Dialoguing

My son apparently has a rare trait as a baby. He will dialogue with you. This means he will “say” something, pause and wait for you to respond, and then “say” something in response to that. In this way, it feels like you’re having a conversation with him, and he’s acknowledging social protocol, and politely waiting for you to get into the conversation with him, instead of just talking over you.

The daycare teacher said the he’s the only baby that she can do that with, and he’s nowhere near the oldest in the class. She likes talking to him and having him respond. And she likes that he’ll wait expectantly for her when it’s her turn to speak. I told her that he’s been doing this since he was two months old. I used to talk to him like this in the mornings when I asked him about his dreams. It makes me proud, not only that he’s so smart, but that he’s so polite as well.