Sad Day When You Realize the Toddlers Have Been UP ALL NIGHT

Rarely in 4, honestly, but it definitely happens! In 3 I would skill grind so much I could hardly be bothered to keep up with a fair bit. Seasons would pass while I leveled up and I would namely only be affected if I ended up reading in the park. After I was done, it would be fine, though. 2 was similar except the needs were more cutthroat. In 1, I couldn't really skill grind like I prefer, but I didn't give up like I did on friendship.

In 4, I find it much easier to not get distracted for better or worse, but I definitely have moments with curfews (at least they aren't as bad as 3's) and club meet ups (always trying to get to the next perk). More so when traveling is involved and I have specific tasks I want to accomplish. Dining at a restaurant takes an incredible time commitment, for example, and so does running one (or retail or a vet clinic). If I am just at home it tends to run fairly smoothly at least, which is the only reason I can get large households through uni in the dorm. They cannot travel in that situation, though.

Fun fact, I have known IRL people that do not believe in bed time. Seriously. Their children have never known a proper bed time. The parents don't sleep well anyway so sleep isn't super valued, but it is always odd to think of a toddler allowed to decide when to sleep and when to not. I genuinely don't understand how they function without an hour or two of guaranteed productivity while the baby is in bed. Just goes to show how different the lifestyles and values of even your regular neighbors can be.

In RL I am a stickler on bedtimes. I have insomnia, but that never stops me from going to bed at or around the very same time every single day of the week. When my kids were little, they had bedtimes. It was harder to enforce in Daylight Savings Times, especially when the other kids on the block could be heard playing outdoors, and it was still daylight outside. But, I know children need twelve hours of sleep to properly grow. And Toddlers are BEARS when lacking in sleep. :open_mouth:

I do know I send Erik out at all times night or day, so it's harder for his wife to juggle the kids by herself. When he's there, I normally have each parent grab a Toddler and put them to bed. It's just unfortunate that it was dawn when this was accomplished. I have to say that it's now Friday in the game and the Toddlers are being put to bed just after 3 AM. :open_mouth: Again, Jamison is easy to get down, he mostly does it himself. LOL

Erik is juggling two completely full careers. He's a singer/musician and that's where he made his fame. After Uni, he decided to give the Acting Career a try. He's doing very well. I had to add shelves to their den just to house the Starlight Accolades he's earned. (Although, in my head, many are for his music. Three, so far, for his acting and he's got trophies for Meet & Greets, plus his Charity Events. Yeah, nobody can accuse him of being a slacker. LOL

He just put out album number 22. So in between those acting gigs, he haunts the music studios recording, etc.

I guess I'm the scandalous one here. My toddler sims don't have bedtimes. They dictate the schedule. They stay busy and everyone available helps them until their energy is red. I don't play with cheats and I just found that most efficient, especially when I had 5 of them at once.

My teen sims also don't have curfews... but I generally aim to have them in bed between midnight and 2am. I hated the forced curfews in sims 3 so much. My sims are very busy overachiever so it can get a bit rough sometimes. :)

None of my sims have bedtimes, they typically go to bed when they are tired - though if it's like 2 am I may send the kiddos even if they aren't because they have school in the morning. That's generally more than enough time to refill energy before they have to leave. Toddlers in most of my saves are glued to their Wabbit Tablets, so they do that and sleep and not a whole lot else! My YA sims have college and parenting and skill learning and whatever to do, and my Adult sims switch college for careers. I keep them hopping. They're all very tight-knit families too, with full friendship bars, best friends, the whole nine.

I confess, I use the cheat to fulfill their needs most of the time. I try not to cheat the Toddlers, however, but as I stated, they are in danger of being taken away, if I follow their father to the Studio when he's making a film, so that forces my hand. And sadly, I think this save is glitched because I can't enable their needs for love or money. :open_mouth: For his concerts, mostly, I make them 'away' concerts, which with the mod I use is a rabbit hole. Phew. That way I can direct Kayleigh to take care of her ever-increasing family. LOL And the chickens. Yes, they have chickens. Mad House, it's a mad house. But, I'm having fun. :D

@haneul That's primarily where I'm coming from. This is a game, not RL where such things actually matter. I do use cheats, as I explained above. Too many things to accomplish in too few hours. :open_mouth: Erik rarely sleeps, in fact. And, he only uses those potions he gets sent upon occasion. Mostly, I just cheat up his needs before he sets off. Can't have him doing the pee-pee dance on stage, right? LOL (You watch, that will be covered with hearts.)

For toddlers in game, I don’t have set bedtimes for them, although if they’re a set of twins or triplets, I try to get them to bed at the same time so that they’re all on the same schedule. For children and teens, I try and get them to bed by 10.30 at the latest, by which time most are getting tired anyway. I don’t use motive cheats in S4, though for a time I did in S3 until I realised that I had put the father of my family on the treadmill and left him there for three days ?.

I am obssessed with time. I check the time all the time. Both in game and IRL. Everything has to be done on time. Bedtime is strict. I am so not a fun person. I am the biggest boomer. My poor family and my poor sims.

No, actually, I realized that before my sim got pregnant I sent her to party with her uni friends and she got back home at 4-ish am. That's wild.

"DoloresGrey;c-17995177" wrote:
I am obssessed with time. I check the time all the time. Both in game and IRL. Everything has to be done on time. Bedtime is strict. I am so not a fun person. I am the biggest boomer. My poor family and my poor sims.

I am a clock-watcher in Real Life, too. All of my clocks must register the exact same time. Makes me totally crazy when they don't, even if just off by a minute or two. There's no excuse. LOL I, too, am a Baby Boomer. What is up with us? I find the clock in the Sims world runs far too fast, so I only watch it when I need to. At least I give myself a 'break' anyway. ;) I used a mod in Sims 3 to slow time. Yes, it messed with party invites, but at least my Erik could take a brief nap and brush his teeth before he headed off to his concert — and arrive on time! Yes, he was habitually late, despite my efforts and clock-watching. The mod helped enormously. Thank you, Twallen!

I used to let the toddlers’ needs dictate their schedule. You could say they trained me wrong. Because in Sims 2, for example, the toddler went to bed whenever they were tired, and when they woke up they’d wail until someone let them out of their cribs (I can still hear it in my head, can you?) There was no schedule. I was at their beck and call at any time. They were always up all night.

Only recently have I given my toddlers a nap during the day and put to bed just before the children would. No strict times, but the toddlers will keep sleeping through the night after their energy is full, unless they need the potty or something. It’s nice, I definitely prefer playing with these toddlers. Are they a little too self-sufficient? Maybe, but they still get plenty of attention (in a locked nursery).

"babajayne;c-17995288" wrote:
I used to let the toddlers’ needs dictate their schedule. You could say they trained me wrong. Because in Sims 2, for example, the toddler went to bed whenever they were tired, and when they woke up they’d wail until someone let them out of their cribs (I can still hear it in my head, can you?) There was no schedule. I was at their beck and call at any time. They were always up all night.

Only recently have I given my toddlers a nap during the day and put to bed just before the children would. No strict times, but the toddlers will keep sleeping through the night after their energy is full, unless they need the potty or something. It’s nice, I definitely prefer playing with these toddlers. Are they a little too self-sufficient? Maybe, but they still get plenty of attention (in a locked nursery).

I loved it when there was a Toddler who was able to escape the crib. That was a rare occurrence, but I did have one or two. And, yes, those Sims2 Toddlers had lungs! As in screaming at the top of their. LOL