Thank you, Ill continue to do that. It doesn't bother me that she does it on me, the issue was that it became almost compulsive so I want to break the habit altogether as opposed to redirecting her elsewhere.
Unfortunately, you're just going to have to ignore her trying to wake you up. Getting up when she whines just reinforces that she will get what she wants if she bothers you enough. It's really tough to try to sleep through the meows (went through something similar myself) but eventually they get...
I fostered my now 5 month old kitten when she was 4 weeks old and ended up adopting her. She was obviously not properly weaned from her mother and she began to "nurse" on my shirts when she would lay on my lap. At first I didn't mind it because I know it probably brought her comfort but it...