Help – any advice for constantly whining kitten

Hi fellow members. Been meaning to post for days but haven’t managed to until now.

I have a nice grey 5 and a half mth old male I call Smoky. A very friendly and playful cat… but for whatever reason he is the most vocal cat II’ve ever known!

A person walks near kitten/his food area and he will whine/mrrr/cry/what have you constantly, and 95% of the time he has food to eat. Sometimes to the point of yelping. One would think it’s wanting attention, but I pick him up to hold him and pet him. Less and less does he purr, most of the time he wants down soon after. Within moments, he’s back to the endless whining.

He has food all the time and is eating and growing. Becoming a long cat already. Always has water and I see him drinking it fine. Has a 3 tear old cat and 2 year old loud annoying dog of my Grandma’s here to play with and I play also. He’s gotten obsessed with a laser pointer and barely bothers with any other toys now.

I suffer with severe TMJ migraines – so loght and sound are problems… will rest on bed… and he will come in and whine, whine, while seemingly for attention. Will hold him or put him on bed with me and he’ll want down or jump down almost instantly. Lately he will jump on the bed, knead a fave blanket of his that he slept on bed with me, on, in the first few weeks i had him (damn, I miss him sleeping on the bed with me :/ ) as a 6 week old, but rately sray more than a minute or two before jumping diwn again. Very very rarely he’ll jump on the bed and sleep for an hour or 2. I think maybe once in the past 6 weeks. He always wants attention, but as soon as you give it too him he doesnt want it or affection and usually rakes off and whibes all over again.

I just don’t know what to do to get him to stop, or at least a lot less. Like… I hear him the first 20 times… and he still does it, like to announce his every move while I knew he was there anyhow… haha!

I have a slight theory it may be due to him getting fixed likely in the next few weeks at 6 mths, but also have a bad feeling it won’t change even then.

Have seen forums posts about kittens missing their mother in the first few weeks or months, but he should of grew out of it by now. He’s just gotten most distant with me, and far whinier of late – and I have no idea why… aside from those boys in the back growing in on him.

The only relief I have is saying “SHHH” quick when he does it, and he stops instantly, but whines again a moment later over and over like that.

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance!