Hi all. When my son had to have surgery at 14 mos, the surgeon said NPO after midnight the night before. After consulting all you wonderful folks, I questioned him about it. He restated his midnight cut-off. Then I called the dept. of anesthesia at the hospital where the surgery would be performed and they said no solids, etc after midnight and no clear fluids (breastmilk being considered one) after 3 hours pre-surgery. I called the surgeon and told him this. He called the anesth. and they compromised on cutting off clear fluids 3 hours before we arrived at the hospital, which was 4-5 hours pre-surgery. Check with the people who are administering the anesthesia. It might be the Dr. is operating (sorry for the pun) on old information and the midnight cut-off is unneccessary even in the eyes of the hospital. Linda V.