Flying with babies can be challenging due to ear pressure and discomfort. Changes in cabin pressure during take-off and landing cause pain in infants. Dry air and loud noises add to their distress.

The moment a tiny bundle arrives home, joy floods every corner of the house, but so do those quiet, heart-skipping worries ...

“We’ve all been there, thinking I can’t even soothe my child, I must be a bad parent,’” says Dr Sue Smith, founder of ICON, a programme which aims to help parents understand all about crying babies.

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