The Sims 4 Toddlers Guide

Toddler Parenting, Skills and Needs

Toddlers in The Sims 4

By popular demand, Toddlers are now available to all Sims 4 players courtesy of The Sims Studio and EA. Toddlers have been neatly incorporated into the Sims 4 base game as though they were there from the start. They are fully animated, with skills and needs just like any other Sim, and thus fit neatly into the game as if they belonged in the first place! This time around, they have a couple more skills to level other than just walking, talking and potty. Special toddler furniture has been added to the game in order to care for and teach, so everything you need to raise them is present. Players who make a Toddler in Create-a-Sim (CAS) will find plenty of toddler clothes, facial features, and hairstyles to choose from. They even have special Toddler Traits! Let the great modding spree to add toddler clothes, toys, and furniture begin!

This guide to Toddlers in The Sims 4 will teach you everything you need to know about raising your nooboos. I'm a gameplay mechanics writer, so you won't hear about every interaction and activity. I leave discovery of those up to you, I'm focused on those that build up a skill or involve child care. Let's get started with how we can add a toddler to the game, then proceed to learning about raising them and the skill they can learn to prepare for childhood...

Making or Adopting a Toddler

Making or adopting a toddler in The Sims 4
Toddlers can be made in Create-a-Sim, adopted, and grow up naturally from Babies.

Naturally, Sim Babies will grow up to be Toddlers before 'aging up' to Child. Additionally, you can adopt Toddlers and add them to your household. Toddlers can also be made when starting a new family in CAS, unlike babies, which are made with Woohoo. This lets you make your little one as cute as you would like them to be, and give them toddler-exclusive clothes, traits, and hair styles. Remember, if you adopt a toddler, you can click them with an adult selected to change their outfit using the 'Toddler Care' menu. Toddlers have outfits of all kinds, as you would expect. The cas.fulleditmode cheat can even be used to change the look of your Toddler. Just don't mess with their traits, as that can be buggy.

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Caring for Toddlers: Bed, Potty, & High Chair

Toddler bed in The Sims 4
Prepare a room for your baby to grow up in as you play the game. They'll need at least the three essentials: a toddler bed, high chair, and training potty - but you should also provide toys with which they can learn skills.

In order to care for your toddler correctly, you must own a toddler-sized bed for them to sleep in, a potty chair for potty training, and a high chair in which to feed them and give them drinks. You can find these by going into buy mode and, in sort by room, the children's room and clicking the blocks on the floor. It can also be found in sort by function > kids > and the toddler section. You'll find everything that you need to care for a toddler there, including toys that raise the five toddler skills. Blocks for movement, toys for imagination, and even a kiddie tablet computer that teaches various skills.

Reading a bedtime story to a toddler in The Sims 4
Reading a toddler a bedtime story gives them some skill experience in Imagination.

Naturally, you'll want to set up a bedroom for them to play in, though other items should go elsewhere in the home. The potty chair can go in the most convenient bathroom, while the high chair is in the kitchen. Where these are actually stored is up to you, it's just a suggestion. In case you get lost like I did, You always have access to flash cards that you may see mentioned in the game and will not find them in Buy Mode as far as I can tell - there's a kid's game table but you cannot use it with a Toddler. You also have access to bedtime books and the like without actually buying a bookshelf.

Toddler Needs and Basic Care

Carrying toddlers speeds up transit, and is the only way to get up stairs at first. However it does deprive them of some Movement Skill.

First, know that toddlers won't climb big staircases until they have the movement skill. They can get off the porch just fine, but not up a full stairwell. I've been told that is dangerous by very very smart people. Toddlers must be carried by a grown up. If you tell a toddler to go up stairs, an idle adult Sim will pick them up to take them there. This means one floor plans are a bit easier to manage time-wise, since they can get around by stumbling and crawling about the house.

Toddlers in The Sims 4 get mad when they start to get hungry, and will throw a fit.
Toddlers exhibit emotional extremes and will absolutely throw fits. It's more realistic if you play with full autonomy, letting the Sim kid make decisions for themselves about what interactions to play. It makes raising them a bit more challenging, for sure!

