Grandfather by accident takes residence mistaken little one from Sydney daycare centre

An investigation has been launched after a grandfather mistakenly took residence the mistaken little one from a daycare centre in Sydney, Australia.

The man arrived to gather his grandchild from First Steps Learning Academy within the southern suburb of Bangor, on Monday afternoon.

But he by accident took residence a unique little one, who was asleep in a darkish room.

The mistake solely turned clear when the mom of the kid arrived on the centre to seek out that her one-year-old was not there, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

“I can’t explain the feeling,” she instructed the newspaper.

“They couldn’t tell me [the man’s] name, they couldn’t tell me who he was, they couldn’t tell me who he was meant to pick up. They couldn’t tell me what he looked like, apart from that he was wearing shorts and he was an older gentleman,” the mom, who requested to not be named, defined.

As a part of security protocols, childcare centres don’t enable kids to be collected by anybody else besides recognised mother and father, guardians or carers.

But she additionally stated the grandfather is to not blame.

“We are not angry with him. We are not upset at him – we blame the daycare.”

The grandfather’s spouse instructed the Sydney Morning Herald that her husband was “devastated” and had “owned the mistake”.

“When he realised, he raced that child back so fast,” she stated.

First Steps instructed the BBC that the employee concerned within the incident had been stood down.

“We sincerely apologise to the families directly involved in this deeply upsetting and isolated incident,” nursery director Trisha Hastie stated.

She added that it had by no means occurred earlier than at any of First Steps’ nurseries, which had since strengthened procedures to “ensure this never happens again”.

An investigation is underneath manner into the “deeply concerning and serious incident”, the New South Wales Early Childhood Education and Care Regulatory Authority stated.

The incident comes at a time of heightened consciousness surrounding security at Australia’s childcare centres, and final month, new legislative adjustments have been introduced aimed toward enhancing security requirements within the sector.