Parenting Tips & Tricks!
So, today I was playing sims. My sims family consists of a couple, a cat & dog, and two daughter (toddler & child). The couple started watching romance and things happened, but now the wife’s pregnant...
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I think parenting when it comes to toddlers is good, because it's a bit up to us whether we want a full detailed toddler raising experience, or we want to go the easy road (which might very well include some heavy crying, so I guess it depends on how attached you are to your family). It also depends on how many days your toddlers will stay toddlers. I normally don't raise them perfectly because they will start school in just 4 years, but if you play them for longer periods, you might benefit from good routines.
I raised triplets, which means you really can't expect to get much else done than serving your toddlers. I had to give in and find easy road solutions.
1) Forget about highchairs, they are extremely time consuming and confusing, because sims are less rational than they should be. Say a kid is in the chair already, then parent wants to give food, parent might take kid out of chair, put it on floor, go sit on a bed just to ask kid if he/she wants some food. It takes 45 sim minutes, and before understanding how confusing these situations are designed, you might even cancel the actions because it only tells you they will sit down and talk, the feeding interaction isn't cued until later...
2) If you leave a group meal serving on a table that toddler can reach, toddler will go grab a meal and sit in an ordinary armchair or sofa to eat. I did this only when parents were exhausted and all in the red. Good to know toddlers can help themselves, I don't know if this requires some walking skills, though.
3) You can also feed them fruits (and flowers!) from your parent's inventory. A great time saver!
4) If several adults/elders in the household, lock the nursery door to all except a few chosen. A toddler in need of something seems to attract the masses, everyone flocks to the crib at the same time. This might be caused by each sim's traits/skills but in most bigger families it gets too crowded in the nursery and your active sim is not necessarily first in that queue. It's much easier when allowing access to just a few.
5) Make sure to provide toddlers with skill building toys. When older sims play with them, they learn twice as fast. Might give the toddler benefits later, depending on your ambitions for them, of course.
I raised triplets, which means you really can't expect to get much else done than serving your toddlers. I had to give in and find easy road solutions.
1) Forget about highchairs, they are extremely time consuming and confusing, because sims are less rational than they should be. Say a kid is in the chair already, then parent wants to give food, parent might take kid out of chair, put it on floor, go sit on a bed just to ask kid if he/she wants some food. It takes 45 sim minutes, and before understanding how confusing these situations are designed, you might even cancel the actions because it only tells you they will sit down and talk, the feeding interaction isn't cued until later...
2) If you leave a group meal serving on a table that toddler can reach, toddler will go grab a meal and sit in an ordinary armchair or sofa to eat. I did this only when parents were exhausted and all in the red. Good to know toddlers can help themselves, I don't know if this requires some walking skills, though.
3) You can also feed them fruits (and flowers!) from your parent's inventory. A great time saver!
4) If several adults/elders in the household, lock the nursery door to all except a few chosen. A toddler in need of something seems to attract the masses, everyone flocks to the crib at the same time. This might be caused by each sim's traits/skills but in most bigger families it gets too crowded in the nursery and your active sim is not necessarily first in that queue. It's much easier when allowing access to just a few.
5) Make sure to provide toddlers with skill building toys. When older sims play with them, they learn twice as fast. Might give the toddler benefits later, depending on your ambitions for them, of course.
