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A worsening of your child’s asthma caused by exposure to one of their triggers. These vary between children but the most common ones are coughs and colds, cold weather, cigarette smoke, pet fur or feathers and pollen.

Newborn babies may sleep anywhere between 12 and 20 hours a day. Younger infants up to 6 months tend to sleep on and off around the clock, waking every 1–3 hours to feed.
The older they become, the more they may have a day/night cycle, but this is not guaranteed. Typically, they may have 2–3 daytime naps lasting about 30 minutes to 2 hours each.