Toddlers are soooooo annoying

"Beardedgeek;c-17038488" wrote:

"Dreamie209;c-17038479" wrote:
Ever since TS2 I’ve had a nack for managing time, so it’s never really been to much trouble to me.

I don't know if I am bad at managing time, but even without kids in the family my Sims barely have time to socialize except when I cue up stuff to make them happy. I tend to spend all the time either have them grinding to make money, grinding to learn a skill to get promoted or sleeping. I virtually never let them do what they want, when they finally have a day off I schedule a date or something just to get some social in, and then spend the rest of the day fulfilling the need to get the next promotion.

Maybe I am just easily stressed or something? I feel I constantly have to pause and cue up actions or I lose time that could mean a day shorter wait for the next promotion.

Hmm..I think I'm starting to see what's going on a bit. How about breaking up 'grind' times just a little? Like another person said, at times I plan ahead of what I'm going to do too. Like instead of spending the whole day, why not level grind for an hour or two each day? Before you start your grind, be sure to make the appropriate meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) between those times. Sims regardless of their age are going to get hungry, sleepy and crave social interactions. Because of this, I always found the best way to do this is sort of 'syncing' (well I call it syncing lol) of their major needs. That way you can rotate them and at night they'll be ready for bed (Also if you read a toddler to bed, you level the imagination skill and they actually sleep a little longer).

If you have seasons, planning social/dinner parties and other things on the holiday calendar are just perfect for get-togethers are totally perfect for more social interactions for the whole house. Even group 'playdates' could benifit both parent and toddler. If the parent has a friend/co-worker with a child, taking them all to the park with toddler/child items would help the toddler's skills (walking, talking, imagination) while mom reads her skill books and socializes with her friends. That's sort of how I kinda benefit from multitasking. Every little bit counts.


Also If your sims are full time working parents in rabbit hole jobs, I'd suggest scheduling a nanny before they go to work. This way you could focus on the toddlers for a couple of hours while they are gone. Nannies always make food the second they enter the house, so there's a window of helping them gain skills until their parents return. The skill to really focus on is potty, but technically once they reach level 2, you can rotate to them and cue them to go potty.

I don't find it wrong at all to pause between times. In fact, I'd say it definitely helps if you want to plan through household rotations. All in all, always take a deep breath and maybe plan it piece by piece. That way it might not seem like a lot.