Feeding toddlers on the ground
I hope we can prepare drinks or food to toddlers without the requirement of high chairs.
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Thanks for replying, @Trismagistos @PugLove888 ,
Preparing regular foods on the counter and let toddlers grab them is what I usually do to feed the toddlers. However sometimes I want my toddlers have toddler foods and sippy cup drinks, it seems that highchairs are required.
I also found that when adults using check toddler interaction, toddlers are brought to highchairs when they are hungry. When there are no highchair in the house or they are in public lots, adults cannot feed toddlers. Highchairs sometimes are inefficient on feeding toddlers and end up a ravenous and exhausted toddler.
I still hope that EA can make toddler foods and sippy cups non-highchair-exclusive in the future.
Thanks for the suggestion about the popcorn machine, @PugLove888 . I'll try.
@agirlove Another helpful way to deal with feeding toddlers that may help in 'on the go' situations for you, as a backup, is to drag foods that don't spoil into their inventory. A bowl/s of popcorn and fruit/veggies work for this. Also, @MapleSimmer pointed out to me that there's actually a buff for apples (maybe it was making them happy - which is always helpful for a hungry toddler). You can also leave them around the house. Then, when your toddler is hungry and the household is in chaos or whatever craziness is causing an issue, you can open the toddler's personal inventory, click on and queue up one or two of these items for the toddler to eat, and they will feed them selves, so to speak.
I have occasionally used a high chair in a household with only one adult/teen (to avoid the musical chairs torment @PugLove888 mentioned), because it's true, it is nice that sometimes the adult will autonomously stick the hungry toddler in the chair and feed them for the reasons you mentioned. If you do, though, I would still keep a close eye on it. Good luck! 🙌
@SheriGR , thanks for giving the information on keeping fruits and veggies in the toddlers inventory.🙌 I was going to mention that, but i sidetracked myself with mentioning the popcorn and forgot! 🤦♀️😅
@agirlove the only problem with keeping produce in the toddlers inventory is that occasionally it will "spill out" onto the floor and you will have to pick it up and put it back in the toddler's inventory. Not a big deal, just something to look out for! 😉@PugLove888 and @SheriGR I tend to fill toddlers' inventories with all sorts of fruits, grapes, strawberries etc. They can eat all that food. I hardly prepare special meals for toddlers. Their great, great, great grandfather (who is still alive and kicking) is a master chef and only prepares the highest quality fresh food so, it is no problem. The food will not decay. The only problem is that occasionally the inventories of toddlers are emptied by the parents. That can be a nuisance when the toddler is also a spellcaster. The glimmerstone can end up in fathers' or mothers' inventory and can't be culled. But hey, who cares. 😎
The issue with fruits/veg going on the ground was supposed to be fixed in Patch 1.75.125/ 1.42 and I’ve not noticed it happening since then.
I have never noticed toddlers misbehaving when you feed them without a high chair. I had noticed them misbehaving the few times I’ve used a high chair in the past (the toddler throws the food on the ground).
I pretty much never use high chairs because of sims taking toddlers in and out of them. I just put seating in the kitchen /dining room area for the toddlers to sit on while they eat. I often pull a chair out from the table and they’ll sometimes sit there and eat with the others. I just keep family meals in the fridge, drag them to where the toddler is and tell them to grab a serving and put the food back in the fridge. As others have suggested I also keep fruit and veg in my toddlers inventory and have the toddlers eat them when they get really hungry, at least enough to tide them over until they get a meal. I did the same with the grilled cheese ready to eat from Jungle Adventures, but they are pretty pricey and awkward to get, so I stopped. Even though I don’t use high chairs, my toddler sims sometimes get a hold of sippy cups anyway, I find them annoying as it can interfere with them eating real food (something I especially notice in my Drifter Challenge where I usually can only control the main sim), though I’ve noticed sippy cups at least fill them up now, they didn’t in the past. 😊
Best regards,
Jennifer
