Using flash when taking baby pictures

Not sure if it's the right forum, but I see so many baby pictures here and decide to ask. Anyone knows if using flash will have any effects on baby's eyes? Are they more sensitive to flash?

Hi, JoNa, I moved this thread to Talk About Photography because you didn't post any photos to share. Just to let you know how this works. You will probably get more responses here.

I take baby pictures and I do not use a flash for a newborn, try natural light, or I will use diffused light through a softbox or white umbrella or reflector. That's why newborn pictures are problematic. Sometimes you can't avoid flash, but not directly into baby's eyes.

Thanks Suzie for both - the answer and moving to the right forum.

when our son was born I only had the 20D with built-in flash & 50mm f/1.8
The nursing staff asked why I wasn't using flash & said there's normally no reason not to.
I've since upgraded to 50mm f/1.2 for the upcoming #2 in November...

hot lights, babies are very sensitive, especially the bright popping strobes in their eyes...

how about bouncing light or diffused bouncing light using stofen?

When i had my first born i didn't have DSLR yet, even as he grow older and I have the DSLR i try not to use flash unless necessary. Now that I see some baby pictures with fill/bounced flash, I'm wondering if it's okay to use flash.

This is a frequently occurring topic and it has been answered by kids doctors (I am not one): No, if you use flash normally, it will not hurt babies eyes. You may want to avoid shooting in a way that unnecessarily increases flash light into their eyes, like don't shoot way stopped down or with a grey filter on you lens or with extremely low ISO.