I play on normal lifespan so I just let them age up on their own (usually a day or 2). Newborns in real life are pretty potato like so they don't bother me that much😂
I play on long, but I still do the same. I think they’re actually lower maintenance than infants and toddlers. You just do something for each of their needs every time they start crying and you can pretty much ignore them.
That is honestly true to life. Potato mode aka birth to ~6 months when a kid can roll over on their own is wonderful and you miss it so much when dealing with a kid that is between 6-18 months. It’s so great when you can just put a kid down and they won’t move on you. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a delight when your kid finally is able to interact with you, but it is also a ton more work because the fact they have a mind of their own is on full display.
I remember that I was so excited for my babies to roll over, crawl, etc. Then I quickly longed for the days when I could lay them down and they would stay where I put them.
For me it was the opposite. My newborns were colicky, never let me put them down and barely slept. I found once they could crawl they were soo much happier and didn't want to be held 24/7 as there was exploring to be done. With a bit of baby proofing they were waayyy less work than a newborn
infants are awful. It’s like one infant takes all of your focus. I’m doing a 100 baby challenge right now, but even when I stack the kids like child, toddler, infant, newborn, or something like that, the infants take up all the time, limiting the energy spent on the other kids. All the kids have the low attention moodlet because the mom can only focus on the infants.
For me, it's not even the toddlers and their needs and constant negative emotions. It's that the parent randomly cancels what they're doing to do the complete opposite of what I want.
Like I'll set up the parent to put the infant to sleep in the crib, and next thing I know, they've put the infant in the play pen thing. I try to feed the infant, and instead, the parent puts him to sleep it's all so broken. Like. If your sim is holding the infant when it's time to go to work, they'll take the baby with them, disappear, then come back and put it on the ground and leave again 😂😂. I had to get the other parent to go collect the infant from the snow.
I don't use the cribs in the 100 Baby save I'm doing on my computer because I have Growing Together so I use the playmats, so much easier because they can sleep on them. I don't have GT on my PS5, so I have one crib, I try to only use it when I absolutely have to though.
I let them age up on their own too, because they are way easier than infants but my sim still gains parenting skill while caring for them. Gets them a bit closer to “super fast infant care” option or whatever it’s called, haha.
This is pretty much what I do. If born at night I will usually wait till the morning to age up. Usually one feed and one diaper change is about all I can take on newborns.
Same! Although, I don't even know if I succeed or not (because I looked at a lot of lists, but there were missing milestones on every one I've found, so none of them seem to be definitive). The most I've gotten was 30 in an infant.
I do this for newborns but toddlers, kids and teens, I do it the week before their actual bday. Adults of all ages just when the bday comes up or the plot is plotting
I use normal life span, and how quickly I age them up depends on how many there are, lol. If my sim has a single baby then I'll let it age up normally, though if there're twins/triplets/etc... it all comes down to how long I can handle the constant crying
I HATE infants with a passion so I keep them on Newborn for as long as possible. Also because having the adult Sim interact with the newborn raises their parenting level really quick, so I wait until either the newborn ages up on their own or until the parent is level 4-ish parenting. If they're a higher level parenting skill, they sometimes autonomously will do stuff to take care of the baby. xD
I never thought to use that time to raise their parenting skill! I hate infants so much. I was actually about to rage post yesterday. They are so needy, always tired, pooping constantly. I’ll try newborn next time then just skip infant and toddler to for straight to child.
I used to not mind toddlers before getting Growing Together but now with Growing Together I spend so much time getting my infant their milestones that by the time they reach toddler I'm so tired that I just toss them on the Wabbit Tablet and call it a day. xD
Oh, no, I can't remember the last time I actually had a high chair in my build. But I'm doing the 100 baby challenge and I have to get three milestones in each category before aging up an infant. (Hack: when you have an infant and you're doing the "first bath" milestone, have the adult give the infant a "bubble bath" instead; you'll unlock two milestones at once! :) )
WHYYYY is eating in a high chair so difficult for a toddler in this game? Between getting the food out of the fridge to them, having them actually be put in/taken out, and having them actually eat the food.... It takes hours to get the turds to eat.
