childish behavior in 35 year old man

I have been married for 5 years.
My husband and I get along mostly well, but there are some behaviors that he exhibits that drive me nuts, and I'm not sure how to handle them.

These bahaviors started appearing just before we got married, and have gotten progressively worse over time.

He acts very childish. And when I say that, I mean it in the most literal way. When he is needing attention, or is bored he will poke me, make bodily noises, try to capture me, harass my dogs, or answer 'No', like a 2 year old to every question. Most often this occurs when I am focusing on something else, like making dinner, or speaking on the phone. But sometimes, he just gets in a mood.

He does not act this way around anyone else besides his mother.
His mother lives far from here, and we are not very close (for many reasons), so I have no idea if she has any perspective on this, or even notices. He has a very successful career, and is able to maintain friendships. None of the people outside of our immediate family would ever be able to know that this behavior even exists.

I have tried many tactics to deal with the behavior. I have tried getting angry at him (which I think he likes), ignoring him, and seriously speaking to him about the problem. Nothing has worked. He just doesn't see it as a real issue and asks me to accept him how he is.

While I would like to accept him as 'he is', I have a real hard time dealing with this. It's just so annoying. It's very hard for me to try to be a good, loving wife, when everytime we seem to be getting along well he seems to need to hijack our experiene by purposely irritating me.

I have some theories as to why this may be happening. A couple things to note when answering this post. My husband had a rough upbringing. His father died a very tragic death at a young age in front of him. His mother had a very hard time with this, and turned to alcohol, and other vices to deal. While I think that she loves her son very deeply, I don't think that she was able to be a strong parent after the death of her husband. Their relationship is, to this day, very difficult for both of them. I think that these things, among others may be contributing factors to our issus.

So, there are a couple things that i am looking to obtain from this posting:
1. Does this fit within a known category for a mental/personality disorder?
2. Has anyone else experienced this with a spouse, and what was done to address this?

Thanks.

Definitely the lack of a father figure in his own life.

Maybe he's trying to say something (he wants kids!)

Just kidding, but I'm sure he'd be great with them. You should do the same thing he does back, only 20x more annoying. I think he'll get the picture.