Native New Yorker, University of Virginia graduate, runner, and sometimes stand-up performer.

Being the parent of a newborn is no picnic. You need to consistently keep an eye on the baby, as you never know where they will crawl to or what they will put in their mouths.


But it’s perhaps the child’s sleeping hours that can cause you the most stress on a daily basis. Your baby doesn’t care about your sleeping habits — they will have no problem waking you up in the middle of the night or being the most active when all you want to do is go home and fall asleep.

That’s what one tired dad named Evan Hughes felt during a flight with his son. All the exhausted dad wanted to do was take a nap, but the 8-month-old wouldn’t let him!


He was trying to climb all over the woman in the seat next to his father’s.

That’s when the woman, in a surprising move, offered to hold and care for the child while Dad napped. The baby also fell fast asleep in the stranger’s arms! Hughes took a sweet photo of the two and posted it online — and now it’s going viral!