![]() If your baby is overdue, their skin may be dry and cracked. Staff in the neonatal unit will advise you on skincare.įind out more about babies who need special care. Premature babies' skin is even more delicate. ![]() Do not add cleansers to your baby's bath water or use skin lotions or medicated wipes. ![]() It's best to bath your baby with plain water only for at least the first month. It's a natural moisturiser that also protects against infection in the first few days. Vernix, the white sticky substance that covers your baby's skin while in the womb, should always be left on the skin. Over the first month, or longer for premature babies, your baby's skin matures and develops its own natural protective barrier. Do not worry about the fontanelles as they are covered by a tough protective membrane.Īt birth, the top layer of your baby's skin is very thin and easily damaged. It will probably be a year or more before the bones close over. There is another, smaller, soft spot towards the back of their head. So far our son has blue eyes, but I know they could still shift.On the top of your baby's head, near the front, is a diamond-shaped patch where the skull bones have not fused together yet. Typically BB is brown, Bb is brown hazel, and bb could be blue or green (I think there are more genes that go into it) Hypothetically if two parents had Bb alleles they would have 75% chance for brown eyes and 25% chance for recessive – now my husband (Bb) and my (bb) babies are 50% to have brown eyes and 50% to have recessive eye colors. – both of my parents have recessive eye colors so the both have the alleles bb which means me and my sisters were 100% going to have recessive eye colors. There was 100% chance for my husband to end up with brown eyes See my attempt at a punnet square for him below: – my husband’s eyes are brown with gold’s and greens (brownish hazel). – husband’s mom: brown eyes and all blood relatives have brown eyes likely BB alleles It is impossible for two parents with blue eyes to have a brown eyed baby because they will only pass on the recessive allele. So BB and Bb will express brown eyes (this includes brownish hazels) and bb will express blue or green eyes. Any combo of alleles with the dominant allele will express the dominant trait, which is brown. Everyone has two alleles and the combination of the two determine eye color (mostly–brown v blue or green). Brown eyes are dominant and pass on the dominant allele (B), while blue or green pass on the recessive allele (b). They are very helpful at determining the likelihood of what you’re children’s eye color will be. Second, in college I learned about punnet squares. If they are a darker, cloudier blue, they are most likely going to change to hazel, brown, or a darker color.įirst, my own experience with eye color: I had blue/grey eyes until I was 27 years old and then they shifted to green!
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