@107531kop 5 babies!!! Oh, my goodness!!!! I love butlers - and that globe bar from the Vintage Stuff pack! I've had two different butlers in my current household (very large - including roomies and pets... butler earns their pay. The first butler was good, but one of the roomies started flirting with the butler, and this particular sim I hope to pair with someone else. since I don't control the roomie or butler, something had to give. So I fired the butler. Not the new butler didn't seem to do anything but sit around and read his training manuals all the time... and stand around. He is slowly improving. I've had a lot of butlers. If your butler is doing this you can try a few things:
- Have your sim introduce themselves, and interact long enough to get the option 'get to know'. You will then get a few traits about the butler in your notifications. If the butler is a klepto or otherwise not good for the household, fire him/her and hire a new/different one. Do this until you get one that is a good fit. Alternately, you can hover over the butler and get the name and hunt them down in unplayed households to see what their traits are.
- Butlers have mad skills and very low needs decay. But it could be that some come with less experience in serving. Until your butler picks up the ball better (maybe literally if you have pets) you can instruct them to do certain helpful tasks, like making a family meal.
- I'd recommend a nanny but I just tried one last week with the toddler in crazy straits and it was the most useless helper ever!! 🤨
When I have more than one baby or toddler in a household I oftentimes move a fellow adult (skilled, and possibly unemployed and available) family member or other helper sim into the household to help with caring for the baby/toddler, household tasks, etc. I would also hire a maid - even with the butler.
Hope this helps some. Good luck!
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