Mum with baby hands out 200 pairs of earplugs to passengers on flight

Over 200 bags containing candy, earplugs and a note were handed out by the mother of a baby to passengers on a flight from Seoul to San Francisco. Photo / Dave Corona, Facebook

A mother handed out over 200 bags containing candy and earplugs on a flight from Seoul, South Korea to San Francisco, as she was worried her four-month-old baby might disrupt other passengers.

"Today, I am going to the U.S. with my mom and grandma to see my aunt," the note read. "I'm a little bit nervous and scary (sic) because it's my first flight, which means that I may cry or make too much noise. I will try to go quietly, though I can't make any promises... Please excuse me."

Dave Corona, one of the passengers who received a bag, posted images of it on Facebook – and the generous act has since sparked an online debate about babies on flights.

According to another passenger, the four-month-old baby turned out to be a very quiet traveller. Photo / Dave Corona, Facebook

Corona wrote that it was "a touching gesture by the mother, but as you know when you have kids, expect the unexpected. Not a peep out of the kid."

While others posting on the thread said the gift was a "great idea", others said fliers needed to be more accepting of parents travelling with young children.

"Some people have class - some have a sense of entitlement. Very nice gesture," said one commenter.

However, others said the mother shouldn't have needed to make such a gesture, or apologise for her baby for doing what babies do.

"That was a nice gesture, but I think people need to be more understanding on flights and not make parents and their children feel so "unwelcome" on flights. We were all babies at one point in life," a commenter said.

On a Ten hour flight from Seoul Korea to San Francisco, a mother handed out more than 200 goodie bags filled with candy...

Posted by Dave Corona on Tuesday, 12 February 2019

"Not necessary, most people understand the stress of traveling with children," said another.

It's not the first time that parents have attempted to avoid awkward situations with crying kids by handing out gifts.

In 2016, a similar goodie bag with a from the parents of twin 18-month-old girls made headlines when it was shared online.