I don't really play with nannies a whole lot, but with a set of twin toddlers and a set of newborn twins in a row I've given in lolAnyways, she was working fine for a while.. Took the toddler out of the high chairs, cooked, fed them, played, took care of the babies, blah blah.. But when my sims went to sleep, she found her way to a single bed and just kept "spraying the monster under the bed" over and over. The babies crying next to her didn't stop her, and after my sim spoke to her she just went back to it. Fired her and got another, same thing happened.Has this happened to anyone else? ;-;

My mannie were pretty useless. He didn’t really help when I had twins. I had to send them to the daycare when parents were at work. He wouldn’t feed one toddler that had lower needs than the other. He never forgot about them afterwards though, he sent gifts each time they aged up ever since toddlers. I got kinda freaked out though cause he hadn’t seen them in so long and still sent them a gift.

"CrystalAbyss1;c-16534305" wrote:My mannie were pretty useless. He didn’t really help when I had twins. I had to send them to the daycare when parents were at work. He wouldn’t feed one toddler that had lower needs than the other. He never forgot about them afterwards though, he sent gifts each time they aged up ever since toddlers. I got kinda freaked out though cause he hadn’t seen them in so long and still sent them a gift.What's really freaky is the nanny who cared for a sim once, then when that sim is an adult with no contact for years, he suddenly wants to take them out to dinner to celebrate their recent promotion. I seem to have had luck with short-term nannies so far. Actually had one praise a child for doing her homework. Then the toddler asked for a bath so the nanny went off to do that.

"TresaofPern;c-16534318" wrote: "CrystalAbyss1;c-16534305" wrote:My mannie were pretty useless. He didn’t really help when I had twins. I had to send them to the daycare when parents were at work. He wouldn’t feed one toddler that had lower needs than the other. He never forgot about them afterwards though, he sent gifts each time they aged up ever since toddlers. I got kinda freaked out though cause he hadn’t seen them in so long and still sent them a gift.What's really freaky is the nanny who cared for a sim once, then when that sim is an adult with no contact for years, he suddenly wants to take them out to dinner to celebrate their recent promotion. I seem to have had luck with short-term nannies so far. Actually had one praise a child for doing her homework. Then the toddler asked for a bath so the nanny went off to do that. Lol I want to hire a nanny now to see if this will happen. The one I got was an elder and I think he died..haven’t heard from him. The kids he watched are now parents themselves. They ’ve gotten traumatized of having a bad nanny they don’t want to hire one.

They help themselves to my sims things, but as far as child rearing, nope! I don't use nannies anymore when I play. I just send the kid to daycare if both parents are working.

I hired a nanny once. She was so terrible with taking care of my toddler (yes, she had ONE kid to care for). I ended up moving her in, so I could control her. All she did was watch TV and dance (found out she had the Dance Machine trait). I think she managed to cook 3 meals an entire sim week.I've had bad luck with daycare in a couple of saves as well. The kids needs weren't maintained at all, and they were starving and stinky when they returned home.

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LoriTSp
New Spectator
7 years ago
The last Nanny I had was kind of creepy. My Sim had just given birth to twins, so I decided she needed some help as she was single mom. The Nanny shows up, so I had my Sim go to bed, figuring the Nanny would look after the babies, wrong! She simply stood at the foot of my Sim's bed and stared at my sleeping Sim while the babies were crying! My Sim gets out of bed, promptly fires the Nanny and then attends to the babies.
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
7 years ago
I use nannies excessively with baby and toddler multiples, otherwise just now and then if the parents need a break. They are usually helpful.
kuhpflanzen
7 years ago
i've only had a nanny once and he was useless. my toddler couldn't climb stairs so i couldn't get him to the nanny who was downstairs watching tv, and the toddler was just stuck up there starving. the nanny never even checked on him.
i had to just use cheats to make sure my toddler wasn't taken away, it was so frustrating.
TranquilloSims
7 years ago
TBH, nannies and twins are a nightmare. You're lucky if you find a nanny that will attend to both twins and not just one exclusively.
SimTresa
Seasoned Novice
7 years ago

"CrystalAbyss1;c-16534323" wrote:
Lol I want to hire a nanny now to see if this will happen. The one I got was an elder and I think he died..haven’t heard from him. The kids he watched are now parents themselves. They ’ve gotten traumatized of having a bad nanny they don’t want to hire one.

Lol. It was Branson Baez, who also once kept inviting one of my teens to social events to the pint they ended up good friends.
Branson apparently can't age or die, he's been around since the beginning of save game now in its fifth or sixth generation. I've been thinking about just deleting him and Lauren Tabor, the other apparenlt immortal. Navya Basu, the new common nanny, might just be a very long lived elder.
Hermitgirl
New Spectator
7 years ago
I've had a few kinds when I'm playing a household with kids that I don't want to take care of myself. I've had some that cook regularly and take care of and engage the kids.. I've had some and played the kids and they had to ask for stuff like homework help and it still worked out. Then I've had the sit on your butt and watch tv types. If I want good ones I delete the ones that bug me in managed worlds and hire a new one. If I want bad ones... they show up.. and make me giggle for awhile.
You can always go in and change looks and traits with cheats it sometimes helps.
invisiblgirl
7 years ago
The one nanny I tried just wanted to cook and read. If the toddler asked for something like a bath, he'd do it...but not necessarily finish it. Daycare is much better - the kids get their needs tended, and sometimes even get a skill point.
Reiylaa
New Spectator
7 years ago
So many nanny horror stories lol

Mine is still being buggy, but I noticed she starts spraying under the bed at 6pm. At about 7am she goes back to normal, tending to the kids and all.
VaguelyAloof
7 years ago
Hahaha nannies. No. The only time I've ever lost a child in this game was when I hired a nanny for a set of twins. He stood on the porch chatting to some random sim passerby for ages while the baby starved.

Worst decision.
ParmaViolet87
7 years ago
"TresaofPern;c-16534318" wrote:
What's really freaky is the nanny who cared for a sim once, then when that sim is an adult with no contact for years, he suddenly wants to take them out to dinner to celebrate their recent promotion.

This has happened to me before and i must say I felt quite uncomfortable.

But on topic, my nanny is completely useless. It saddens me that I use my Sims annual leave from work to look after the young ones.