Why do my baby's eyes roll into the back of her head when she gets her bottle?

Is her father a shark?

That’s pretty normal – my kids did that too when they were really young – and not just during feedings

Don’t worry about it, I do the same thing.

I guess it’s just a really pleasant feeling. My sister’s two-month-old baby girl does the same thing when she gets her bottle. She looks completely drunk! I guess that since eating is pretty much the most important thing to a baby (I mean, the only other things they tend to do are sleep and soil their diapers), the feeling of getting that food is the best thing in the world to them.

I would imagine it’s a muscle development thing, as well. They’re still developing and strengthening and her brain is wiring all those automatic muscle movements that we adults take for granted.

—DING——DING——DING——DING——DING——DING——T-I-L-T

BLISS….

In humans, the rolling of the eyes upward is associated with deep relaxation and trance states. When alertness is required we bring our eyes frontward, which allows us to orient ourselves using visual clues. But in deeply relaxed states, we feel secure and allow ourselves to let go of that impulse to keep oriented; the eyes naturally roll back.

There is a curious correlation between eye position and brain wave activity. The rolled-back eye position seems to go along with hypnotic trance states, for instance. People who have difficulty rolling the eyes back are usually nearly impossible to hypnotize, and some people are so easy to hypnotize that simply rolling the eyes back can put them in a trance.

@Harp The baby is entering the alpha state at this time?

Alpha and theta both increase in nursing newborns.

What state are we in as adults no longer in the alpha state? Normal waking time?

Beta is the normal waking state.

Because she luuurrrves it.

I don’t know, but both of mine did it too. It looks weird, but they outgrow it.

Also, her pupils kind of spread apart like reverse-crosseyed when she’s sleepy. I hope this is normal and not permanent…

@stemnyjones Yes its normal. Babies do things like that. When my youngest was a baby, his eyes wouldn’t close all the way when he was sleeping and you could see his eyes moving around between his lashes. It was strange looking, but he outgrew it. If there is something that does concern you though, it would be a good idea to bring it up to your doctor as well.

@Harp that’s interesting about the correlation between rolling the eyes back and the ability to be hypnotised. I can’t roll back my eyes as a result of congenital disability and eye surgery in childhood. And I’ve tried to be hypnotised three times, always without success.

Nirvana! Babies aren’t afraid to see heaven.