. So when you find this posture, you need to discourage it.

Second, babies often like to rub their eyes with the backs of their hands. This does no good except allowing bacteria on the hands to enter the eyes and make the eyes sick. Therefore, you should often put tissues or handkerchiefs in the baby's coat pockets to encourage the baby to develop the habit of wiping their eyes with tissues or handkerchiefs.

Third, adults love to play with mobile phones and iPads, and babies will be influenced by them as well. The editor here does not stop the baby from playing with these, as long as they are guided correctly, they will still be beneficial. However, you must control the time your baby plays. Playing with these things for too long will affect the baby's eyes.

Eyes are the windows to the soul, so protecting your eyes is very necessary. There are temptations all around us now. The editor recommends that parents should not expose their babies to electronic products too early. Mom and dad can play with their baby more often, teach their baby to read and write, or let their baby read more extracurricular books, such as Grimm's Fairy Tales.