Baby socializing glitch?

[Donkey]

Okay so I've just started a legacy, it's been going well until my sim had a baby. Usually I would snuggle the baby once to completely fill the social bar, even when it's lonely. But now it's taking me six or seven interactions to fill it up. Is this a glitch or did one of the expansions change this? (I have Late Night, High End Loft and World Adventures installed, I'm not using Ambitions at the moment). But i don't think this problem had started until today.

By the way, sorry if there are spelling mistakes or bad grammar, I've checked it and tried my best but I'm not usually good with that sort of thing.

Thanks!

[simfulicious]

This has been happening since LN came out.  At first I thought it was vampire babies, but it's all of them.

[TheChronicR]

I have this problem, and I don't have Late Night. It's a random bug. Some of the babies have it, others don't.

[Donkey]

It's so annoying. I love having kids in the sims but this is putting me off. Having to spend an extra hour in the middle of the night caring for a baby isn't going to well with my sims either.
I'm about to find out if this problem is with toddlers too so I'll post back to see if they're doing the same thing.

EDIT: The toddlers have the same problem also. This is very frustrating, I hope they fix it soon. Does anyone know if this problem continues throughout the sims life? Or is it just until they become child?

[TheChronicR]

It's so annoying. I love having kids in the sims but this is putting me off. Having to spend an extra hour in the middle of the night caring for a baby isn't going to well with my sims either.
I'm about to find out if this problem is with toddlers too so I'll post back to see if they're doing the same thing.

Try buying them a teddy bear. Toddlers and children can interact with it and fill up their social bar! It's just like with the plants (sims who have Green Thumb trait can talk to plants, I suppose you knew that). Also, to keep their mood high, put the same teddy bear (after interacting with it, of course) in the inventory of your baby when they sleep. They'll get a nice moodlet (Cuddle time), which slightly effects the mood meter and lasts for the whole sleep time + 5 hours after it. It's like the Duck time moodlet they get from bathing with a duck. Sorry for a long post 

[Veldmuisie]

Some traits help their social bar to drop slower, but yes, I have found that all my babies/toddlers are now even needier than usual.  The fastest way to fill up a toddler's social and fun bar is - sad but true - watching TV.  Just make sure someone is watching it already.

[kattiq]

I used to love children too! But I just put a doll house in the toddler's room and make them play it whenever their social bar is low. It definitely helps keep things going smoothly.
As for babies I just suffer through it for 3 days, but since I am in the 3rd Generation in my Dynasty I just make one of the grandparents wake up and take care of the baby I will definitely try the teddy bear thing though!

[Pam]

It started happening for me with the release of Late Night.  It's worse for infants in my case.  I don't seem to have trouble keeping toddlers happy.  Maybe I just play with them a lot anyway.  The teddy bear and doll house are both good ways to keep the social needs met.

[RubyLovesSims]

Since I have gotten LN, my Sim babies are also really hard to take care of.
In my Tunic Legacy, the parents had to be there all the time, because the baby won't stop crying!

[Veldmuisie]

The best is when a perfectly happy toddler stops what he is doing, moves to the middle of the floor, and cries for no reason.

[TheChronicR]

The best is when a perfectly happy toddler stops what he is doing, moves to the middle of the floor, and cries for no reason.

Yeah, and all the household members & guests get the crying baby moodlet. Really annoying, especially at big parties.

[inclement]

Terrible as it is, I find it's easiest to just hire a babysitter for the infant, and send the adults off to do other stuff. Maybe I've been lucky, but I've had babysitters stay all day and all night. With the toddlers, once they're walking/talking/pottying, I set them to xylophone/peg block/doll house.

Teaching them to talk is great for social, though.

[TheChronicR]

Terrible as it is, I find it's easiest to just hire a babysitter for the infant, and send the adults off to do other stuff. Maybe I've been lucky, but I've had babysitters stay all day and all night. With the toddlers, once they're walking/talking/pottying, I set them to xylophone/peg block/doll house.

Teaching them to talk is great for social, though.

You're very lucky. My babysitters NEVER take the smallest care of the babies.

[Veldmuisie]

Yeah, and all the household members & guests get the crying baby moodlet. Really annoying, especially at big parties.

So true! I have to add that to my list of things that make for a bad party:

• baby crying
• someone dies
• no food
• someone picks a fight
• all the guests go home because their vampire heads are melting in the sun

EDIT:  Does anyone know if smothering a baby/toddler with affection vs. leaving him to the babysitter makes any difference to his development?  It would be good to know if neglect makes them dumb or something.  No reason, er, just wondering.

[RubyLovesSims]

EDIT:  Does anyone know if smothering a baby/toddler with affection vs. leaving him to the babysitter makes any difference to his development?  It would be good to know if neglect makes them dumb or something.  No reason, er, just wondering.

No, as long as your baby gets enough attention not to be taken by the social worker, then hugging it every 10 minutes doesn't make any difference to only looking after it when the baby really needs it.