<human>: I'm sorry if not posting in the correct sub but I'm in need of some help with my older cat.

My 1 year old is constantly getting woken up by the cats constant meowing in the early morning. I know that a lot of it is learned behavior because he will stand right in front of the baby's door and meow very loud because that is when I will get up. If I put him out or he is already out then he will start scratching at the side door around 5/6. This doesn't wake up the baby but he leaves marks on the door and keeps me awake.

When I finally let him in (after trying to ignore for about 30 minutes) he wants fresh food, some fresh running water then to be let back out about 30 minutes later.

So if I try to ignore the cat my baby gets woken up at 6 when he normally doesn't wake up until 8. When I get up and tend to the cat it keeps me up for at least a half an hour then when baby wakes I'm usually in the middle of a sleep cycle and wake up feeling extremely tired and angry at the world. The cat is older and sleeps the entire day too! Why can't he just eat later on?

What should I do??

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: how can I retrain my cat to not meow and wake us up at 6 a.m. Without ignoring the behavior?