Toddlers have needs just like any other Sim, and failing to meet them by neglecting the kid will result in the social worker coming to take the baby. You don't want that, do you? Not after practically rioting for toddlers for two years ;) Taking care of them means meeting those needs when they arise. Unlike babies, toddlers have all the usual needs, though social is relabeled as 'Attention'. They don't exactly need deep conversations to be happy, just some love and affection. Here are the six toddler needs and how you go about filling them:

  • Bladder: This can be 'filled' by going in the diaper for a quick fix (select the toddler, click them and 'Use Diaper'), but it will put a big drain on the Hygiene need! Naturally, you want your toddler to learn to potty and that is accomplished by taking every bladder-draining opportunity to use the potty chair for potty training. An adult can help to instruct them.
  • Hunger: As the day wears on, your toddler will get hungry. While they can eat on the floor, it's better to feed them a proper meal in the high chair.
  • Energy: Toddlers can only sleep in toddler beds, so it's required unless you want to make your little one satisfy their tiredness by napping on a couch. Tuck them in and read them a bedtime story when you have time, you can boost their imagination skill in the process and form a bond between the parent and child.
  • Fun: Toddlers get stressed out without some fun - toys of all kinds provide it, as will playing with others and getting read a bedtime story.
  • Attention: This is the toddler version of the social skill. Reading bedtime stories doesn't raise this, but other social interactions with Sims should help. Sims team should fix that, getting read a bedtime story is definitely attention.
  • Hygiene: Changing the toddlers diaper can go a long way toward raising hygiene, but a proper bath is in order to get them truly clean. Use a tub, as showers cannot be used to bathe your toddler. With the toddler selected, picking the bath option will let you pick which adult will bathe them. You can do it the other way around, too.
How to feed toddlers in The Sims 4: Use a high chair
TRY to give your Toddler a full meal in the high chair, assuming they don't knock it off at only half full. They're called the terrible twos for a reason, but sometimes they can be adorable.

Sure the descriptions of these needs make them seem very easy to care for, however Toddlers have other plans for you. They will eat up Sims' time by throwing their food away, getting enraged and crying, all of that. It's pretty realistic. Getting them through a full meal is tough, but raising skills improves their behavior so that they stop doing these things so much. Making the Toddler smart is a rewarding endeavor especially when the parent Sims are short on time.

The Sims 4 Toddler Skills & Age Up Benefits

Toddlers have five skills in The Sims 4: Movement, Potty, Communication, Thinking, and Imagination. All of them unlock new abilities for the growing child and change the way the AI behavior works when you are playing with full autonomy. This is nice, as you can actually see the effects of them growing more mature and learning not to throw fits and food. All but one skill (potty) has an ideal mood, which boosts the experience gained while practicing.

Aging Up Toddler Reward Traits & Skills

Earn reward trait and bonus skill experience for raising your toddler well
Raising your toddler well results in bonus skill experience in childhood, and may apply a reward trait if you meet certain requirements.

In order to age up your Toddler to child manually, use a grown up to bake a cake and click it to add candles for $10. When you click a cake while the Sim is holding the Toddler, the option to 'Have X Blow Out Candles' will appear - make sure to pick the option specifically with the child's name or you'd age up the adult. Depending upon how you've done at leveling up the Toddler skills, you may get one of the following traits, along with some skill experience in an equivalent child skill. Thanks to Forum member Ninane for helping to speed up completion of this section by providing some tips.

Toddler SkillLeads to Child Skill:
MovementMotor
CommunicationSocial
ThinkingMental
ImaginationCreativity
PottyNone

When your Toddler ages up to Child they will get bonus XP for equivalent childhood skills. If you had level 3 Thinking for the Sim, you would receive bonus XP that would get you to Level 1 Mental with 94% of the bar completed, so almost level 2.

