A BUNGLING nursery let a dozy granddad take home the wrong child.

The mistake was only discovered when the boy's mother arrived later on to find her son missing.

The granddad who went home with the wrong tot by staff at First Steps Learning Academy in Sydney , Australia , was "devastated" when he realised his error.

His wife said: “He raced [the] child back so fast . I am just so glad the little boy was OK.”

The mix-up happened on Monday, when the man arrived to collect his grandchild from the suburban kindergarten.

Staff reportedly handed over a different toddler , who was asleep at the time.

The boy's mother - who arrived at the centre to find her tot missing - told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I can’t explain the feeling."

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