How to anger an infant

A nurse took them down a long hallway to a room where she gave George something to drink that looked white and tasted sweet. "It is called barium," the nurse explained. "It helps the doctors find out what is wrong with you, George."

In the next room stood a big table, and a doctor was just putting on a heavy apron. Then he gave the man one just like it. George was curious: Would he get one too? No, he did not.

"You get on that table, George," the doctor said. "I am going to take some X-ray pictures of your insides."

--from Curious George Goes to the Hospital

Jacob's experience was a little more traumatic than George's, I'm afraid.

Maybe it was that we starved him for three hours first.

And then stripped him down to his skivvies, and laid him down on a cold exam table.

And took his his puppy away.

And allowed strangers in lead aprons to restrain his hands and feet.

And covered him with a huge blinking metal box.

And allowed another stranger to pour barium down his throat, rotating him from side to side while a man in a white coat pressed a button that made a terrifying beeping noise.

This morning's upper gastrointestinal X-ray was not an altogether pleasant experience for young Jacob. Particularly the part where he refused to drink the barium, so they just squirted into his mouth until he choked on it and swallowed some by accident. Come to think of it, watching the procedure wasn't an altogether pleasant experience for me, either.

Maybe now we'll get some answers as to why this adorable baby has such disdain for eating.