Aimee, 18, said: “I got a phone call saying Jack had glue in his eye. At first, with it being a nursery, I thought it was PVA glue, but when I got to Airedale Hospital I found out it was nail glue.

“At first I just wanted to take care of him, but afterwards I was like ‘What the hell has gone on?’

“His sight won’t be affected but I think he’s traumatised. He used to sleep through the night perfectly and now he’s just scared.

“I’m angry and upset. I put all my trust in them and then this happens. I’m furious.”

Jack had been attending First Steps Day Nursery in Broughton Road, Skipton, North Yorks, three days a week since he was three months old while Aimee studied public services.

Aimee had been very happy with the nursery school and Jack’s progress there before the incident on September 23.

She said: “At the hospital I was told he reached up on a counter and knocked it on him but then I had a meeting with the nursery the week after and was told that one of their staff members went to go and pick him up and this lass had some nail glue in her hand.

“Apparently her nail had broken and she went to pick up my son and splashed the glue in his eye.

“We were sent to an eye specialist as we weren’t 100% sure whether he’d got it in his eye or not.

“Luckily he had an instant reaction to close his eye so he didn’t get it in there.”

Ofsted has been informed and the nursery is also carrying out an investigation.

Aimee has contacted a solicitor and plans to sue.