My 17 mo toddler has been super clingy this week. He wants to either sit on my lap or be carried all the time. When I put him down he has a tantrum. 
my DH works away and when he came home in fri my DS didn't want to be held by him and would only settle when I held him. Today he's fine with DH and cried when he went out. I've just been putting him down and getting on with things as I need to. Is this