Nothing weirder than a Maxis Nanny
witch:
Well I just had the oddest thing happen. At 8.10am the nanny was still not there. A message popped up, "did I have a nanny scheduled as it wasn't good to leave the toddlers home alone". Yes, I said.
8.20 - no nanny. Got one of the teenagers to ring and order a nanny, 'just for now'. Everyone got in the vehicles and left, but not before another message popped up, saying the same thing as before.
Nanny finally arrived, hopped out of the car. Car drove off. Another nanny car arrived, bugger I thought, the scheduled nanny finally arrived. But no. The first nanny walked to the second nanny car, got in and DROVE OFF!
Leaving 2 toddlers on their own for the day. Luckily I have the no social worker hack and Inge's bottomless bottle.
EDIT: OMG How tragic, I'm spending my evening babysitting virtual toddlers. I need to get a life!
RainbowTigress:
Oh my, that is too funny. I don't mess with nannies anymore myself. In fact, if both parents are working, I've found that leaving the toddlers alone is perfectly fine. With Inge's bottle and the social worker hack as you mentioned, and JMP's baby controller, they will play happily skilling away until mommy and daddy come home. Babies are fine too, in their cribs. Usually by the time one of the parents get home it's time for a nap. Of course, I don't recommend doing this with real toddlers! :D It sure beats paying the nanny to do nothing, and I figure it's only for a few days. Depending on schedules and off days, I might have the parent take a vacation day and teach the kids to talk or something. I have heard so many of these nanny stories, it's bizarre.
ZephyrZodiac:
My latest ploy is to move a graduate onto the lot and let them get some parenting practice! Lilith loved doing it - she made two new friends! she never even threw up a job want until the kids started school! And she was far happier than she would have been back in the Pleasant household!
RainbowTigress:
I tried moving a sim into a household once to help with the kids, but they couldn't do some things because they weren't "family." Was Lilith related to these children? Or did you edit family ties in SimPE?
ZephyrZodiac:
No, at first Lilith could only feed them and put them in the crib, but once whe got friendlier with them (ie once the babies knew her) she could do everything, potty training, teaching to walk etc., and got the Family Kiss instruction, but when I checked in SimPE she was definitely unrelated to the kids, so obviously being an unofficial auntie works the same as a step-parent.
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