He is also fond of peeing on anything you leave on the floor. Especially toy bins. Or in any closet you may accidentally leave the door open to. Good times.
Oh darn! That moment has passed. Also, I've determined most cats are assholes only their mom can love. He's your baby
My dog is worse; she'll start shaking her head to make her ears flap (she's part hound, they're droopy) or start banging her tail against the walls/doors in the hallyway.
My dog does this too - and begins to lick and lick and lick which is so loud. Idiot dogs.
I free feed dry food. Meaning there is always a dry bowl of cat food in the kitchen. I've never found my two to overeat dry food. So I think knowing there is a bowl of food makes them feel better.
Plus we sleep with the bedroom door closed so nobody can come in the room.
Getting him on a later feeding schedule will really help. I always do treats or canned food in the evenings, dogs or cats. Nobody messes with my mornings, lol.
My cat will find a random plastic bag somehow, somewhere and start chewing on it in the middle of the night. That or he'll walk all over the nightstand trying to knock over as much shit as he can. I'm not really sure start he wants because at that point he gets booted out of the room.
He sometimes does the annoying howl meowing outside the door, that's the worst. He is 16.
We started giving our two cats a nighttime "snack" around 10pm because of two reasons: one, to cut down on the super early morning wake-up attempts, and two, because my older cat was throwing up bile in the middle of the night, so now they have something in their stomachs and it's helped both issues tremendously. I give them each about a tbsp of grain free kibble.
I would suggest trying this as well. When we switched our kitties from free fed dry food to 2 meals of soft food we were having the same problems with begging for food in the morning that you are describing. We started doing the 10 PM "snack" before we went to bed (a small spoonful of the wet food) and it made a big difference. They still want food right away in the morning but they aren't nearly as aggressive as they used to be. I think it just helps to keep their tummy full. It's a long time from dinner at 6 PM until breakfast at 8:30 AM.