When my son needed surgery for his tear duct I received the same information about nothing by mouth for 8 hours. My son was almost two and a very frequent nursing person. I can't quote the sources ,but it was in an Journal for Anesthesiologists, mentioned that 2-3 hours with breast milk was sufficent. I got the source from LLLI. One thing that was very helpful was making it clear that I wanted to be with him during induction and as soon as he woke up. I can say that it was tramatic for me but a true non issue for him. Ruth Solomon