Humorous Anecdotes
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Nursery Disaster
I have Six(6) kids in the nursery. One is ready to age up (walking, talking, potty trained, pegbox maxed). I have a mummy that works like crazy looking after the lot (I had to summon the Mummy before getting the kids. My two teens are growing up too. The first just aged up to young-adulthood. The second is due today. The message came up that two sims are ready for graduation. Mistakenly, I clicked yes, forgetting that the second wasn't quit ready (hadn't aged up yet). The Mummy was the only one left at home and was just starting the birthday ritual for the toddler. Ooops, that ceremony was interrupted by the graduation. Due to a routing issue, the Mummy walked half way to City Hall (Mummys walk VERY SLOWLY) before hoping in a cab. Of course he took the toddler about to age up with him. Graduation was delayed until his arrival. By the time it was over, I had a lot of very hungry Sims. I sent them to the Bistro for a celebration dinner (my usual ritual) in two groups. The Mummy, I sent home, with the toddler for a private birthday, finally.
Oh, I started with 'Nursery Disaster'. The toddler to age up today, and the one to age up tomorrow, had just been taken out of the cribs, well rested and not yet hungry. The two toddlers that won't be aging up for a bit had been fed, pottied, and bathed and put to bed, exhausted. They wanted to go to bed earlier, but had to wait for the first two to wake up. The babies are alternating for time in the swing (motive boost turned off) I had them all on rotating sleep schedules so care (and chaos) would be minimized. When the graduation started, the two in the cribs woke up, still with low energy (but too high to go back to sleep).
By the time people are returning home, the nursery is in full chaos. The babysitter was a horror. He took the toddlers out of the cribs and put the babies in. Other than that he did little else. Two toddlers managed to use the pot, over-flowing it. The third one still at home wasn't potty trained yet and made a mess. The babies were hungry and lonely, and screaming. The baby sitter danced around holding his head, panicking. The toddlers were soon hungry, tired, lonely and screaming. I held off bringing anybody home til after the toddler had her birthday, or else they would get caught up in the celebration and birthday cake (remember, they had already eaten) and wouldn't get any nursery duties done anyway. As soon as the kid aged up, I sent people home.
At least I was down to five(5) kids in the nursery. The new child ate cake, hit the bathroom and shower and off to bed. The other five were screaming their heads off. The baby was cleaned up, fed, socialized and put in the swing. I only have two cribs. I put two toddlers in the cribs right away to nap, then saw to making the other two as green as possible. Nobody is getting any sleep til the nursery comes under control, but they still have to be at work in the morning. Oh, only two of them need to be at work in the morning, so they are getting ready for bed. Two others have jobs in the Music Industry and start late, so they can be on child care. The two that just aged up, don't have jobs yet, so they are available also. Too bad all four of them are wiped out and miserable. They don't get things done quickly when their motives are low.
By the time the the two awake toddlers were all cleaned up, fed etc, the two sleeping toddlers were into the green energy wise (not by much). Two Sims who were going to stay up a while, took them out of the cribs to teach them to talk/walk/potty. The other two put the other toddlers in the cribs and headed off the the bathroom and bed. By now, the two going to work in the morning could go to bed. I kept switching off the kids in the cribs with the ones caring for them. Energy bars slowly returning to decent. At least I didn't have to make breakfast, there was lots of cake available.
Edit:
I forgot this part. Remember I said it was a mistake to accept the graduation ceremony? That's because I had another sim about to age up and ready to graduate. I get to do it all over again the next day. I'm teleporting the Mummy to City Hall before hand. And getting everybody else out of the house beforehand so no toddlers come along.
I have Six(6) kids in the nursery. One is ready to age up (walking, talking, potty trained, pegbox maxed). I have a mummy that works like crazy looking after the lot (I had to summon the Mummy before getting the kids. My two teens are growing up too. The first just aged up to young-adulthood. The second is due today. The message came up that two sims are ready for graduation. Mistakenly, I clicked yes, forgetting that the second wasn't quit ready (hadn't aged up yet). The Mummy was the only one left at home and was just starting the birthday ritual for the toddler. Ooops, that ceremony was interrupted by the graduation. Due to a routing issue, the Mummy walked half way to City Hall (Mummys walk VERY SLOWLY) before hoping in a cab. Of course he took the toddler about to age up with him. Graduation was delayed until his arrival. By the time it was over, I had a lot of very hungry Sims. I sent them to the Bistro for a celebration dinner (my usual ritual) in two groups. The Mummy, I sent home, with the toddler for a private birthday, finally.
Oh, I started with 'Nursery Disaster'. The toddler to age up today, and the one to age up tomorrow, had just been taken out of the cribs, well rested and not yet hungry. The two toddlers that won't be aging up for a bit had been fed, pottied, and bathed and put to bed, exhausted. They wanted to go to bed earlier, but had to wait for the first two to wake up. The babies are alternating for time in the swing (motive boost turned off) I had them all on rotating sleep schedules so care (and chaos) would be minimized. When the graduation started, the two in the cribs woke up, still with low energy (but too high to go back to sleep).
By the time people are returning home, the nursery is in full chaos. The babysitter was a horror. He took the toddlers out of the cribs and put the babies in. Other than that he did little else. Two toddlers managed to use the pot, over-flowing it. The third one still at home wasn't potty trained yet and made a mess. The babies were hungry and lonely, and screaming. The baby sitter danced around holding his head, panicking. The toddlers were soon hungry, tired, lonely and screaming. I held off bringing anybody home til after the toddler had her birthday, or else they would get caught up in the celebration and birthday cake (remember, they had already eaten) and wouldn't get any nursery duties done anyway. As soon as the kid aged up, I sent people home.
At least I was down to five(5) kids in the nursery. The new child ate cake, hit the bathroom and shower and off to bed. The other five were screaming their heads off. The baby was cleaned up, fed, socialized and put in the swing. I only have two cribs. I put two toddlers in the cribs right away to nap, then saw to making the other two as green as possible. Nobody is getting any sleep til the nursery comes under control, but they still have to be at work in the morning. Oh, only two of them need to be at work in the morning, so they are getting ready for bed. Two others have jobs in the Music Industry and start late, so they can be on child care. The two that just aged up, don't have jobs yet, so they are available also. Too bad all four of them are wiped out and miserable. They don't get things done quickly when their motives are low.
By the time the the two awake toddlers were all cleaned up, fed etc, the two sleeping toddlers were into the green energy wise (not by much). Two Sims who were going to stay up a while, took them out of the cribs to teach them to talk/walk/potty. The other two put the other toddlers in the cribs and headed off the the bathroom and bed. By now, the two going to work in the morning could go to bed. I kept switching off the kids in the cribs with the ones caring for them. Energy bars slowly returning to decent. At least I didn't have to make breakfast, there was lots of cake available.
Edit:
I forgot this part. Remember I said it was a mistake to accept the graduation ceremony? That's because I had another sim about to age up and ready to graduate. I get to do it all over again the next day. I'm teleporting the Mummy to City Hall before hand. And getting everybody else out of the house beforehand so no toddlers come along.
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