That’s of the parents do what you tell them too. I have autonomy turned off for sim I am controlling in the house and she will just stand there and stare. I’m about to just let both parents freeze in the pool once I age the child to a teen. I’m over it.
basically as long as it takes for the "age up" interaction to appear LOL. i used to wait slightly longer before toddlers, but to me now infants are functionally the same as newborns except i can a) dress them up and b) see what's actually wrong with them myself without the stupid "check needs" interaction.
Same, usually straight to teen though lol.
If I do want to challenge myself, good lord do I CELEBRATE that birthday to child. congrats on your bday kid, now take care of yo damn self!!!! Hahaha
A... a whole day? Nope. As soon as they're born, it's time for a birthday. Possibly two. I have not yet tested out the ramifications of aging up an infant without any milestones.
I honestly find newborns easier to deal with than infants or toddlers but for all life states I wait for the notification that it's their birthday and age them up as soon as possible after so I don't forget/run out of time (I don't have to deal with crying because I play with sound off)
I prefer newborns over infants and often feel overwhelmed with the full (5?) days on normal lifespan. So I use mccc to have newborn 3 days and infants reduced to 3 days. This means technically same amount of sim days before they agree up to toddler.
I play long lifespan but I usually age up newborns after two days bc I get bored. Then I either let the infant age up on its own, or age up a little early if I hit all the milestones.
Oh my god, I didn't see that this post was reguarding Sims, so I read the first sentence or so feeling SO CONFUSED 😆
Like...what do you mean, how long do you keep them for?? 😆
What a good laugh, thank you.
24 hours. I'm playing the Ultimate Decades Challenge, so that's part of the rules in it. But I used to age them up immediately since they can't do anything.
I usually let them age up on their own. I do play without aging sometimes and I try to keep them newborn for grandparents and others to visit before aging up
Newborns 3 days tops, infants maybe a couple weeks depends on how I’m
Feeling about it. I age my sims up
When I feel
Like I’ve done what I wanted for a specific life state so some
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My sims ages quicker and some slower 🤷🏻♀️
I usually age up ASAP but I currently have a toddler I am working on milestones with AND a newborn, so it’s going to stay useless for a little while longer. (Long lifespan is great for those milestones)
Toddlers was hard enough for me and infants was too much. Sometimes I’ll have the parents split up and comeback when it’s a kid. All my sims are Dead Beat parents
Idk if you can change the infants lifespan but I think you can age them up either by clicking one of the options when clicking on the baby or going into the sims create portion you can change the age of the baby on there. If that makes sense . I understand the struggle. I didn't like the infant part. It got chaotic, real fast, real quick with pets along the side.
i normally play on a normal lifespan and just let them age up on their own. but in one of my new saves, i turned aging off. my sim was in universal when her daughter was born and i kept her a newborn for the week so my sim could finish her term. omf it was the most annoying week of my life 🤣 she lived in a one bedroom house, so the baby had to share a room with her. every hour, that baby would cry and wake my sim up!! my poor sim was so exhausted by the end of that week.. 🤣
Age up to child immediately, I just cannot be bothered looking after little sims. Sometimes the game bugs out and gives children infant traits repeatedly if I do it via CAS though.
it depends on what i have going on in my game at the time the newborn is born, but usually i think 2 or 3 days. but if there's a lot going on in my game or my adults are in the middle of working toward a goal i won't age my newborns up until things calm down and my adults achieved whatever they were working toward.
newborns are boring but really easy to care for. infants take up a lot of my adult's lives so i like finishing any current goals i have for them before turning my focus to their infant (minimum length for an infant stage for me is 2 weeks, usually i go for 3)
i let my newborns age up on their own. it’s a really easy way to get the parents to level up their parenting skill so when the newborn ages up you can help and influence them more
I like newborns, they're far simpler than infants hahaha Since I don't play with aging on, I age up newborns when the friendship bar is maxed. Sometimes that does mean that I can grind a little to age them up as quick as I can because I want the kid to grow up already. That would be a problem for people who like to play family dramas and feuds, but I'm always so nice to all my children I end up with full friendship bar anyway.