  • Level 1: No Bonus XP
  • Level 2: Level 1 with 44% of next level completed
  • Level 3: Level 1 with 94% of next level completed - Get all skills to this level to earn Happy Toddler
  • Level 4: Level 2 with 44% of next level completed
  • Level 5: Level 2 with 94% complete - Get all skills to this level to earn Top Notch Toddler

Reward Traits

Age up a toddler in The Sims 4
Aging up requires time passing or the use of a birthday cake. Doing a good job raising your toddler gives you Happy Toddler or Top Notch Toddler

Bonus Trait: Happy Toddler - Get all Toddler Skills to level 3 to earn the Happy Toddler reward trait when the toddler grows up. The happy toddler trait increases all skill gains by 10%.I did manage to do it without Potty at 3 but they absolutely have to know how to use it by themselves, which happens at level 2. This may be a bug as getting to level 2 did not give the notice that the Toddler was awarded the trait at age up, but they got it anyway.

Bonus Trait: Top Notch Toddler - Get all Toddler Skills to max level to earn Top Notch Toddler after aging up to Child, which boosts all future skill and Career gains by 25%. The same note about Potty applies here, though it makes sense in a way given Level 2 Potty indicates they know how to do it solo.

Movement: Learn to Walk

Toddler learning to walk in The Sims 4
Movement is a key skill, allowing Toddlers to get around without taking ages and stopping them from stumbling so much. They can even learn to use stairs and run around the house.

The movement skill dictates how well your toddler can get around, as well as fine motor skills for basic activities. Stacking blocks will help raise the movement skill, since it requires motor control. Learning shapes teaches Thinking. This skill will rise naturally while your child walks about, as though they were a jogging Sim learning fitness. You can use the 'Wander' action by clicking the toddler with them selected, which will accomplish about the same. This helps avoid you telling the toddler to walk around the house until they get it. This should go up naturally now and then, but some focused training doesn't hurt! Playing BlicBlock Baby on the tablet teaches the movement skill as well. The ideal mood for leveling movement skill is Energized.

  • Movement Level 1: Begin to develop the skill. As they level they will gradually stumble less and gain more abilities.
  • Movement Level 2: Toddlers can now climb stairs and play wrestle with adults.
  • Movement Level 3: The kid will start to walk faster and may now dance to music.
  • Movement Level 4: At this phase, the toddler can now run and may build towers out of blocks.
  • Movement Level 5: They become much better at climbing stairs.

Communication: Learn to Talk

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Toddlers can learn to communicate by talking to their parents and, of course, teddy bears and other stuffed animals.

Communication gradually allows the child stop babbling and start speaking Simlish, after which their ability to articulate their thoughts will greatly improve. They can babble to themselves to gain skill, talk to teddy bears and other stuffed creatures, and watch Toddler Videos on the tablet to level Communication. The ideal mood for leveling Communication is Happy.

  • Communication Level 1: As the Toddler levels Communication, they will gain more advanced socials and gradually break out of the baby babble
  • Communication Level 2: Toddlers learn to hug and hit. They can also learn animals from flash cards with adults.
  • Communication Level 3: Toddlers can now talk. They can talk about toys, trucks, yell at, or say nonsense. They can ask for dessert as well. They can learn other socials by increasing other Toddler Skills.
  • Communication Level 4: Toddlers can talk about parties, favorite animals, and tell knock knock jokes! They can begin to learn objects from flash cards.
  • Communication Level 5: Fully developed verbal skills at this level. They can now tell story, tell goofy story, and talk about dinosaurs -- it's hard to say tyrannosaurus!

Potty: Learn to Use the Toilet

Potty training a toddler in The Sims 4
Potty Training a Toddler in The Sims 4.

This is absolutely the most straightforward skill. At first, you need the parent to help - which can be accomplished easily by picking the Toddler and having them select the chair then an adult to take them. After gaining a level, they can do it by themselves. Though it should probably be focused given how long the kid sits on the potty, there isn't an ideal mood for the Potty skill other than "I need to go, NOW, or I'm doing it in my diaper and letting you deal with it!"

