At 7 weeks, many kittens are still quite new to moving their bowels without help from mama. It is really common for them to do exactly what your kitten is doing. As long as he gets around to doing his businesss eventually, there is no problem, and he will outgrow the meowing. I'm not sure if that's what they do as infants to encourage mama cat to lick his bottom and stimulate him to go, but I suspect that's the case and it's a leftover baby behavior. Since even adult cats tend to meow in distress a little before vomiting, I suspect that goes along with any kind of tummy discomfort.