Thanks for your replies! I took him to the dr and he had a stomach bug. I had no clue!! Now we're dealing with a whole new set of issues because the dr said to feed him frequently so he wouldn't puke, so for the last week I've been feeding him every 2 hours almost exclusively breast milk. We just got back from visiting family for the holidays and travelled for 2 days and his sleep is horrible and he is VERY attached and clingy to me. He was wanting to nurse for 45 min in the middle of the night, but now he's not nursing nearly as long, but he doesn't want me to leave him in his crib. Ughhh...he just turned 1 year...could it be separation anxiety?? I saw on his gums that his 1st molars are coming in too. You think maybe he's just feeling extra fragile and needs more comfort than usual?? Between the stomach bug, teething, and traveling, we have no EASY routine anymore. I tried laying him down at 4.5 hours this morning because he didn't seem too tired before that and he only slept 1 hour. He woke up from his nap at 10:30 (he woke up at 5 am this morning ughhhh...) and I tried laying him down around 230 because he was starting to act tired, but once I put on his white noise machine he started crying hard in my arms. I decided to feed him since it was about 4 hours since I fed him last and he still isn't eating solids great. He started falling asleep while I was feeding him, so I had to pry him off and when I laid him in his crib he started crying immediately and he doesn't always settle when I try rubbing his chest. I tried leaving, and normally I just have to say "goodnight, I'll see you when you wake up. I love you." Wave and blow him a kiss and he'll cry a little bit but then he'll be fine in 5-10 min. This is totally different. I left him while he was crying (he started this loud schreeching sound that he does with diaper changes, sleeping, and basically anything he's not in to. It's been going on for 1-2 weeks). He probably cried for 30 min. I know that's a super long time, but he was starting and stopping. I gave him Motrin before the nap too, so I know that he wasn't in pain.
He's a bloody mess and I don't know how to help him, but my husband is deployed and my mom leaves here in 1 day, and it's so hard to deal with this alone