  • Potty Level 1: As the kid learns to use the potty, they won't need to use the diaper nearly as much which is a save for the parent. When on free will mode, an untrained child will not use the potty chair, but levels in this skill make them gradually prefer that over the diaper.
  • Potty Level 2: At this level, the Toddler can use the potty chair without an adult standing over them.
  • Potty Level 3: Mastered potty training. At this point, they will autonomously always prefer the potty chair to the diaper.

Thinking Skill

Learning the Toddler Thinking Skill in The Sims 4 will help the child to grow up
Learning shapes with blocks is a good way to level the Toddler's Thinking Skill. The other mode (stacking) raises Movement.

Learning shapes with an adult on the Nesting blocks should help to raise the Thinking Skill, as well as the tablet when you use the SimShape game. This is a pretty important skill, as it makes the child more reasonable and mature as they level it. Great for struggling parents! The ideal mood for leveling Thinking is Happy.

  • Thinking Level 1: As toddlers learn thinking, they will throw fewer tantrums and be more capable of autonomously taking care of themselves. It kind of improves their AI on free will mode.
  • Thinking Level 2: Can now study shapes on the nesting blocks and will defy parents less often.
  • Thinking Level 3: The Toddler can now learn numbers from flash cards with adults and will sleep better through the night.
  • Thinking Level 4: Can now 'Ask Why' to other Sims. They'll also stop splashing in the toilet so much.. thankfully.
  • Thinking Level 5: Fully developed thinking skill. They will sleep through the night and not defy their parents in childish tantrums. They can now learn letters from flash cards and practice spelling with the nesting blocks.

Imagination Skill

Learning the Toddler imagination Skill in The Sims 4
The doll house is a great way to learn the imagination skill, but so too are reading and playing with other toys. This kid got angry and decided to smash his dollhouse, but dad or mom can repair it, gaining handiness skill in the process.

Reading to your Toddler is a great way to level the imagination skill, as is simply letting them play with toys and dolls. Playing Draw with Llama on the tablet will also raise Imagination. The skill simply unlocks extra interactions for your toddler. The ideal mood for leveling the Imagination Skill is Playful.

  • Imagination Level 1: Imagination skilling teaches Toddlers to read and create fantastical worlds with their toys.
  • Imagination Level 2: At this level, they can at least look at pictures in toddler books and play with others at the dollhouse.
  • Imagination Level 3: This skill level allows Toddlers to name their toys, dolls, and stuffed animals.
  • Imagination Level 4: The Toddler can now read toddler books.
  • Imagination Level 5: With a fully developed imagination, the kid can view art.

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Laksays...
Hey! You don't actually NEED a high chair. I didn't have space (or money) at my sims house and didn't put one. If you prepare a meal, you can get one for the toddler and they will sit on a sofa (or at least mine prefers sofas) and eat there very cutely. Just letting everyone know that this is an option
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Playalotsays...
Scared Argh cuteness overload! Thanks for sharing that tip!
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silkysays...
I seen this too it was so cute! I love this update even though it is more difficult to raise a toddler in this game. My sim family had 2 boys but I got them both through it. I wanted them to have a girl and I got them pregnant and they had twin girls! Now Im mentally preparing myself to take care of two more toddlers!
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mayasays...
I loved the toddlers so much that I literally ended up with 6 of them at once. The first three occurred individually, but the last 3 are triplets. 4 girls 2 boys
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JFGJHGHHGHGsays...
LaughLaughLaughTongue CUTENESS OVERLOAD
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Miasays...

