Toddler found after escaping home while babysitter slept

A two-year-old boy has been reunited with his family after wandering away from home after his babysitter fell asleep.

Sydney toddler Xavier sneaked out of his home in Kellyville Ridge after his uncle nodded off on the couch, launching a frenzied search party for the missing boy.

The child was found an hour after he went missing only 500m down the road – however his worried family feared the worst after police cars swarmed their property, 9news reports.

The child was found an hour after he went missing only 500m down the road – however his worried family feared the worst after police cars swarmed their property (pictured)

‘My heart dropped when the police came. I thought “oh god, that bad?”,’ his cousin Alyssa Viloria said.

‘I walked in the house, rushed in (and) I’m like “Dad, wake up,” – he’s asleep on the couch.’

Xavier was spotted by a neighbour walking the streets alone wearing his neon yellow sneakers.

‘My heart dropped when the police came. I thought “oh god, that bad?”,’ his cousin Alyssa Viloria (Pictured with Xavier) said

Xavier (pictured) was spotted by a neighbour walking the streets alone wearing his neon yellow sneakers

The resident luckily alerted police who brought Xavier safely back home after appealing for public assistance to find his family.

He was reunited with his relieved family members a little more than an hour after he went missing.  

Ms Viloria said her younger cousin had a habit of playing with the lock which led to his solo adventure through Sydney’s northwest suburbs.