Why do we rub our eyes when we're tired?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

It seems universal that when a person - old or young - is tired, they rub their eyes. It’s even a way that babies communicate to their adults that they are ready for bed. Are we just born understanding that signal? Or is there something going on with our eyes that they need to be rubbed when we’re sleepy? Otolaryngologist Dr. Laura Orvidas helps us understand the connection in this episode. And stay tuned for the week of May 30, when all of our episodes will be sleep-themed. It’ll be a real “snooze fest”!

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:05.3	Um, um, um, um, um, um, um, moment of um comes to you from APM studios. I'm Anna Weggle.
0:12.8	Um.
0:15.4	I don't know. She doesn't seem very tired.
0:17.8	But we're 10 minutes past her bedtime.
0:19.9	Yeah, but look at her. She's wide awake.
0:22.8	It's 7.40.
0:24.6	Maybe I should read her a book.
0:26.5	She rubbed her eyes.
0:28.2	I think there was just something on her forehead.
0:31.1	No, no, no.
0:31.6	She definitely rubbed her eyes.
0:33.0	Remember our parenting class?
0:34.4	They said that's a sleeping cue.
0:36.2	Oh, yeah, a sleeping cue. that's a sleeping cue. Oh yeah, a sleeping cue.
0:38.5	That's a yawn. She yawned, another sleeping cue.
0:41.6	That's right. Okay, I'll get her in her sleep sack.
0:44.3	I'll turn the lights down.
0:45.8	I'll turn the sound machine on.
0:47.2	I'll pull the shades.
0:49.0	Good night, Luna.
0:50.3	We love you, sweetie.
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