Preference

I know it’s really common for your child to prefer one parent to the other for comfort etc. but my husband is getting really down about the fact our son only wants me for comfort, he will cry and scream for me if I am in another room to them but is happy to be in the room with only me. How do I support my husband with this? He thinks his son hates him which is obviously not true, but I can imagine it’s difficult. Also, it would be nice for me to have my hands free from my child if my boy would let his dad take over more

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I have no advice I'm afraid but it's like I could have written this word for word. It's exhausting and makes you feel awful hearing them scream without you but we can't hold them 24/7 unfortunately 😭.
Apparently 18m is like peak separation anxiety so I'm staying hopeful that it'll pass soon 🤞