How do you stop a baby from rubbing their eyes?
It’s sending me insane! Every bedtime I get her sleepy, reading stories and singing songs and then it starts. She’s on the verge of sleep but manages to rub her eyes so much that she wakes herself up and cries blue murder. It doesn’t help that I’m putting her to bed alone as my partner works late- it’s difficult to stop her with both hands at once without literally pinning her down, which obviously also makes her cry.
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There isn’t really much you can do to stop it. Maybe do bed time a little earlier so she doesn’t get to that point of tiredness but it is just a temporary phase and will pass
I give my baby a muslin, and she clenches it sometimes moves it over her face.
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My LO also does this and knocks her dummy out & then cries too. I haven’t found a fix & not advice but just to say I’m in solidarity with you on how tough it is when you ge them to sleep and then they wake themselves! Xx