A parenting influencer couple gave out goodie bags containing snacks, a greeting note, and earplugs to other passengers while boarding their first Singapore Airlines business class flight – just in case their baby cried.
Captioned “Nerve wrecking #couplegoals”, the Jan 7 TikTok post by @bertandlulu about the experience has garnered over 2,600,000 views, 243,100 reactions and 565 comments.
Hubert, 33, and Yihru, 31, the couple behind the account, have some 788,000 followers. They told Stomp that they were taking their annual trip to Bangkok on Jan 2, to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Along for the ride was their 5-month-old daughter Toto, on what would be a two-hour-long flight.
“Hubert used to travel very frequently for work and is no stranger to wailing babies on flights,” said Yihru. “Before having Toto, it was hard to fully understand just how challenging it can be to manage a baby during a meltdown.”
Inspired by a similar goodie bag Hubert received years ago on a flight, the couple spent two days prior to departure preparing the goodie bags, as they wanted to minimise any potential inconvenience to fellow passengers.
“After all, it was also their holiday, and we didn’t want it to start or end on a stressful note if things didn’t go as planned.”
“Fortunately … Toto co-operated very well,” they wrote in their post, despite a two-hour delay that affected the toddler’s planned feeding schedule.
