What defines "Growing up well"?
HeyYeah:
They don't get a comfort moodlet, but they do get a little cuddle time one.
sewinglady:
I'm playing with the 190 day lifespan, so I have toddlers for 15 days...it can get a tad booooring, except that I'm flipping between several houses, so it actually works out okay.
Anyway, with 15 days of toddler fun to fill, the trick seems to be the following - keeping them fed and their social up (the teddybear does help with that). Have them learn all three toddler skills. Have them max out both logic and music on the toys. And have them read as many books as possible. Don't bother with the 'Sprocket' books - they don't seem to learn crap from them. But the other books will give them an additional boost in logic, artistry (painting), and writing.
At first I thought that they had to have a parent read with them, but it doesn't even raise their social! So now I just plop the books on the floor and let them read 'em. Only bad part about that is if you have a parent who is a neatfreak - they will pick the books up and put them away - so the trick is to put them out one at a time, have toddler read it and then put it back in bookcase.
Anyway, I've never had a toddler not grow up well, so must be doing something right doing that method.
I do know that with children and teens their 'grow up well' thing has everything to do with their school performance.
The pregnancy thing, I've yet to figure out as with others, I've had some I've ignored and some I've pampered and they've all read the preggers books and sometimes I get to choose one and sometimes two...I've never had a bad enough pregnancy where I didn't get to choose any.
That Eighties Guy:
Quote from: tedw on 2009 July 24, 16:06:26
Quote from: Aaroc on 2009 July 24, 05:56:54
Learn to read, Xebarsis. Obviously there's something more than just learning the basics while a toddler.
I've had success in growing up every toddler "well" I've played since the game came out. I only ensured that they learned to walk, talk and use the toilet. Only a small handful of them had any access to any toddler skill-gain items, such as the peg box, and their outcome was no different than those who did not have the toys. The teaching was alternated between parents of varying relationships with them.
Same go for me.
I didn't even bother to socialize with them unless they get all whiny because they've bottomed out in Social. Too bad we can't smear them in grease and put them under the grill like in TS2.
... Yet.
sumpsychochic:
For pregnancy, I'm not sure since I have neglected a sim and she was hungry most of her pregnancy, but still got to choose both traits for the baby. She was however in the bubble the whole pregnancy, so maybe that does have more of a factor.
Toddlers I have always gotten to choose the trait. I make sure they get taught to walk/talk/potty and I keep a radio in most of the rooms in the house and have a teddy bear in their inventory and they seem to stay in the bubble most of the time too. So once again, maybe mood does have a factor in it. Especially since I alternate between parents and grandparents to help with leanring skills and I hardly ever pull out a pegbox. Sometimes I pull out the children's books though.
fatkitty:
Quote from: HeyYeah on 2009 July 24, 17:05:58
They don't get a comfort moodlet, but they do get a little cuddle time one.
I see, thanks for the clarification.
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