From my experience, we as men can only do so much in the early stages. The child is attached to their mom. Nothing we can do about it. My kid will sometimes refuse to let me in their room to play but will then insist on mom to come play instead. I have no control over that.. mainly because they're two and half years old.... You need to step back and really think about the situation I think. Maybe you'll see just how little choice we have in the early years