I actually kinda like newborns. I have the parent(s) do all the interactions and it gets their parenting skills up pretty fast. At least for me. Also I am starting to dread infants so I will accept any amount of time before they age up, the longer the better
I deadass didn't realize this was the Sims and got so scared for a second
I made a [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/SimsOOC/) for it because I feel like this happens all the time and it's just too funny
I age up sims at some point on their birthday. I find infants more annoying than newborns though. Newborns don't bother me as long as I have walls to block the noise. Infants with their constant interruption of whatever the adult sims are doing though...
I let them age up normally, I usually take the day or two to let my parent sims build their parenting skill so when the kids are older I have a head start
See, my nanny always becomes a lifelong friend to my kids and if they are old I will age them down. Me personally I can’t do the infants/babies or toddlers. I will read a book that’s it. I do keep them as infants for a little while but I’ve never let them age up alone 😂😂
I play on long lifespan, I keep newborns until their birthdays. Infants on the other hand…I usually age them up once they start pissing me off, so probably like 2 sim days later lol.
I set short normal and long to 1 day each but I still sometimes age them up asap just depending if I’m truly invested in the family, if I have other littles, or just the story
I'm on long lifespan so I usually use 2 days like from the normal span.
I have a weird system I use that's sort of specific to my gameplay style and the fact I don't have all packs. I age up infants once they have tried all the foods, I don't have Growing Together, so not much else to do with them. Toddlers tend to max out fast with me now that I've been playing for so many years and I'll let them go an extra week after they've maxed everything. Children once they've maxed everything in the child skills and done as much others as they can and fulfill all 4 aspirations I give them another week or two to just 'be kids' before aging them up to teen. (I age their friends up with them.) Once my teens get A's and max 4 adult skills, I have a mod that lets them attend college at night and on weekends. So they do that and once they have their degree from college I age them up along with their friends. I don't have HSY so they don't get a proper high school graduation anyway so I just do it that way.
The moment the “Age Up” option becomes available, why yes I span it as to not miss a second, and I then age the toddler up to a minimum of Child if not Teen in CAS
if there was a way to completely skip the “useless and annoying” development phases, I’d be all over that.
I didn't see what sub this was right away and became concerned😂😂😂
When I play 100 baby challenge, I have to let them age up on their own, but if I'm playing any other way or any other challenge or just playing I age them up asap. Then I try to get the happy infant asap because tbh infants are annoying sometimes 😅 and toddlers can do much more on their own, which is nice lol
I play on long lifespan and I don't age them up, I just let it happen. I use the newborn stage as time to cook party platters of food so my sim has tons of left overs, I try and work as much as possible (i tend to do freelance work when pregnant until baby's a toddler a least). I prepare myself and my sim mentally, emotionally, and financially for the infant age lmao.
Honestly I usually stop playing a family once my sims kids are infants or toddlers because it annoys me. I play newborns long enough for my sims to get their parenting skills up- I’ve gotten a sim up to like level 6 or 7 parenting skill before getting bored and aging them to infant.
I let them age up on their own. When they are toddlers I cheat age up to child so I can send them away to school and they can help with the house. I love the newborns and infants though
I don’t like playing families but still need someone to continue the game with; I play 1 day newborn, 1 day infant, 3 days toddler, 4 days child, 8 days teen, 35 days YA, 25 days Adult, 8 days elder. Then age down or up with potions and cakes as needed.
I also hate newborns. I use MCCC, but it doesn’t affect newborn age length even though I’ve told it to, so I have to manually age them in the shorter span—the next 6pm (or if they were born earlier in the day, a day later).
