Baby briefly goes missing from Sydney daycare after grandfather takes home wrong child

An investigation is underway after a toddler went missing for several hours from a childcare center in Sydney’s south on Tuesday afternoon, in a situation described as a “nightmare” scenario.

The incident came to light when the little boy’s mother went to pick him up from Bangor’s First Steps Learning Academy, only to find he wasn’t there.

Panicked staff reviewed CCTV footage and contacted other parents to confirm they had the right child, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

The incident surfaced when the boy’s mother arrived at Bangor’s First Steps Learning Academy to pick him up and discovered he was missing. Bangor First Steps Learning

It was then that they discovered a grandfather had come to collect his grandchild, but had been accidentally given the wrong child and didn’t re