Newbie - not been playing long. Have a toddler problem in one household that no one will feed, or carry downstairs, let alone to the highchair (have not had this issue with other toddlers before in same household or in other households); they would potty train the toddler, help with other issues, chat but recently just not feed her or let her feed herself (someone always took the food from her if I moved it beside her with Mark 2 toddler- Mark One was removed because neglect though I had spent 4 hours trrying to have one of the parents, the live in nanny or teen siblings feed her), Terrified it happens again (I know, just a game but I was really upset about this).Cannot work out what the issue is when others can go up/down stairs, and other toddlers have been carried of fed in same (and other) households.Playing on a MacBookThanks,Dizzy Diana

@DizzyDizzyDiana Hello! Sorry you're having this problem in your game. EDIT: I should've asked if you tried having your toddler grab their own plate of food. You can direct toddlers to grab serving whether a meal is on the floor or table or counter. Also, can you check to see if your parent sims have any "introduction" options for the toddler? There have been issues when a baby ages up to toddler, the parents need to be introduced for some reason. This may be related to sims having the "beloved" trait. Do your parent sims have that trait?As for the issue of parent sims not caring for the toddlers, do you have any mods/CC? If so, exit your game and then move the mods/CC files to another folder, maybe create a temporary folder on your desktop for them. Then look in your file directory for the Documents / Electronic Arts / The Sims 4 folder and delete the localthumbcache.package file in there. After that, open the game and load your household to see if the problem is still occurring. If not, you can start adding back your mods/CC a little at a time to see which one is causing the issue.If your issue is not related to mods, there are a couple open reports that I think are similar to what you described.[OPEN] Parents refuse to care for toddler - Answer HQ (ea.com)[NEEDS SAVES] My sims won't take care of their toddler - Answer HQ (ea.com)If either of those are the same, please click "me too" on the first post. In the meantime, I have a suggestion for a workaround for the feeding. Try having your toddler go into their bedroom (or any bedroom) and lock the door only for them. Then drag a plate of food into the room and see if they'll eat it. If they're upstairs or far from the kitchen, you can also drag the plate to their inventory and grab it from there to eat. I know that's not ideal but at least this way it should keep anyone from coming and taking the food.Please come back and give an update on how things are going!

@DizzyDizzyDiana Hello! Your issue is terribly frustrating and there are people who want to help. It's important that you follow your posts and let us know if the feedback is working or not. I realize my reply to your earlier post is rather long but please read through and let me know if anything helps there.Re: Cannot feed toddler. - Answer HQ (ea.com)For the immediate fix, you can use the "make happy" cheat to fill your toddlers' needs so they aren't taken away. On the keyboard press Ctrl + Shift + C and enter the code testingcheats on then press Shift and click your toddler. Look for "Cheat Need" and the "Make Happy" option.Again, please read through my original reply and let us know if it helped. If I cant help you, I'm sure there are others here who can.

@DizzyDizzyDiana I merged your post with the one you already had.Please try @JonaO703 suggestions.

I could not find my poats - I am s=being so distressed. Thank you I shall read the previous reply. now I know it was replied and can find it

Thank yoou - missed your last reply - working my way round managing this forum. Find it a little different to others eg Delphi.Np mods or ccfHave restartedHave deleted and rebuikd householdHae introduced nannyHave dragged food to toddlerThe actions queue but disappear before completed (tho not change nappy or clean but yes bathe or feed). Or the parent engages but then abandons the action without completing.Have tried to take the toddler to another house but again the child was removed before anyone there could feed them.Will try the debug andf make toddler happy cheats. And then the clear cache

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mdpq47ozynb7
3 years ago
I was having this same issue! I solved it!! The stupid highchair says it can be placed at the table but apparently the stupid parents cant use the highchair when its at the table 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ would have been nice to have been told that in english! Move your high chair to the middle of the room or atleast where they can walk allll the way around it and then try again!
xochiquetzl_xkvn
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@DizzyDizzyDiana Yes, pregnant Sims don't age. They also can't die, but the main reason I think is that they don't want the mother to age out of being a valid age to have a baby (or worse, die of old age!).
And @mdpq47ozynb7 the high chairs are just ridiculously frustrating and buggy! I've stopped using them, FWIW. I put a plate on a kitchen counter or table and ask the toddler to grab a serving.
As for the parents caring for the toddler (or not), yes, alas, your Sim parents, especially if they're on different floors (or there are a lot of platforms in the house) have a tendency to drop their queues, or get distracted (especially by objects like basketball hoops, yoga mats, dancing...). It's like "feed the toddler, sure, let me go grab... SQUIRREL!!!!!" As others have suggested, it's probably an autonomy/AI problem. I love playing with autonomy on, but also they can frustrate you that way. Alas.
Toddlers are frustrating in the game, but if you get all their skills up you get some of the best bonuses in the game, so....
patwood1946
Rising Novice
3 years ago
@DizzyDizzyDiana driving me mad
patwood1946
Rising Novice
3 years ago
my toddler cant eat food,she ate as an infant,i try for hours and the she gets taken away

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