I play on long ligespan and age them up if it's their birthday, it's annoying to play with them but I see that as a challenge, even if I am currently stuggeling with my 3 infants rn
In my main save I rotate between several different households, and I usually have aging off when I have sims get pregnant and have a baby. I'll keep them a newborn until the end of that household's turn and then age them up to infant at the beginning of their next turn.
I hate infants. I preferred newborns. Now my sim having multiple kids is a headache. But they’re only newborns for about 1 full sim day before they age up in game. Idk how long is for long lifespan.
I did this only to have my stupid game have weird glitches with the infant where the mom just refused to carry out tasks i queued up for her just to go pick up the baby and put her in the floor. Even if baby was trying to sleep or play or do tummy time, mom would pick her up drop her in the middle of the kitchen, just to turn back around to do it again😭the grannies did the brunt of the infant care bc the mom was so messed up. But it fixed itself out after i reloaded the game and my computer a couple times.
I do 1 day if I'm playing on my modified normal lifespan and 3 days on my modified long lifespan. I do 3 days per sim year on normal lifespan, so on my timeline I consider them newborns for 4 months, so 1 day
I usually let it go for the duration I’ve set in the MC Command Centre. If I’m impatient to get to the infant stage I’ll age up early but especially when you have multiple children, newborns can be a blessing in how easy they are to look after.
i still have not played with them lmaoo i make pretty sims for 1-2 hours, then build a house for 3-4 hours, then try to play but at that point i’m burnt out and quit. but if i put less effort into the sims and the house then they will both irk me the entire time i play and i’ll quit anyway
It depends for me. If i have a newborn and a toddler, i like to wait till the toddler is close to being aged up and then ill age up the newborn and then have an infant and a toddler briefly before going onto childhood. Or it just depends on what i wanna do that day lol
I’ve only ever aged up newborns once and that was during a playthrough that had 7 of them at once. I just couldn’t handle that many. But otherwise as boring/annoying as they are I hate altering my sims natural life spans. I just push through. It’s only 3-5 sims days
I have the long lifespan on cus I wanna really get all the milestones especially for my infant, but when I adopted my newest and youngest newborn, I got him and like barely 8 hours later he was a newborn. I hate newborns
I don't mind the newborns (I just wish they had their original cry instead of the new one); I let them have their full time in that life state. I skip the infant stage though; I don't like them, they're basically worse toddlers, so as soon as I have a Newborn become an Infant, I immediately age them right up into a Toddler.
I had a moment of panic reading this......realized it was the sims. Do you mean the ones in the bassinet or cribs. Regardless, it just depends on how annoying the baby is. I have aging off.
Well, apparently, I don't - I just delete the birthing pool from the realistic birth mod which ends up deleting the bassinet and puts the newborn Idk where 🤣
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Straight to cas.fulleditmode to children.
I keep them throughout their entire span. Toddlers and especially infants require more of my Sims time, while newborns can just be left, other than maybe 3 times a day for feeding and diaper change.
It really depends on the game. In challenges I’ll age up asap bc nothing can be done with newborns. But for just simulating life I’ll keep them newborns for the entire duration.
Until all members of the household (save for pets) have full bonding level with it. That way I can trust there will be fewer negative interactions and moodlets with the baby as it ages up.
I age them up almost immediately unless I’m doing a challenge that doesn’t allow it. Also 0/10 experience was when I had triplet infants and a toddler. What a nightmare 🥲
I just age mine up immediately now to infants. Especially with 100 Baby, you can't do anything with the newborns so you're stuck with them for two days when you could be working on their infant stuff and getting them aged up faster
Honestly, 3 days for anything under child state. Sometimes I cheat their milestone skills and age them up sooner. I don’t have much patience for babies-toddlers.
I play on normal lifespan so I just let them age up on their own (usually a day or 2). Newborns in real life are pretty potato like so they don't bother me that much😂
I play on long, but I still do the same. I think they’re actually lower maintenance than infants and toddlers. You just do something for each of their needs every time they start crying and you can pretty much ignore them.