My toddler used to eat in her bed:grin

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Caileysays...
I figured out the cheats for gaining toddler skill in case anyone wants to know. It's just like the child skill cheat, just for toddlers. "Stats.set_skill_level skill_toddler_movement 5" 5 is the highest all the skills go
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Kailasays...
Do we have to put our Sims name in that or just copy it exactly?
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Playalotsays...
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Jemmasays...
Oooh thanks for getting a guide up so speedily! Any idea on lifespan for toddlers yet?
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rebeccasays...
It's 7 for normal and 28 for long. Not sure for short though. Grin
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Jemmasays...
Just tested it myself... short is 3!
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chelsea annsays...
oh my gosh! so cute! Tongue
i'm updating my sims rn and i can't wait to play! i'm just waiting for pets, though.. Unsure if that would come soon, the sims 4 would definitly be my favorite game! Laugh
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Sarahsays...
Pets have been found in the code :D
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Alexsays...
Wait, can you get pets or not?
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Leoniesays...
No
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Nightmaresays...
I made twin toddlers, two parents... it was incredibly hard to keep them both happy, I mean the parents would spend 48 hours without doing stuff but caring for the toddlers, in the end I hired a nanny to see if this would reduce the amount of caring the parents had to do but the Nanny did absolutely nothing! Actually the nanny went up to my toddler as IT WAS TAKEN AWAY... shortly after the other one was taken away. I just wanted to know if anyone has been having a nightmare keeping their toddlers and parents needs satisfied.. I guess I got to get use to the entire toddler scenario - But overall Im enjoying it, - Also the highchairs dont really work for me?? The sim cant put food down which Im really confused about, at times they can place food but then other then that it's being a little hard to give them food. I looked up recent comments about feeding them like any other sim would do, so I might try that. XD
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Playalotsays...
Yep, I'm having a hard time with 2 toddlers. It's just learning the game mechanics really. Also the higher the toddler skills the easier they self-automate their own needs really. My sim parents on full autonomy do a better job at looking after the toddlers than I do. lol Grin
I found that directing the parent to feed the toddler works best. Then the adult sim places the food on the highchair and goes and picks up the toddler and brings it back to the highchair. But toddlers can eat sitting on the floor or a chair/couch etc too. They will even help themselves to food if hungry enough.
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Hanabisays...

Playing not so berry challenge gen 1 with no cheats. so far toddlers are happy.

My mint gen ended up having twins. What I did was have both parents take family leave when the kids are born, had the dad upgrade everything around the house in between rounds of taking care of the kids, had dad cook very large meals in the evenings, did all of the holiday activities which helped immensely with the food. Mom took extra vacation days after family leave ran out. I think harvestfest and winterfest helped a lot in that the parents couldn't work then so I had them helping the toddlers skill up and when not doing that upgrading the house or making prank calls. Since I had twins (without trying to) I had the kids talk to each other a lot.

right now the twins are level 3 on every skill and I'm gunning for level 5 on everything.

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Andreasays...
my sims had triplets! 3 toddlers are exhausting! the parents sleep in shifts to try to keep up. one time saver is to give food to the todders without using the highchair, just leave it where they can reach and they will take it to a nearby chair or couch, or just eat on the floor.
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Brandisays...
The "never weary" reward helps out tremendously. My mom only needs like 3 hours of sleep a night. Also, put food in your inventory, and you can give it right on the spot without having to run back and forth to the highchair/fridge etc.
I don't have a garden, but i run to the produce stand and purchase a bunch of fruit, and you can transfer it to the toddler's inventory, and they can eat it whenever you decide.
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Wait, what? That's a game changer! How do you get 'never weary'? Both my parents keep dropping to the floor! And they stink. And they haven't looked at each other for days. But the kids are okay. lolBlush
Admin: It is a reward trait your sims can buy with their Satisfaction points. Rewards Guide
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Jonterasays...
lol sadly your story made my day
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Alexsays...
Yes one of my families have twins. I quite often use the cheat that you access from the mailbox that fills the needs of everyone in the household and then do what I want with the toddlers as they have their needs maxed out.

The cheat I'm talking about is:
testingcheats true
cas.fulleditmode
-Shift-click on the mailbox-
Alter Needs...
Fill Needs (Household)
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Alexsays...
Yes one of my families have twins. I quite often use the cheat that you access from the mailbox that fills the needs of everyone in the household and then do what I want with the toddlers as they have their needs maxed out.

