Hi,
Our son is 6 months old and I have been his primary care giver until now. My return to work is looming (early next year) and hubbie and I have been discussing other care options. Hubbie thinks it is now time for little one to understand the concept of somebody else settleing him. At the moment our routine is; I change his nappy, put him in his sleeping bag, hold him for three to four minutes with a little chat and then put him in his cot. The last couple of days hubbie has tried and it results in horrible sad tears from bub...needless to say Mum then struggles. Hubbie is a hands on Dad however has not been responsible for settling, getting up to him in the morning etc. I appreciate that I won't always be around to put him to bed...just not sure how to introduce the change...has anybody had a similar experience? Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be appreciated!

Maybe you could try putting him to bed together for a little while. Maybe you carry him there and give him a kiss, then hand him to hubbie (while you're still there) and hubbie can kiss him and put him in, then you could transition to him doing it without you. Kids seem to adjust to change better if it's tiny steps at a time.

My kids didn't settle with dh either but if I was out of the house altogether they were fine. Can you try going out for an hour before bedtime? Make sure you say goodbye to your lo and he knows you've gone and see if your dh can do the normal routine (dinner, bath, stories or whatever) on his own.

we had a similar problem when DS was a similar age, we just kept persevering with dh putting him down, first we would do it for just the day naps so we knew then he could still get a good night sleep, I went over with him how I put him down etc so he was doing it exactly the same.
Then once day naps were fine (did this on weekends) we moved to night time, what we did once once dh got home he would take over - feed, play, bath, story, milk everything so I could also get a break, after ds bedtime story but before his milk he would be brought out so I could give him a kiss goodnight. He would fuss at first and if he got too emotional or went on for too long then I'd step in.
He eventually got used to his dad doing things.

i agree, gradual is the way:)
My dh is the nighttime parent now

Mum should go outside or turn off her ears. Ofcourse Dad can do the same job you do, hes Dad! What if you want a night out with your girlfriends?