first of all, Basil may become less dependant after a while. Then Noah will have the opportunity for less competition. In the meantime, having him bond with your husband for a while is not really a bad thing. Noah may well have been doing it out of spite, at first, but it may just be easier than "fighting" for the attention. AND for all we know, Noah may be ALLOWING Basil time with you because he knows how comforting it is and maybe Basil needs that and Noah knows that.(I sure hope that makes as much sense to you as it did to me when I wrote it )