This adorable Instagram video is just another example of how one better not ignore a cat, especially when it is breakfast time. Baba, the black rescue cat, has decided his owner does not need an alarm clock because he is the alarm clock. His owner, who posts on Instagram as @babayaga_cat, shared a video that pretty much sums up life with a hungry cat in the morning — and honestly, cat owners wouldn’t want it any other way.
Cat gently wakes owner up when it’s time for breakfast
The hilarious video opens with the cat sitting next to his sleeping mom, staring right at her as though he is trying to communicate his breakfast needs with her telepathically. Though all he can do is meow his way through the whole act, the on‑screen text helps echo his inner voice. It says, “mother! up time, pleeez i need sustenance.” In the video, Baba leans in to give his mother these tiny nudges and starts purring loud enough to wake her up.
She does wake up and showers him with kisses. And that’s all it takes for Baba to melt into it, almost as if he forgot about the breakfast. He closes his eyes, settles against her cheek, and keeps purring like he could stay there all day — except he absolutely cannot, because breakfast is still not happening.
Hence, after cuddling for a while, Baba pulls back, sits up again, and the next caption appears: “ok, nice kisses, but seriously…UP TIME, MOTHER!” It’s the most relatable display of mood swings any cat owner has ever seen.
In the caption, the owner jokes, “Baba is equal parts demanding and equal parts cute in the mornings… lately a bit more of one than the other,” which is a pretty accurate summary of what’s happening on screen.
People in the comments completely understood the struggle. One person wrote, “I guess you never have to set an alarm clock,” while another said, “It sounded like he said breakfast too.” A lot of black cat owners chimed in about how sweet their cats are, and someone even called Baba a “sentient squeaker toy,” which feels spot‑on for all the songs the cat sang to get his breakfast in the video.
