Getting candy from a baby! Thoughtful parents taking flight with young twin boys hand out sweets to other passengers (and they even brought earplugs for everyone)

An overly considerate couple is being praised for going above and beyond to placate their fellow air travelers.



The parents, accompanied by their 14-week-old twin boys, distributed sweets to passengers as a pre-emptive strike in anticipation of the infants wreaking havoc in the skies.



The innovative approach was broadcast on Reddit by Andrew Merritt, who received one of the goodie bags from the parents on his cross country flight from San Francisco.



Some have disputed the legitimacy of the too-sweet-story, analyzing the prospective cost to the parents and the trustworthiness of Mr Merritt, but the MailOnline can confirm exclusively that it is indeed genuine.

It comes after a similar story in September 2012 when the parents of two 14-week-old twins distributed sweets to passengers in anticipation of the new-born babies disturbing other flyers

'Brilliant and thoughtful parents handed these out to everyone on my flight,' the appreciative traveler wrote on Reddit , posting a picture of a Ziploc plastic bag filled with goodies and a note of explanation.

'We're twin baby boys on our first flight and we're only 14 weeks old!' the note read.

'We'll try to be on our best behavior, but we'd like to apologize in advance just in case we lose our cool, get scared or our ears hurt. Our mom and dad (AKA our portable milk machine and our diaper changer) have ear plugs available if you need them,' the note added.

Mr Merritt, a San Francisco jack-of-all-trades, explained that the mini travelers and their parents ended up being absolutely delightful.

Babies on a plane: Tantrums from pint-sized plane passengers can leave fellow travelers in despair (file photo)

'The parents were fantastic and the kids were better than would be expected. Mom was super nervous and obviously very tired, but still extremely nice to everyone around her. Not a mean or frustrated word from dad either. Saw them meeting his parents at baggage, who were seeing babies for first time, and got a bit teary,' Mr Merritt explained.



Mr Merritt's tale occurred at the start of a very personal journey, the Redditor said on his blog .



The 27-year-old from San Francisco just embarked on a bicycle trip from Paris to Istanbul after a bad break up.

'Last night I left San Francisco to begin my journey. I’ve left my job, home, and those closest to me to seek something I’m not sure I even understand at times,' he wrote.



'Once onboard, I realized that I was sitting in a row with not one 14 week old baby, but twins.'

Upon receiving the gift package, he said he was 'overwhelmed with a positive view on mankind’s potential'. He was also thrilled with his new notoriety on Reddit.

Thoughtful: Andrew Merritt received the package at the start of a journey to bike from Paris to Istanbul

Popular: More than 1million people have viewed the image on Imgur in the past two days

Doubt: Some have disputed the legitimacy of the too-sweet-story, analyzing the prospective cost to the parents and the trustworthiness of Mr Merritt

'I should also add that I submitted this photo on Reddit.com and it currently has more points that Barack Obama’s AMA (he came to the site last Wednesday). For those who are as addicted to Reddit as myself, this is quite a big deal,' he wrote.



The idea immediately sparked chatter on the social news site, garnering over 3,000 comments and one million views after it was posted over the weekend.



Most of the reaction was positive with one user calling it the 'most considerate thing I've ever seen ... it has fully restored my faith in said consideration.'

But some thought it was a bit much.

'Really? You don't find this to be overkill?' one user chimed in.

Journey: Upon receiving the gift package, he said he was 'overwhelmed with a positive view on mankind’s potential'. He was also thrilled with his new notoriety on Reddit



'I don't require an apology for a crying baby on a plane. This is to be expected. I'm ok with it. People have babies, and they need to travel too. There are plenty of assholes I'd much rather have an apology from,' they added.

'The parents were fantastic and the kids were better than would be expected... Saw them meeting [their grandparents] at baggage, who were seeing babies for first time, and got a bit teary.' Andrew Merritt

And yet another user wondered how the parents managed to carry around their sugary bribe, in addition to their two youngsters.

'I wonder what the TSA thought of this, while they were going through security?,' asked another user.

One user started another Reddit feed to question the legitimacy of the gift.

'Redditor fills a sandwich bag with sweets and a note which he typed up and states they are from thoughtful parents and were given out to everyone on the flight by the "thoughtful parents". PS: He didn't finish any of the sweets. WHO DOESN'T EAT FREE SWEETS?!' they posted.

The commenters there have analyzed the cost of the chocolates (between $130 and $350) and their shared belief the whole thing was a fake.