The cheat I'm talking about is:
testingcheats true
cas.fulleditmode
-Shift-click on the mailbox-
Alter Needs...
Fill Needs (Household)
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Featherspiritsays...
I totally get it. The first time my sim tried for a baby she ended up with two twin girls. I didn't expect it to be so hard! I myself felt so exhausted after taking care of them. One was hyper and social and would always eat! It was impossible for her NOT to be severely hungry. The other would be tired 24/7. After I get their skills up I'm aging them! Although the they're not THAT bad, it's certainly a lot of work.
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Annasays...
i had the same problem with my nanny! he does absolutly NOTHING... i'm probably going to fire him.
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Jessica Jonessays...
Tip: For the Nanny it's best if you use him from the Toddlers' perspective. He can give them a bath if they ask him to, teach them how to use the potty, give them food and a drink, and even just generally talk to them and befriend them. It can be slow and difficult but when he's around he gives them another person to ask for help than just their parent. But the nanny won't be that autonomous, the kids will have to ask him for things.
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Holliesays...
I downloaded a family from the gallery, mum dad and toddler, and the mum was pregnant.. shortly after starting to play she had triplet girls. I now have 4 toddler girls on long life span and its HARD! the nanny didnt do a thing so i made an elder sim and added to to the household to help out and its a bit easier, the parents take it in shifts but i must admit its getting a bit boring, only thing keeping me going is gaining skills for the toddlers!

I also thought it would be fun for them all to have different traits:
Charmer
Clingy
Wild
Fussy

NOT a good idea Scared
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silkysays...
My family had two adults and two toddlers. One of my toddlers I made independent so he was able to use the bathroom by his self. Both of the parents worked and it was hard but they were able to keeps the children feed and slept for the most part. All you have to do is feed them and potty train them. The toddler ipad boost up the rest of the needs as well as the skills they need. Also having two toddlers helps as they can keep each other company
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Popyourkitten17says...
The toddlers are extremely cute but so annoying. I hate when they are sad or angry plus the angry thing is unbelievable my patents would have killed me if I threw fits. Sad the nightmare last all though the night multiple times. What I do is lock the parents door only allowing them access and leaving the toddler to care for his self. You can do this by having him nap on his bed the to sleep once not sad, using his diaper or potty if trained, opening fidge and pulling meals and have him grab a serving. Hope this was helpful PLEASE!!! Follow me my account at popyourkitten17 and I will share other useful tips. Peace.
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Sorry for the bad auto correct
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Playalotsays...
The higher the Thinking skill the less likely it is that toddlers will have nightmares or throw tantrums. It is all about getting those toddler skills leveled up. Also, keep some fruit in the toddlers inventory and direct it to eat a piece when feeling sad etc as often the Happy moodlet from the fruit will over-ride the negative moodlet.
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Catamoksays...
Playalot, that is awesome advice. Here I'm a master gardener and I didn't even consider putting fruits and veggies in their inventory. An excellent pomegranate and a perfect apple - or any other fruits of those tiers - and you've got a +5 happy for four hours /and/ you fed them at the same time.
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Rshiresays...
I actually use the Nanny more for supplements for the dad who is a vampire. She is useless otherwise, currently I have 3 toddlers on the go and the parents dont work so they only get rest when all 3 are sleeping. So far I am close to maxing all their skills but then I have the aging turned off so I dont need to rush :D
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TayTaysays...
Yeah, I'm having difficulty with my twin girls as well. First one is angry then the other one is sad then the other one is hungry then the other one is dirty, HELP ME! Scared
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Playalotsays...
You can direct a toddler to eat even when they are not fully hungry, that way you could synchronize the twins feeding times. Also if your sim is a gardener then feed the twins harvestables from your sims inventory, or drag them to the ground and direct your toddler to eat it (grapes or whatever). This gives them a happy moodlet. A perfect fruit and a normal fruit have moodlets that stack and so over-ride the negative sad or angry moodlets. Bubble baths get toddlers in good moods so do having drinks. Also potty train the toddlers asap (to level 2) that way you can direct them to go potty by themselves. Means their hygiene will decay slower compared to using the diaper.
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Eviesays...
Is there any toddler cheats?
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Playalotsays...
Yes there are. Carl is updating with these soon. Hang in there! Smile
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Playalotsays...
Toddler cheats live now.
Toddler Cheats on the Cheats Guide
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Breesays...
Cheats for toddler skills is the same code as for child cheats, just replace the word child with toddler.
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Jonterasays...
Sad any idea why they wouldn't work mine arent
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corasays...
I have a question. Can toddlers leave their beds on their own without help from adults? That is the one thing I hated about toddlers in 3, as I could have used that time to raise skills for my older sim
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Playalotsays...
Yes, they can even put themselves to bed, although it's much cuter when an adult sim tucks them in or reads to them.
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Tatianasays...
Here's a cheat for the toddlers Tongue

