Crying, sleep and strange behaviour

Could he be teething? Their teeth can be really sore when they are lying down. My wee man can be happy enough when he is up and about playing in the day and distracted but when he needs to sleep he finds it hard or else he wakes up crying. It usually lasts a week or so and then it all settles again.

Don't they start going through separation anxiety at that age? Sorry my memory is shocking and I can't remember. Maybe that is the cause of the sleeping problems

Yeah he is getting more clingy I have noticed. I think he is getting his top two teeth as well so who knows! Glad to gear others are going through it as well tho :-)

We have a version of this going on with our 8 month old as well - went from previously self-settling really well for her day naps to not being able to settle herself at all without much cuddling. She wouldn't cry a whole lot (except if it happens at night), just lies there squawking and fidgeting despite being obviously really tired where previously she would have just relaxed and gone off to sleep. Things are improving for us after a couple of weeks of this and I put it down to a developmental phase / anxiety thing maybe combined with teething (although she has yet to get any teeth!).

What seems to be working for us is extra cuddles before putting her in bed so she is more relaxed (but not asleep), and patting her until she is doing her blank staring before leaving the room. At night, if she wakes within an hour or two of being fed (so is not hungry), it seems to work to give her a quick cuddle then settle her to sleep in her bed rather than letting her fall asleep on us - she cries a bit in the cot, but when she goes to sleep she stays asleep, whereas if she falls asleep on us she invariably wakes crying as soon as being put in bed and it can take over an hour to get her back to sleep!

I know it feels like a big backwards step to having to go back to actively settle them, but it seems to be working for us and we are gradually being able to reduce the amount of settling we have to do. I actually think she has just kind of gotten over it by herself though rather than anything we are doing. I'd say just give him a few weeks to see if he sorts it out for himself.

My DD still crys everytime I put her to bed, she fair screamssometimes, just because she doesnt want to be in bed.
I just leave her to it and she doesnt settle after 5 mins I go back in and try re settle her.

I do a bit of the tough love now days, seems as I know why she's crying, I can tell the diff between her crys now(shes 13 months).