Babies like to rub their eyes may be a physiological phenomenon, may also be due to inverted eyelashes, conjunctivitis and other diseases. 1. physiological phenomenon: under normal circumstances, when the baby sleepy will feel very tired eyes, so will unconsciously rub the eyes, is a physiological phenomenon, do not worry too much. 2. Inverted eyelashes: For children, inverted eyelashes are mainly caused by lower eyelid redundancy and congenital lid inversion. The clinical symptom of this disease is that the irregular growth of eyelashes contacts the conjunctiva and cornea, resulting in tearing, photophobia, pain, foreign body sensation and other symptoms, so the children will often rub their eyes. 3. Conjunctivitis: the causes of this disease include microbial infections, allergies and physical stimuli such as sand and dust, as well as blockage of the tear ducts, ocular tumors, and the spread of neighboring organs. Because the affected children will have symptoms such as redness, dryness, itching, pain and foreign body sensation in the eyes, most of the affected children will appear to rub their eyes. In addition to this, babies like to rub their eyes may also be due to dry eye, keratitis and other diseases. If your baby’s eye rubbing is ruled out as a physiological phenomenon, you need to go to the hospital in time to clarify the specific cause.