Sims not interacting with their baby

[Hope512]

Hi,

I have Generations and Pets installed, no CC, no mods, some store content. I spent about 6 hours getting my couple ready to have their first child, getting more simoleons so I could expand their starter home ( I didn't want to cheat with that) then I changed their house then they tried for a baby. They had a gorgeous little girl and I couldn't wait to age her up into a toddler.

She was born at home, her Mum got a wish to snuggle her and so did her Dad, awww, So I got Mum to snuggle her, and then put her in the crib so Dad could snuggle her. I selected Dad and then clicked on her. I got the interaction options, I clicked on snuggle but the action icon in the top left corner disappeared after a couple of seconds. I wondered if there was a pathing issue so I made sure there was nothing in the way (it was the fancy crib with the canopy). Still wouldn't work. I couldn't get Mum to interact with her either. I used Moveobjects On to move the baby thinking maybe it was to do with the crib. Still no luck.

I'd previously used MOO when I was building before the baby, but the interactions were okay.

I panicked at the thought of the baby starving to death (yes I know they aren't real...sigh), so I exited without saving. Then I thought resetsim might have worked. Does anyone have any idea what happened?

[CSquared2]

I've not experienced this myself, but I've read about another player's similar problem.  They solved it by not clicking on the baby itself but rather clicking on the crib and using the "hold" action to get the child out of the crib first.  Once the baby was removed from the crib, everything functioned normally.  I don't recall whether they then replaced their crib or not.  It's worth a try.

[Pam]

That's a good idea, CSquared.  Also, is the house more than one story?  There are times when the interactions won't occur if the baby is on one level and the parents are on the other.

[Noodles]

I've had this sort of problem, but in my case even clicking the crib instead of the baby wouldn't work. The only way to get the baby out of the crib was to reset it, so it would teleport to the floor. Replacing the crib didn't work either, and it wasn't a pathing issue. I don't know what caused it but the only thing that fixed it was saving a copy of the family to the bin and replacing them. I did this because I was afraid the family would get permanently glitched and wanted to make sure I could keep playing them. If all else fails you can try this, but be aware of what happens when copying families from the bin (lost relationships with townies etc.) But first, try Resetsim on the baby to see if they can interact with him/her then.

[Hope512]

Thanks everyone. The only problem is I didn't save because I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to sort the problem out if I saved (this was after about 6 hours of play and I was too tired to try different solutions  ). But thanks for the information I'll definitely try it if it happens again.

As an aside, why are the townie sims such bad parents? Of course mine are always great    Some of them have babies and there isn't even a crib in the house!

[CSquared2]

Ugh.  Would you believe that I give you that advice and then the very same thing happens to me?  I was able to remove the baby from the crib with the "hold" interaction, but none of the others would work.  I replaced the crib, but it didn't help.  I just left it in frustration.  Perhaps restarting the game tomorrow will help.   

[Pam]

As an aside, why are the townie sims such bad parents? Of course mine are always great    Some of them have babies and there isn't even a crib in the house!

This is actually off topic for this thread.  If you want to find out more about townies and their babies, I suggest searching the Forum or starting a new topic for it.

[Hope512]

Pam -  it was more of an observation and rhetorical question. There isn't really an answer to it.


I've restarted the game and so far (touch wood) she's fine. She aged up into a gorgeous toddler and I've taken far too many pictures of her! It's weird, I invited people round for her birthday party, (in an Xbox game I'm running everyone rushed in to the nursery to coo over the baby and got the 'can't go there' tantrums), in this PC game everyone ignored her! Eveyone said they had a great time when they left, but I got a pop up notice saying it wasn't a great party because no-one aged up. Of course little Daniella aged up about half a sim hour after everyone left. Her mum and dad didn't even get the party horns out. (They did for the dog...)

I then had a problem with the parents saying they couldn't get anywhere, I thought it might have to do with the doors so I replaced them and so far it seems to be working.

Anyway, I'm going to make sure I'm saving on a regular basis as I'm playing. Especially now I've got a nooboo. If I have a problem with interaction with her I'll be able to go back to a much more recent restore point than I did last time. I had to go back to before she was born... And I'll remember resetsim too. If it doesn't work I just won't save it.

[Serena Darrin]

I had this problem recently, and selling and replacing the crib seemed to work for me.   But since you said replacing the crib didn't work for you. . . . I'm not sure what help I can give.  Resetting the baby worked for me until they were put back into the crib.

The only other thing I can suggest is see if you get similar problems with the Baby Swing (if you have it).  That will at least tell you if it's a problem with the baby, or a problem with the crib.

Hope that helps.

[MoMoll]

I agree with Serena; if you can use the swing (i.e. have bought it), you don't even need a crib. I leave the kid in the swing forever and lock the door so no one turns it on fast or picks the kid up. SANITY!

[Hope512]

Thanks Serena.
  LOL, MoMoll - I'll have to try that. I've actually had the other problem. I invite people round and they just ignore the toddler. In my xbox game they all crowded round to see a child.

[MoMoll]

The swing is perfect. My simlives in a high rise and not much room. Put the kids in the swing and bliss!!!!!!

[AdnaanA]

So basically a swing is like a crib, you can put the little pests there and they go to sleep?

[MoMoll]

They not only go to sleep, their other needs increase. Hate the baby stage. Also I put toddlers in the swing, so they don't play with the annoying IF.