Omg toddlers!

Lol. Bless the little creatures.

I am just playing with my first inquisitive toddler and, jeez, she is never still! Sim mum is at the end of her tether.

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Firstly mum had answered the door to a neighbour and when she got back to the lounge the little darling had spread paint on the floor, while she was cleaning that up the toddler went and got a pile of clothes out of the dresser and put on the floor. Then when she gave her breakfast, she just chucked that on the floor.

I know toddlers will do all sorts of stuff, but I never had them go at it one after another after another lol. She's a delight!

One word of advice. If you want to focus on adult Sims, don't ever give them even just a single toddler. They require constant attention and if you don't give it, you will receive threats that they may get taken away. Personally, I resent this life stage. I'm just not ready to drop everything because of a Sim kid :/

Toddlers, although cute, are a plumming nightmare. :lol: I can barely manage one never mind three!

I usually wait until late early adult or adult stage before giving my Sims children. Enjoy the freedom while it lasts lol

"Jprp83;d-944146" wrote:
OMG not even a sim day passed before I realized that I would have to just focus on the nanny in order to not let the kids be taken away! I eventually was able to give her the never weary trait but still the poor lady does not have a break! Toddlers are so overwhelming! Can't wait for the little devils to grow up.

If there's food out that they can get to, they'll eat it without the high chair. If you have the movie stuff pack, you can put out the popcorn popper. Sims tend to autonomously pop popcorn, and the toddlers will just grab it if they're hungry. Might not accomplish all your goals, but it'll prevent them from being taken away.

First thing is getting rid of the high chairs.

I've found it's easier to raise tots giving them more independence, unlike toys and blocks they don't get bored of their little tablets so you can leave them with them with those while you deal with everything else. Independent toddlers can try to potty on their own but other traits need you to help them. I saw that you can sometimes cancel that once they are on the potty chair and walk away, keep group meals and just drag them out of the fridge for the tots to grab. They get tired pretty easily so nap time is also a good break, I just had a single mom raise three on her own doing this it becomes very easy to monitor them. In other families were the parent or parents left I would hire a nanny so you can still stay with the kids staying prepared keeps that easy too guess it depends on what else you want to do :smiley:

Independent trait, huh. I always give my toddlers the charmer trait or angelic. I only recently give my last toddler the independent and it was so earlier! I actually forgot he was there and remembered when I got a notification that he’s hungry. Will keep this in mind for my next batch for the future generation

I does help, I like the other traits so I don't always use it but it's nice especially if you have a lot of them to have a few that can just be left alone for most the day when you want to give older sims more to do.

Actually, now that I think about it in-game I believe it says they need less attention and learn faster on their own which makes them golden tots if I'm remembering right.

Some of these comments made me chuckle a little. It sounds like a real life toddler so they hit the nail on the head with the realism!

I can't focus on my real adult life with a raging 2 year old in the house! :D

The independent trait is good, but to keep relationship bars high you need to ask the toddler to play or bath. you can't just click on the bath and choose Give Jenny a bath. you have to ask her if she wants one. and playing with her first and then asking makes for less tantrums. they will have more tantrums if you don't ask and keep that relationship bar up. also no high chair, I only put them in my commercial places, in case I want to bring a toddler along. because parents are always putting them in and taking them out.