Helping husband learn to soothe son to sleep

[Anonymous]

Son is 14 months and generally sleeps 11-12 hours a night. Maybe once a week or every other week he'll awaken and work himself up to the point where I have to go in and soothe him, which usually is just a diaper change and a hug then he's back to bed quickly. I'm the one who gets him because when husband goes in, son just expects play time.

Last night I sent husband in to give it a try again (I'm expecting kid number two and need husband to be able to handle son more at night). Son started wailing when husband tried to put him down. Husband walks him around, gives him water, PLAYS with him, reads to him, just to get him to calm down. All bad habits to start, but at this point I just wanted sleep and didn't go intervene.

Bottom line, husband is fun guy, playtime guy, bathtime guy. But not wake up at 3 a.m. and soothe me back to sleep guy. How do we make that transition? Will it come as son gets older?