This story about a pilot looking after a baby is simply adorable

Adorable.
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Sam Haysom
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Looking after one baby onboard a flight must be hectic enough, but two children and two babies must be damn near impossible.

Luckily, the mother who recently boarded a Finnair flight with her four children had a helping hand.

"Naturally one cannot travel with two babies on one's lap, so we had to solve the dilemma of missing lap, otherwise it would have been a no go for mom and the kids," wrote cabin crew member Ami Niemelä on Instagram.

"Luckily we had our positioning crew on board and wonderful Tom took the task of being the extra lap."

Basically, Tom is a pilot who was flying on the aircraft that day as a passenger. When they realised the mother needed an extra person to look after her second baby, Tom stepped up.

"Don't you find them quite adorable!" wrote Niemelä.

We sure do.

H/T Stara.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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