Two months later, on August 27, the enthronement ceremony was held, however the ceremony was stopped because the Emperor started crying, his nanny (Kurodo no To, FUJIWARA no Kunitsuna's daughter Nariko) gave him some milk and he finally calmed down. (It is said that Tadachika NAKAYAMA, the quick witted state councilor, remarked that it was more important for the baby to have milk than have an enthronement ceremony.)
その2か月後の8月27日に即位式が行われるも、途中で泣き出して中断したために慌てて乳母（蔵人頭・藤原邦綱の娘、成子）が授乳させてやっと落ち着いたという（参議・中山忠親が、赤ん坊には儀式よりも乳の方が大切であると機転を利かせたのだという）。