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Newborn · 0–6 months
The red reflex, first checks, and what newborn eyes can actually see.
Babies
When should my baby have a first eye check?
The timeline most parents are never given, and what happens at each stage.
Babies
Cross eyed baby: what is normal, and when to have it checked
Your baby's eyes just crossed for a second. What is normal at 2, 4 and 8 months, and when to book a check.
Babies & first checks
A blue-grey birthmark around my baby's eye: the check it needs
The birthmark is the visible half. Why the eye behind it needs its own appointment.
Watery eyes
Breast milk in a sticky eye: what the evidence says
Ancient advice with real research behind it, and one fact about a newborn's eye that settles it.
Babies
Why does a premature baby need extra eye check-ups?
Screening does not stop when the ROP appointments do. Why a baby born early keeps being watched.
Babies
My baby does not look at me yet
He looks past you, or through you. What that usually means, and the signs that should not wait.
Babies & first checks
My newborn's eyelid will not fully open, what does that mean?
Birth swelling, a lid muscle that did not finish developing, or something pressing on it. Here is how to tell them apart.
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