Have you heard that people with blue eyes are more sensitive to bright light?
I admit I had once believed that was totally untrue, but then I married Tim. And lo, and behold, it IS true. He has to have sunglasses wherever we go–in fact there have been times where we’ve had to stop and buy some if he’s forgotten them and it’s exceptionally sunny. When we were first married I just thought he liked wearing sunglasses. But over time I’ve realized that it’s actually kind of painful so the sunglasses are more of a necessity.
Which brings me to Josiah…
He has very blue eyes. And he’s young enough that he can’t quite articulate that it’s hard for him to smile and look at the camera if it’s too bright outside… so we end up with lot of pictures like this:
Poor boy!
In fact, if you look back a couple of days at the post with the picture of all 4 kids, you’ll notice Josiah’s hand up (like a salute) and I asked him to take it down and he said he had to have it up to block the sun.
So, we learned a valuable lesson. We need to take pictures earlier in the day. We also need to invest in a nice pair of sunglasses for him. I expect to have the same dilemma with Levi because, if possible, I think his eyes are even more blue than Josiah’s. At least we’ll be more prepared when Levi is older!
That is interesting. I remember really hating to have pictures taken in the sun, which is where my mom always wanted to take them. And my eyes are just sort of blue, not really blue like Dad’s and Josiah’s. Does the sun bother your eyes?
My blue-eyed boys are really sensitive to the sun too. We’ve had similar photo drama 🙂
It’s true, our eye doctor confirmed it a couple of years ago. The inside of a person’s eyes, if they are blue, tend to be a bit more “blond” in color, making them more sensitive to light. Therefore, both Jeremy and Kieren are more sensitive to sunlight as well. The girls and I with our hazel eyes, are okay, though Abby tends to be a bit sensitive as well.
Same with me and Justin, though maybe not as bad. I’ve stopped to buy awful sunglasses at gas stations. Justin wears regular glasses, so I’ve sometimes had to drive (with my gas station sunglasses) because the eye strain was to much for him. I’ve never seen him as excited for glasses as when we picked up prescription sunglasses for him!
Yep! I have blue eyes and Don had hazel eyes. I couldn’t understand how it was he didn’t need sunglasses like I did.