Morning struggles/parental preference

I have a 2.5 year old girl who is bright, very verbal, generally happy. But WOOF she really is anti-dad right now. Our routine since I went back to work when she was 3 months old is that dad does mornings, I do evenings. Every day when he goes in to get her, she flips out. She wants mommy, she doesn’t want to pick her clothes, she doesn’t want to do ANYTHING, she just wants MAMA.

This happens whether I’m there or not, and continues into the evenings if he tries to do anything for her (“I don’t WANT Papa get my blueberries”)

This is of course very hard for him, and a little hard for me being the only want she wants.

Is this strong parental preference normal? How do you combat it? It’s getting so tough!