My son had surgery when he was 3 months old, and had to fast for a few hours. We tried to get him to sleep as much as we could (it ended up being much longer than we anticipated, due to an emergency that came in to the hospital... he was having cardiac surgery and they pushed him to the afternoon to make way for the emergency baby). We also took him for little walks around the room, and we took turns nursing him and talking to him. We gave him a bath (but he had a hospital room... don't think this would be available to you for day surgery) and read him stories and sang to him. All of the things you'd normally do over the course of a day to interact with him, we did it in the space of about 6 hours. His Poppa also came to visit and that provided an additional distraction which was much appreciated.
He was a very stoic little guy, and wasn't fussed by the lack of food. So I don't really know if it was our distracting techniques or his personality that meant a smooth fast for him.
I've never had to fast my babies, but I know that they would often delay or even forget a feed if they were in their sling/snugli carrier. Maybe that would help your little one?
All the best!
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