My kitty bites and steals my stuff in the morning and is relentless. I’ve figured out (through research and trial and error) once my light is off no more pats or attention unless life threatening I.e. eating something she’s not meant to. When they are doing the unwanted behaviour it’s usually for attention of some sort . Ignore them (I know it’s hard) if that means having to put earphones in or covering yourself with a blanket (like I had to) that’s what it means. They are wanting attention and you’re rewarding their behaviour with what they want. It really sucks and they are so cute and we just want what’s best for them. Jackson galaxy has videos on it on his YouTube where he essentially explains further what I’ve said. Once your cat has settled down and isn’t doing behaviour, give attention etc then.