Can my baby recognize me with glasses on?

[odoole]

Silly question, I know, but anyone else wonder this? My 4 mo makes such intense eye contact with me, and I always wonder what he is thinking on those rare occasions when I am wearing my very dark, thick-rimmed glasses. My lenses are so thick they make my eyeballs appear tiny. It must look so strange to him!

Anyone have any thoughts on what age babies start to recognize your face and if it's complicated at all by glasses?

(I should note -- he seems to smile at me equal amounts whether I'm wearing glasses or not. With strangers he just stares and doesn't smile too much ...)

[Cherry Alive]

My little girl seemed to have very few problems adjusting to seeing me with the glasses on and off. At an early age, she'd totally recognize me with different glasses and even sunglasses. The biggest issue we ran into was her intense desire to yank them all off.

Luckily, it appeared to be a phase she's recently grown out of (9 months now).

[jammomma]

I wear glasses most of the time, so my baby is used to seeing them. But sometimes we play a game where I turn around, take my glasses off, and then put my face right up to his, and he thinks it is hilarious. Same mom but she looks different! He laughs and laughs! So yes I think your baby recognizes you, but also notices there is something different.

[hildare]

my dd is only 6 weeks, but i wear glasses in the morning, then put contacts in later, but she seems to have no problem at all.. usually she's staring at my boobs, though!

[lkmiscnet]

Babies know your face shape, voice, and scent, so I don't think they have issues with glasses on or off.

I take my 6 mo old in the stroller and was worried he wouldn't recognize me in sunglasses, but he does. I've also played the game of glasses on and off with him.

[tessie]

They can. Although OH once put on hat and sunglasses and made her scream the place down.

[sunshynbaby]

The other day DS pulled my glasses off and looked surprised, then amused, that he could change my look like that, lol. He has an issue when I have a towel on my head after a shower, but is fine after I talk to him.