what do you do with family "spares?"
I usually don't let my sims pump out too many kids. . . a full household can be pretty hectic and then it comes down to what to even do with them once they're old enough to go on their own. one of my ...
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I don't have MCC, so I do this:
I stagger the ages of my sims; so they date and mess around when they are Young adults and have children when they are Adults. This usually means the parents pass away sometime when the oldest is a teen or just turning into a Young adult. I keep all the siblings living together (and dating with careers) until my heir is ready to settle down. Then I marry off all the kids, even the "spares". I marry the "spares" off first just in case there's not enough space in the house for all their spouses and move each new couple out into their own home.
Around the time my heir is ready to have children, I pop into each of the sibling's houses first and make them Try for a Baby with their spouse, so that my next generation can have some cousins. But I only conceive, leaving shortly after to allow the game to take care of naming and traiting. Then, I return to my main family and start having kids. (Well, I usually do the siblings first, but sometimes I pop in and add a second addition on the way to the siblings if I get fed up dealing with my main's crying bassinet baby xD)
After that, I let the game name, age, trait, dress, and the cousins.
I play on Long Lifespan, so that's probably how I have the time to do all of this. Also, I tend to have no more than three children. Always between 1-3.
I stagger the ages of my sims; so they date and mess around when they are Young adults and have children when they are Adults. This usually means the parents pass away sometime when the oldest is a teen or just turning into a Young adult. I keep all the siblings living together (and dating with careers) until my heir is ready to settle down. Then I marry off all the kids, even the "spares". I marry the "spares" off first just in case there's not enough space in the house for all their spouses and move each new couple out into their own home.
Around the time my heir is ready to have children, I pop into each of the sibling's houses first and make them Try for a Baby with their spouse, so that my next generation can have some cousins. But I only conceive, leaving shortly after to allow the game to take care of naming and traiting. Then, I return to my main family and start having kids. (Well, I usually do the siblings first, but sometimes I pop in and add a second addition on the way to the siblings if I get fed up dealing with my main's crying bassinet baby xD)
After that, I let the game name, age, trait, dress, and the cousins.
I play on Long Lifespan, so that's probably how I have the time to do all of this. Also, I tend to have no more than three children. Always between 1-3.
