Toddlers are soooooo annoying

Man, long life span, and problems with grinding? I think you are grinding too hard, you will end up with nothing to do and then they will seem boring.
Sims 4 I think can seem to objective oriented, and people end up "power gaming" I often find myself doing this, and my problem is, if I treat the objectives like the game focus, family members quickly run out of goals and end up being props for my "main character"

I still think the toddlers from TS4 are the best we've ever had, but that doesn't stop them from being annoying. It just comes with... being a toddler, basically. The problem for me is that a) they are always hungry, and b) I don't know what else to do with them once their skills are maxed, and even that is barely worth the effort because the effect it has on the child stage is negligible. I suppose the people who get the most out of these toddlers are the ones who enjoy family play, or find them cute or adorable - which isn't me, because I'm completely immune to the "charm" of real toddlers, let alone their sim counterparts. I prefer to surround myself and play with adults.

Okay.

After I cheated their needs that one time I have been able to balance it. Apparently it's still possible to end up in a lethal spiral like in Sims 2 if you're not careful.
And of course after they learn to walk fast and potty themselves, you can just tell them to wake up, go potty and then go back to bed by themselves in the middle of the night. Much easier, then.

Toddlers are my favorite thing about sims 4 - they're so well done, and I don't find it hard to play them at all. I usually set aging off and then age them up when I'm ready, so having them max out skills can take however long it takes. If the family can afford it, I get a nanny and either a maid or a butler to help out, so I can focus on the important part of parenting. The best part about toddlers is you can send them to bed early and then they'll sleep all night. :D

@Beardedgeek Yes toddlers are SO much easier to handle once they've started to skill up. Get them started on at least level 2 of potty and then put toys all around for them to play with, make sure they have food they can eat and somewhere to sit, and they'll be fine. Get a nanny or butler when you can, and after you've put them to bed, the adults have time over usually - piece of cake. Oh, and I usually have the parent read the toddler to sleep, they sleep better and not so many nightmares.

I recommend you play a family with a stay at home parent with one toddler to just learn the basics of what works with them, so you can transfer that skill later with other families. Before long you will start to adore the little buggers. :p

Depends on my mood and the save I'm playing really. Sometimes I age up from toddler straight to teen too. I nearly always age up infants immediately though. The whole life stage seems pointless and boring to me. It only serves to slow down my adult's progress with careers, skills, relationships and pretty much every other thing I can think of for a pointless -sleep, poop,cry, eat- cycle.

Gosh, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who actually enjoys some challenge in The Sims games. There's always someone complaining about how hard this is or how annoying that is, which is probably why TS4 is the least challenging sims game ever. Sigh... Even the toddlers are waaaay more independent now, they can do pretty much everything on their own (for starters, they can grab food, they can go to sleep on their own), I don't really understand how people find it hard to take care of them. If some of you find TS4's toddlers annoying and challenging, I don't even want to know what you think about TS2's toddlers, lol.

But well, I guess it all depends on the playstyle of each person. Personally I play with aging off because I like to play with each sim/lifestage for as long as I want without any hurries. So toddlers always tend to level up skills on their own, which to be honest, feels a lot more natural and lifelike to me, and I love that! I guess those who only play like a sim week with each lifestage would find it hard to level their skills, but I can't really comment on that since I NEVER played that way, it makes the game way more stressful because it's like you have a deadline and need to have certain things done by then. Also, I would never get attached to my sims if I played for so little time with them before they end up dying. But each to their own.

I just created a family with six children, two of whom are toddlers. Some of the children have difficult traits, like being insane. I'm not using any cheats. Man it's a lot of work!

One thing I have learned over this is to always have cheats on so you can Reset a toddler quickly.

Two big problems: quite often the parent get caught in a loop putting in and lifting out toddlers out of the high chair. A simple shift / click and "Reset" fixes that, works on both the parent or the kid.
Second problem is that the toddlers for some reason sometimes walk all to the other side of the house to put down a tablet on that specific coffee table. Resetting them when you see them run off makes them drop the tablet on the ground so you can interact with them again.

"bythedreadwolf;c-17039380" wrote:
Gosh, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who actually enjoys some challenge in The Sims games.

I think this is why I enjoy Sims 4 the most out of all. Well that and the graphics style. Sims 4 is just the right amount of Cartoon for me, which is why I hate the look of Alpha mods.
Anyway I play other games as well, but Sims I never ever play for the challenge. I just want to sit down and make them happy all the time.

"Beardedgeek;c-17039410" wrote:
One thing I have learned over this is to always have cheats on so you can Reset a toddler quickly.

Two big problems: quite often the parent get caught in a loop putting in and lifting out toddlers out of the high chair. A simple shift / click and "Reset" fixes that, works on both the parent or the kid.

I've found that it's better not to bother with the high chairs. I just make sure to have some group meals in the fridge and I get one out and place it on a surface when I notice a hungry toddler. Toddlers can help themselves to food then and bother no other sims in the process.