Malpensa is huge, and while it tries to cater for children, that scale makes it less than ideal. Our gate was a nineteen-minute walk away. Window shopping is less appealing when you are carrying a baby and simply need a seat.
T1 has a fast family lane for children up to five. Formula and water did not have to be removed, although we had to fold the pushchair for the scanner. Passport control was also quick. Baby-changing rooms vary: one had a breastfeeding chair, another did not, and there was no advance indication.
Regular toilets were not especially child friendly, with nowhere to put things down, no child seats in cubicles, high sinks and no steps. There are pharmacies after security but little particularly child-friendly food.
Planes are normally boarded by air bridge. On one Wizz Air trip we collected the buggy on the tarmac and then had to carry it up several flights of stairs—difficult for anyone travelling alone.