Baby Blues Meaning
1. Baby blues is a slight sadness or depression that occurs in pregnant women or in new mothers after they have given birth, usually temporary and brought on by fluctuating hormone levels in the body. A longer, more seriou8s period of depression after pregnancy is known as post-partum depression.
2. Baby blue is a pale blue color and in the eyes it is a color associated with newborn babies, so any human eyes with a pale blue color might be called baby blues; any blue eyes; also possible, any human eyes, regardless of color.
Examples Of Use
“Sarah has been acting sad and moody since the baby was born the other day but my mother told me it’s just the baby blues and she’ll be fine.”
“The are supplements available to prevent the baby blues from happening after giving birth.”
“Women often experience a period of mood shifts and anxiety after birth. These can be mild and brief, known as the baby blues, or longer and more severe, a type of clinical depression known as postpartum depression.”
“It’s normal to be a little sad after the baby is born. It’s called the baby blues. It’ll go away.”
“C’mon, said the photographer, “show us those baby blues.”
“She had the most beautiful red hair and a pair of baby blues that would turn grown men to jelly.”
Origin
Baby blue, whether referring to eyes or anything colored blue, refers to a blue color that is associated with the eyes of newborn babies, most of which have a pale blue color caused by the fact that the melanin pigment has not yet developed. It takes from nine months to a year for a baby’s permanent eye color to develop (color changes can continue occurring for longer, in some). The term ‘baby blues’ however, often refers to the eyes alone and it’s possible for it to refer to any blue color.
The blues has also long been a slang term for sadness or depression and the term baby blues to refer to post-birth sadness was coined by Nicholson J. Eastman in his book Expectant Motherhood, written in 1940.
