That's funny right there.
He made a call to a woman, but a tot answered the phone. Using his "talk-to-an-infant" voice, he tried to get the little thing to get mommy to come to the phone. Tried establishing a rapport with it so it would cooperate, with very little headway. It finally came to
"Tell me, are you a little boy or a little girl?"
"You don't know. Okay. Is mommy there yet?"
"Oh hello, Mabel. I've had an AWFUL time getting your little darling to call you to the phone! And by the way, tell it what sex it is before it comes to an ARBITRARY DECISION!!!"