Play with autonomy ON, first off. If you follow a parent to their work, cheat up the Toddler's needs and then disable decay. I have found recently that my Toddlers flourish when I'm not hovering over them every minute. I play with autonomy on Full, and I follow my Global Superstar to his many gigs. (He's a Rock Star above being an Actor, so he's very busy.) Most of his activities, happily, are in a Rabbit Hole, so I can fuss with his family, then. They had their children back-to-back-to-back, too. First born was a boy, second born were twin girls, then two more boys followed by the baby, a girl. So I have had anywhere from 1-4 Toddlers at a time. By not fussing, but making sure their needs are taken care of (I imagine it helps that their mother has the Full House aspiration and she's the best mom I've ever had in my game), the Tots are fine. The only times it's gone critical on me, is when I follow the celebrity to work. Long days, or nights at Plumbob Studios filming can plummet a Toddler's needs. This is when I relented on my resolve to never use the Needs Cheat on Toddlers. Had to, no choice, or lose them to the SS — I mean Social Services. Those nice, thoughtful, caring Sims who come take the wee ones off of your Sims' hands and tell them ever so politely, to get a goldfish, or some such pet. :open_mouth:
Try not to panic. Use the PAUSE button to queue up interactions, save often and take a deep breath. It's all going to be all right. And if the worst happens, roll back a save. I use the Save As, for each gaming session. If this doesn't work, go to plan B. By saving your current game, (I would take that family, intact) into cas.fulleditmode and from there save them to your My Library) OR, you can copy the save and place it onto your desktop. This should free you to take chances. If all goes awry, go back to that original save and change the number of babies <------------- This option bothers me to my soul. You can always play it out that she lost a twin. This happens from time-to-time in RL, if you can't handle the load.
Bottom Line: Do what makes the game FUN for you. No judgment, it's your game.
