For those triggers that cannot be avoided, you can try to compensate with extra care in other ways. For example, when your child has a cold, you can try to ensure he gets lots of sleep and nutritious foods. Some triggers may become more of an issue as your child gets older.
barnacle. n. 1. (Animals) any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc. They have feathery food-catching cirri protruding from a hard shell. See acorn barnacle, goose barnacle.
1. characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation. 2. characterized by inactivity and lack of exercise: a sedentary life. 3. Zool. a. abiding in one place; not migratory. b. pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.