Thread: Being woken in the morning

I think he is just doing it for attention. My kitten used to get up between 3AM and 4AM every morning because he wanted to play. Getting me up involved crying and biting my hands and feet.

The best advice I can give you is to ignore him. He wants to get you up and his behavior is rewarded each time you get up. It took me about two weeks to sleep train my kitten and all I did was when he woke up and cried and bit me. I just pretended that I was asleep and ignored him. Admittedly ignoring the biting was very hard. When he realised that I was not going to get up and play and that I just slept through it all, he stopped trying to get me up.

Now when he wakes up at 3AM, he jumps off the bed and walks around the house and plays by himself (no crying or biting) and after half an hour comes back and goes to sleep. Then he wakes up when I do to get ready in the morning.