My brother and SIL have a 2 year-old son, “Bryan” who I love dearly. They live quite a distance away and so the only way I communicate with my brother and his family is through Skype and telephone. While my SIL is pretty good about communication, my brother has picked up a habit over the last 12 months or so that’s driving me insane and I’m not sure how to respond.

My brother will call once in a while to say “Hi”, which is great. However, the conversation usually starts with a “Hello, how are you doing?” and then immediately gets sidetracked into a play-by-play of what Bryan is currently doing and a conversation between my brother and Bryan only. For example: “Hi sister! How are you? We’re great. Bryan is eating corn right now. He loves corn! Don’t you Bryan? Did you like the park today Bryan? Bryan played in the sandbox. Bryan loves the park.”