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Waking at night due to eye rubbing

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Aegwyn · 10/03/2023 04:49

Hi, my 6 months old wakes himself up by rubbing mainly his right eye, but also both for 2 months now. Sometimes he wakes crying and irritated that he has to rub it. This is only during the night tho. He had antibiotic drops one time when he az 4 months old. Tho as I learned later, it was a stronger one, to be prescribed for 1yr+ children, our doctor messed it up.... but that was for his left eye. Also for some reason the right eye's pupil is slightly bigger but evens out in light. More info: we have unusually big amount of dust in the house, it's very warm due to the heating system and it's very dry the air (30% humidity) BUT for that we already tried eye drops against dry eyes and nothing changed, I discovered mold in our washing machine and since I'm battling it but it keeps coming back (nowhere else tho in the house), and we've been to 3 different children's eye specialists and diagnosed perfectly healthy eyes...... I'm clueless. Anyone any tips please what to try

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Momtobub · 18/11/2023 02:21

Hey! Did you figure out what was going on? Currently going through the same.

Aegwyn · 19/11/2023 16:44

Momtobub · 18/11/2023 02:21

Hey! Did you figure out what was going on? Currently going through the same.

Hey, it just stopped a month or two ago, I took him to like 4 specialists who all Said the same, he has perfect eyes and it's a habit. Seems like it really was but if I were you I'd get it checked out (here in my country it's for free, hope there too!) Good luck, it really can be a habit or from teething

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Momtobub · 19/11/2023 16:59

Thank you! I am thinking it is a habit thing for him as well.. thanks so much for getting back to me :)

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