He seems to be going through separation anxiety. Is he crawling yet? If he is then see if he will follow you.

You could try putting him in the pram or high chair and push him into the kitchen or around as you clean, sure it will take more trips doing everything 1 handed, but that adds to the amount of exercise you do and hopefully he will be quiet enough to get some done.

Our place is open plan so I put Leah around the middle of the house and she can see me in most rooms but she still whinges every now and then, but I cant drop everything to be with her the second she starts to cry IYKWIM. Dont beat yourself up is he cries for a minute or 2 while you do something.