I will never, never play like this again

Idk I feel like irl toddlers also love to be in cloud tearing things up

I have considered getting locks for my cabinets just for when relatives come to visit with their evil spawn because nothing is ever safe from the little mess makers

as for in the game i have not run into such issue but I do play autonomy off so theres that

The first time I played with a Sims toddler in the house, it was a nightmare... with the running and the screaming and in and out of the high chair and diapers and... argh! Kind of reminded me of when my own kid was a toddler actually. :)

The second time, much like once I had some experience in real life with my kid, I had a better idea how to manage the toddler. I figured out how to manage the toddler's needs and how much attention they needs - both from their sim parents and from me as a player. Much like a real toddler, a sim toddler is the center of the household - the center of the world - until they get old enough to manage more things on their own. So once I knew how to deal with them, I enjoyed playing them (and will occasionally get misty eyed remembering the all the times my real life kid was Cute Toddler instead of Nightmare Toddler).

Still, much as in real life I know and love people who confess to never wanting kids, I can understand and support players never wanting to play with sim toddlers. The great thing about the game is you don't have to. You can choose never to have sim kids or to immediately age up the toddler and skip that life stage entirely. Do what's fun for you.

I can't find it right now but there is a bug where the dust cloud gets stuck on the toddler even when the toddler is doing other things. Was that your issue, or was it that the toddler was actually doing the "play in" action a lot?

I adore the toddlers - just as I adore playing infants now too. But I do find them hard work and intense. For me, playing in a rotation helps, as I only spend a week at a time with each household before moving on to the next one, so I get a break from any toddlers. And I usually get the parents to go away for a couple of nights during the week, leaving the kids behind. In my stories this gives them some ‘together’ time - but mainly it gives me a chance to do different things other than just managing feeding/potty/high chair/bath/bedtime! As I play with ageing off, I’ve got plenty of time for my parents to do other things than just care for the toddlers all the time.

Toddlers getting stuff out of the cupboards in a cloud reminds me of my own sons. Well, apart from the cloud obviously :D

We used to have to put child locks on some of the kitchen cupboards but would leave pots and pans in a few that they could mooch and play with. The day my youngest learned to open the fridge we found him sat in a pile of broken eggs.

Sims toddlers aren't so bad lol.

Unless I'm playing a challenge where you have to randomize traits, I always give my toddlers the Clingy or Independent traits, because those two achieve toddler reward traits the fastest. If I want them to build Thinking skills by playing in the cabinets or dressers, I have to tell them. I hardly ever see them doing that on their own.

@elanorbreton you mean your kids didn't just turn into a cloud of dirty, animated mist? Has the Sims 4 been lying to me? :o

I haven't experienced the toddler stage yet. They sound like a handful.

I'm looking forward to the next couple of weeks, getting a non-trivial hardware upgrade that'll make the Sims run like greased lightning.

I almost always pick Independent trait for my tots. Angelic is good too. Also, I'm a control freak so they are never off doing mischief. none of my tots or kids make messes. Wabbit tablet will keep them occupied, and teach them every skill. I also always keep parents and any other caregivers away from the little ones, unless their social or hygiene needs are low. I'll look after the little bundles of joy myself, thanks Adult Sim.

I have played the infant stage, and the toddler stage.
I tend to play them for a bit, and then age them up with a birthday cake.
With having some many Sims born in my families, it gets annoying when the parents keep moving them when you try to take are of them, so I age them after playing them a few times.
I let them be that age for a little bit, until I do age them up.