Nanny vs. Butler

"GoddessSims;c-16308351" wrote:

"aujineh;c-16307962" wrote:

"GoddessSims;c-16307863" wrote:

"paradiseplanet;c-16307856" wrote:

"GoddessSims;c-16307854" wrote:
Mine did but he was rather creepy. He seduced Candy and got her pregnant.

Did he take care of that baby too?

Yes he did. He would take care of the kids and then have his way with Candy.

Lmao, seems to me that since the poor innocent butler is not programmed to initiate any romantic actions, I would think it was Candy having her way with him. But it's easy to blame the poor butler. Well, I did try that once just to see if the butler would stay and take care of his kid and well yes, he stayed and was very attentive to his baby/toddler. When he started getting fat and the toddler became a child I would let her get him into the pool for a swim every day. But after the swim, he would always go get more drinks so he never lost any weight.

I have a mod that will allow for autonomous woohoo and works with service sims as well. It was the nanny that instigated it. Candy was in the kitchen baking when Cullen the nanny came into the kitchen and started talking to her. Next thing I knew she was following up the stairs. That wasn't the direction I was heading with that story-line but it did make it much more interesting than what I had planned. I love it when the game gives you things to work with. I wasn't able to finish out that story-line because I ended up losing my save folder but once I get my master save file all set up to play again, I'll be working towards that goal. Shinya and Candy produced some VERY cute kids!!! I'm glad I was able to recover my tray folder and I'm hoping I was smart enough to have saved the nanny because I edited him to be cute but he decided he was going to creepy...lol

https://i.imgur.com/7YNq2xj.png

Mmn mmn mmn, and to think I called him innocent! He looks very much the romantic culprit.

Does anyone's nannies actually take care of the babies? Mine never do!

I've only ever had one butler in all my households, but she is the best plum butler I have and will ever have! Also as a plus I think she's also immortal.

"kemisz;c-16306633" wrote:
My advice would be to never use nannies on twins, but other than that they're OK. Though they will call your children up to go out and do stuff at the middle of the night which is annoying.

Why are nannies bad with twins? Do they just hyper-focus on one and neglect the other?

My nannies always suck. They do nothing but entertain themselves even when kids cry. I have had bad butlers and good butlers but my butler will always interact with the kids when they are low on something.

My current butler is pretty good with the kids but he's an alcoholic. He keeps making drinks for himself every chance he gets. He pretty spoilt too. The family loves him and he's very useful - just alcoholic.

As for nannies, the last one I had won't leave. He remained there even when the mom came home - maybe he was sorry she was a single mom. And no he was not the father of the child. When she dismissed him he came right back an hour later without being called. And he was a very good nanny too - did all the work and cooking and took care of the kids. But he ran up a mean bill so when the toddler grew up and went to school and the mom went back out to work she did not have enough money to pay him.

The last nanny I hired did great with a set of twins and quickly made friends with the older child. The only issue I has with him was that some sort of glitch made him completely invisible and unselectable. So you could see and hear him talking, but not click on him. He'd go feed a baby and there'd be a floating baby with a bottle. It was particularly disturbing when he did the play interaction with them.

I finally fiddled around enough to solve his invisibility problem and he immediately seduced the husband of the family (damned autonomous woohoo) so that was the end of that.

As a nod to answering the initial question, butlers WILL care for children but WITH SOME NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS I've generally found nannies more reliable.

Last time I've dealt with a nanny all they did is watch TV while the toddlers just decided to take care of themselves

Thanks everyone!! From your awesome insight I think I should keep the butler and maybe tweak her traits (does that help with them working more?) and see if she takes care of the toddler. I'm playing the Straud vampire family and they are kind of snobs so, it makes sense for the mother to not really care all that much for her kids, but I don't want them to be neglected either.

~ I think some peeps in here are super lucky as all the Butlers I have had will not touch a baby,they all do every thing else,like make meals if anyone on the lot is hungry,cleans all the time,never slacks off,even gardens,but will not touch toddlers except(if there is a high chair,had to sell it on that lot as the butler was putting the toddler in & out of the high chair all the time without giving food!?He keep making food as the Toddler was staving,but never gave it to him, I had to wait for the parents to come home from work & feed the toddler!Then I found out if no high chair the toddler helps themselves to food left out,but the Butler always puts the food in the fridge! Frustrating!)
~ So had to hire a Babysitter as well as a butler,as both parents worked,still to this day I have had no Butler touch a baby! Maybe my Butlers just hate Children!LOL! ;)