Sims 4 show off glitch and laptop mode question

Hi. Though I've been a dedicated Sims player since Sims 1, it took me until a month ago to finally purchase the Sims 4. Had I known laptop mode existed I probably would of done it sooner lol

Two questions here. First one is I understand the laptop mode makes the game run better by decreasing the graphics and rendering but does it also affect the SIZE of the neighborhoods or did they just drastically shrink the size of neighborhoods and lots available since Sims 3? I thought maybe it was something done in laptop mode, you know less lots means less things to load but cannot find any information regarding neighborhood size varying between normal Sims 4 and running in laptop mode.

Second question, my sim just had a baby and I clicked the option to show off baby to her grandfather and it won't let them. They just drop the command or will get that thought bubble that means something is blocking their way to perform the action but I've moved everything out of their way and I still cannot get the show off baby option to work...it's a really cool addition(I think it's from the Parenthood game pack?) And if anyone else has this happen I'll know it's not just me lol