I was not breastfed as a child or, anyway, not for long. I had colic and the doctors persuaded my mother that a special formula — in place of breast milk or dairy milk or ordinary formula — would reduce my colic and the crying of mine that it prompted, crying that distressed her. There is no indication that the doctors were correct. The type of advice they gave her is not recommended any longer.

As a male adult, yes, I suckle. I crave cradling her aureole on my wide tongue with her nipple poking below my upper lip into my mouth. Best was when she was lactating and I could taste the narrow squirts of sweet milk.