Monster Under the Bed Question

"ladysweettart;d-952627" wrote:
Does this only occur with single beds? I've had numerous children throughout my saves and not once have I seen it happen to any of them, and I only use the night lights with the toddler beds. The only thing I can figure is it is because I always give my children a double bed? (A habit I've carried over from Sims 3, it always seemed to make more sense to me to just start with a double bed than to have to switch to one later when they get older and start getting romantically involved).

yeah only single beds. People really hate them..

@ladysweettart, @MadameLee I did not know the monster didn't come with double beds. I tend to use a mix for my children, depending on how many kids there are. I always put in the night light no matter what. It is very nice to know I don't need to for the rooms with double beds, so thanks!

@Stormkeep yeah, I guess that would be a useful tip for those wanting to avoid monsters under the bed!

Very useful to note.

I just wish there was a toggle button for it aha

Yeah the monster only appears under single beds.

@ladysweettart I've had a few sim children make friends with that monster...I'm so over it now it's not even funny. It just got to be annoying having every generation, every kid, constantly wake up the household in the middle of the night.

Still, it's cool it's in the game, because I had fun with the whole "make friends with the monster" for a while. I'm glad to learn of the double bed thing, because if I ever want the monster appear and take the night light out, now I know to also make sure they are in a single bed.

@mermaidsimmer215 I've shared this in another thread, but you can shrink the nightlight with the [ key when placing it, and make it a super small (i.e. normal sized) night light. It's much less goofy looking once it is shrunk down.

I always thought that it was just the single beds meant for children only that the monsters hid under! Is it all of the single beds? I can't remember if I've seen a monster under a 'regular' bed that I would let teens sleep on or not... But like the others said, I'm glad you mentioned that you used double beds. I've never thought of doing that before. It sure would help a lot to just use double beds than to search for the night light every time lol

"ValentineSimmer;c-16867596" wrote:
I always thought that it was just the single beds meant for children only that the monsters hid under! Is it all of the single beds? I can't remember if I've seen a monster under a 'regular' bed that I would let teens sleep on or not... But like the others said, I'm glad you mentioned that you used double beds. I've never thought of doing that before. It sure would help a lot to just use double beds than to search for the night light every time lol

It's all the single beds. For my legacy family, I just keep the nightlight in place, even when my kids become teens, but I always play with walls down and tend to forget it's even there.

I do love that little happy face moodlet that kids and toddlers get from sleeping with the nightlight. (I think it's the same icon used when the heat is on and the weather is freezing.) It's very cute, in any case.

Wait, there's a nightlight? I looked up the monster and ways to get rid of it because it was driving me insane! Thanks for this tip! I'm gonna go get a nightlight. It wakes up both my kids and they in turn wake up both parents (one each) EVERY night and everyone is always exhausted. Plus the parents have two more younger kids to care for. I mean, as the mother of a preschooler scared of monsters almost every single night herself it's realistic enough, but my sims spend 30 minutes on the toilet, who has time or sleep loss? haha!