stats.set_skill_level skill_toddler_movement 5
stats.set_skill_level skill_toddler_communication 5
stats.set_skill_level skill_toddler_potty 5
stats.set_skill_level skill_toddler_imagination 5
stats.set_skill_level skill_toddler_thinking 5
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Smurphette423says...

Potty only goes as high as level 3. Sorry.

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cometmebrosays...
so I tried to make a toddler for my same-sex couple and it won't let me list both of them as its father? They're married but it won't accept 2 dads for one kid...
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Playalotsays...
No idea why that is happening in your game. At the moment my gay couple have got two toddlers now and both the guys are listed as the dad in the family tree and in the relationship panel. Maybe a mod issue? Or have you the correct settings in CAS? One of the male sims needs to be able to become pregnant in the gender settings.
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Zhaneasays...
Is anyone else having issues with their toddlers eyes being stuck a gold/ hazel color? When I click on their eyes in CAS, it doesn't allow me to change them.
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Playalotsays...
You'll need to enable testingcheats on followed by cas.fulleditmode if you want to change details on any existing sim. This works fine in my game and allows me to change eye color etc. on toddlers. Smile
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Alisays...
i am having that exact same issue... all my toddlers end up with gold/brown eyes and you can't edit them without enabling a cheat. it's very bizarre.
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JaSminesays...
i enabled cheats but it still dosent work for me there is no color wheel for my todders
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Maddysays...
My toddlers eyes are that hazel gold color and I have no option to change it, I've tried testing cheats and full edit mode in cas and there's no option for eye color. Ik other people have and This problem too, help please!!!
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Playalotsays...
If you are using any mods or cc take them all out and then try your game. Remember to quit the whole game without saving though or your saves will be saved in that CC and Mod-less state.
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Konasays...
I love all the things your toddler can do especially when they're energetic because they take off their clothes and wander down the street naked.Laugh
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Playalotsays...
I know, it's so very cute! I sent my toddle to wander about, he wandered down the street from the apartment! I was so surprised as I thought he'd just wander about IN the apartment. Had to send the dad to go pick him up and bring him back! lol Grin
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Dinasays...
What will happen to toddlers if they level up skills? Will they get different traits, or age up with them like in TS3? Unsure
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Raesays...
When I aged up my toddler she got the bonus trait 'Top Notch Toddler' which means that her skills will improve faster. She got the trait from reach level 5 in all her toddler skills. Unfortunately, She didn't get to keep her 'Wild' trait. The child skill gets leveled up to 2 when you achieve level 5 in the toddler skills: Communication Lvl 5 = Social Lvl 2, Thinking Lvl 5 = Mental Lvl 2 and so on! Grin
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Player1says...
My toddler smells. He gets in the tub then jumps back out and then ask to go back in because he smells. How can I make him take a bath before he is taken away?
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starstrukksays...
maybe you could try to use testing cheats to make the child happy, and then go from there? i don't know, ive only discovered toddlers last night!
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Alexsays...
I agree, try making the sim happy by using the following cheat as this fills the childs needs immediately:
Ctrl + shift + C
testingcheats true (in the cheat box)
cas.fulleditmode
-Shift-click on the mailbox-
Alter Needs...
Fill Needs (Household)
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Jaimesays...
I've had more luck with bubble bath than regular bath.
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taybunnysays...
The toddler cheats don't work for me!!!! Please help!!
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Sonia The Simsays...
Hey Carl, I was wondering, if you have a toddler with a toddler trait, when they age up to a child, do they keep the trait?
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Playalotsays...
They don't keep the toddler traits but if they have skilled up well they will get a bonus trait that helps them to skill up faster in the childhood traits. Smile
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Raesays...
Hi! I'm having trouble aging up my toddlers. Every time I pick one up to age her my YA sim puts her back down again! This is the same for the toddler son. I just wanted to see if there was an aging animation but I guess I might try to age them is CAS which is my last resort.
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Raesays...
