My husband is depressed that our 2 year old always asks for and wants to be with mommy.

Has anyone else dealt with this? What can we do to fix this?The first year and a half of his life my son would go between having mommy months and daddy months. I'm a medical resident and I noticed that the months that I worked more hours and was barely home he would prefer daddy over me. The problem is for about the past year he's been all about mommy. My husband and my work schedules normalized for the most part but I still have call days on the weekend where I have to go in. According to my husband, our spends the whole day asking for me. Even when we're both home or out with our toddler just wants to hold my hand or climb on me or be in the same room as me.I think (disclaimer this is from my perspective) is that I do more of the fun stuff with our toddler. My husband plays DND late into Friday night so on Saturday I take my toddler out to the zoo, breakfast, grandparents, etc... I'm also the one who takes my son for fun places in general as my husband will stay home and do yard work or have stuff do with his family or isn't feeling well. That's not to say that my husband doesn't do anything with our son, he takes him to the park when I'm on call or when I'm desperate for a break. I'm also the one who does the bedtime ritual and bathes him.I think my husband just needs to start spending more time with our toddler. I recommended going out with him for a couple of "dates" and going all out. Go to the children's museum, farm, apple picking, etc... buy him lunch and ice cream, just make a lot of good memories so that he wants to spend time with daddy too.The last thing is that my husband is a lot more strict and forceful than I am. We're on the page about rules is just our difference in enforcement. I try to use words, alternatives, general guidance and my husband will physically take things away or force him into the car seat or whatever. I think this makes my son associate my husband with punishment. I do back my husband up because I usually agree that the behavior is wrong and needs to be corrected but I try to be more respectful in my parenting. I came from an abusive home so I don't feel comfortable using my power/size/loudness.I just don't know how to help my husband or if he even wants help at this point. Because he's been down about this, he's withdrawing from our son even more and getting even stricter. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xSWvCb