Toddlers - do you level them to level 3 or level 5 before aging them up?

3. I play on a normal lifespan.

I level them up to 5. I like to think that the levels represent age appropriate skills. So having mostly level three skills means the toddler is around three years old. When all the skills are level 5, they are ready for school and ready to age up to children.

I get the Happy Toddler trait regardless if my toddlers get to level 3 or 5 since an update a while ago.

So unless I feel like "cheating" and changing the trait after my toddler get to level 5 and still end up with Happy Toddler, I just don't try to get it anymore.

Normal lifespan is how I usually play so I hardly ever get it to 5. More likely they age up with 3.

I usually aim for level 5, on normal lifespan, and can usually get it though with the slide and stuffed toy glitch recently, one of my sims didn’t max two of her skills ?.

I like to get to 5.I use the long lifespan

If I'm playing the toddlers, yes, I work on getting their skills up to lvl 5 if I can. (no cheats)

Depends on the sim and what I have planned on the future for them. I always max walking and potty and communication, the other two I leave at 3 depending of if they’re going to be like… a musician or painter or a scientist. My “smart” kids tend to get higher thinking skill.

5. I play on Long with autonomy on. For the most part, (other than Potty Training) they manage to skill themselves up. Only upon occasion need I step-in, as it were.

I play with aging turned off and always max out the toddler skills to get the Top Notch Toddler trait.