Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-63.248.65.214-20130506220738/@comment-6666002-20130507123013

It's possible he was unaware of who the baby was. If that was the case, then maybe someone else had a hand in the fateful decision.

The only way he could have knowingly done that action, is if he somehow inscribed that as part of the curse before he gave it to Regina. However, given how his seer magic works, that sort of information might be too specific.