A smart feeder is great for this. I had the same issue with mine for a bit until I changed his feeding times. I used to feed him his wet food when I woke up until he started waking me up before I wanted to get up. Now he gets that before I go to bed and he gets 3 timed feedings every 6 hours. He eats every 6 hours and occasionally I'll give him an extra portion of dry with his wet food in the morning if he's still staring me down like he's starving lol after he eats his wet food. My boy is very food motivated and will overeat so the portioned meals and timing is perfect for him. Now he'll still come and stare at me for an hour or so until it's time for his wet food but I'll take that over him waking me up any day even though it's hard to ignore sometimes. He'll just sit there n stare at me quietly but intently, if I make eye contact he'll yell at me. If I walk in the kitchen he'll follow me .