The national baby formula shortage prompts me to tell a fun story of my own problem with mother’s milk — and fake mother’s milk — when I was starting out in life more than 72 years ago.
Pretty soon after I was born, I started rejecting my mother’s milk. This caused some strain in the relationship, naturally: Mom didn’t appreciate being physically rejected. But I was throwing up, and no one likes throw-up and cleaning up after throw-up, so an effort was made to accommodate me by switching me to some kind of formula.
Which also made me throw up. ...