Problem solved! I don't know what happened but..
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Rachelsays...
I had the same problem and I was using a white cake, had my sim bake a chocolate cake and then it worked Huh
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groseksays...
where can i download this
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katsays...
You can download the toddler update by updating it through your Origin game library. There should be a box or notification saying that The Sims can be updated.
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groseksays...
Thanks @KAT
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katsays...
Hey, so my toddler has very low hygiene and whenever I try to get her in the bath the action cancels and the parent takes her out. I've tried changing who is bathing her, I've reloaded the game, had the toddler ask for it , but nothing seems to work. Are there any cheats I could use or recommendations for other possible options?
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Playalotsays...
If you have any mods or cc remove them all and test your game again. Quit without saving. If it works just fine without mods then you know that is the issue. The normal cheat of testingcheats on will work for toddlers so enable that and then click on the toddler and choose 'make happy' this will fill all the needs.
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katsays...
Okay, thank you!
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Jaimesays...
I was having the same problem until I selected give bubble bath instead of give bath. Not sure why, but that's worked pretty consistently.
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Puggycsays...
I have a sims that got preganate but the father dose not live in the house now the baby is a toddler the dad just comes over all
The time and is practically living in the house. I can't ask him to leave either as he was never invited in the first place anyone else having this problem
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Playalotsays...
Try making a group with him in it and traveling away from the home lot. Then disband the group and travel home without him.
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Puggycsays...
I have given that a go and it will fix it for an hour or so (sim time) then he just comes back. At the moment the only thing that kind of works is locking all the doors to house hold only so now he just chills in the backyard
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Playalotsays...
It would be worth reporting this in the official Bug thread, as long as you do not use mods as they will not take modded game bug reports.
The Sims 4 Bug Reports
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KittycatYAYsays...
I've just found out that they have changed the birth message screen (when it tells you if it's a girl or a boy)!
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Katrinasays...
I'm playing my first family with a toddler. I created them yesterday; mother, father, and toddler to from the start. My toddler hasn't aged yet, and i wanted to start trying for a second baby. I get my couple flirty and the "try for baby" option isn't showing up? Can you not try for another baby if you have a toddler? Anyone else have this issue?
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Playalotsays...
You definitely can as I have in my game. Are the gender settings correct on your sims? Can one 'get others pregnant and one 'get pregnant'? Do you use mods and if so have they been updated for the Toddler Patch?
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Katrinasays...
No mods. It's a traditional male/female couple. So there should be NO issue trying for a second child. lol I'm not sure what is going on, the toddler has aged up since my first post... and still nothing! Very odd, and a little saddening! :(
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Katrinasays...
Figured it out. Somehow when i made my mom, it was set that she couldn't get pregnant... not something i set, that's what i get for randomizing! lol
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Aquasays...
How do you update the game? UnsureHuh
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Playalotsays...
When you log into Origin there will be a small notice along the bottom of the Sims4 icon stating your game needs updating. Click on that and the update will start.
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Tiarasays...
I've been having some issues aging my baby up into a toddler? The baby will freeze or just disappear. I've tried to fix it with the resetsim cheat and by exiting the game and going back into it. Is anybody else having these issues and does anybody know how to fix it?
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TORIsays...
I'm having the same problem as well.
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Lilithsays...
Yea I'm having the same problem here!
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Playalotsays...
If you are using mods take them out and try your game again. If the baby ages up as expected then you'll know it is a mod issue. Also make sure you have room for your adult sim to age the baby up as it takes quite a bit of space now that the adult sim has to teach the toddler to walk immediately on aging-up.


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