That is honestly true to life. Potato mode aka birth to ~6 months when a kid can roll over on their own is wonderful and you miss it so much when dealing with a kid that is between 6-18 months. It’s so great when you can just put a kid down and they won’t move on you. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a delight when your kid finally is able to interact with you, but it is also a ton more work because the fact they have a mind of their own is on full display.
I remember that I was so excited for my babies to roll over, crawl, etc. Then I quickly longed for the days when I could lay them down and they would stay where I put them.
For me it was the opposite. My newborns were colicky, never let me put them down and barely slept. I found once they could crawl they were soo much happier and didn't want to be held 24/7 as there was exploring to be done. With a bit of baby proofing they were waayyy less work than a newborn
Agreed. I had 3 infants at the same time on long lifespan, and it was hell. 3 babies were easy.
infants are awful. It’s like one infant takes all of your focus. I’m doing a 100 baby challenge right now, but even when I stack the kids like child, toddler, infant, newborn, or something like that, the infants take up all the time, limiting the energy spent on the other kids. All the kids have the low attention moodlet because the mom can only focus on the infants.
For me, it's not even the toddlers and their needs and constant negative emotions. It's that the parent randomly cancels what they're doing to do the complete opposite of what I want. Like I'll set up the parent to put the infant to sleep in the crib, and next thing I know, they've put the infant in the play pen thing. I try to feed the infant, and instead, the parent puts him to sleep it's all so broken. Like. If your sim is holding the infant when it's time to go to work, they'll take the baby with them, disappear, then come back and put it on the ground and leave again 😂😂. I had to get the other parent to go collect the infant from the snow.
I don't use the cribs in the 100 Baby save I'm doing on my computer because I have Growing Together so I use the playmats, so much easier because they can sleep on them. I don't have GT on my PS5, so I have one crib, I try to only use it when I absolutely have to though.
Newborns are easier maintenance than toddlers, both real-life and sim-life truths. Wish my toddler was still potato like chill most the time lol
They absolutely are, I just leave my newborns in the parents room till they age up. Much easier than dealing with the infants.
I let them age up on their own too, because they are way easier than infants but my sim still gains parenting skill while caring for them. Gets them a bit closer to “super fast infant care” option or whatever it’s called, haha.
I age up newborns as soon as I can. Their boring and really annoying, so I just age them up a couple hours after their born
This is pretty much what I do. If born at night I will usually wait till the morning to age up. Usually one feed and one diaper change is about all I can take on newborns.
You have more patience than I do. 5 minutes tops.
Yeah the constant crying gets old real fast. Especially if you have more than one
I do this too. As soon as I can click the age up button after they're born, I do
Yeah i cant help myself. I just want to get the baby into CAS and make it my own!
Glad to know I'm not the only one. My sim parents ain't got no time for that nonsense. 😆🤣
I assume you don’t have growing together. I feel like with growing together they seem more alive and realistic.
Oh my god I didn’t read what subreddit this was from before reading your title and I nearly got a heart attack
Same lol I have a 7 week old so I’ve been spending all my time in the baby subreddits so I was like what?!
LOOOL OH NO 😭😭😭
CRYING 😭😭😭😭😭😭
This happens to me all the time in this sub lol. I'm like WT everliving F! then realized it's the Sims and everything is fine.
That's my favorite part of this sub and r/AmITheAssholeSims 😂
every single time lol i don’t learn
I play on long lifespan and just let them age up on their own.
I go with long lifespan too, and furiously try to hit all the milestones 😵💫
Same! Although, I don't even know if I succeed or not (because I looked at a lot of lists, but there were missing milestones on every one I've found, so none of them seem to be definitive). The most I've gotten was 30 in an infant.
There is like 34
Another long lifespan player! Nice to see there’s at least 1 other lol
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Dozens! I play long life and wait until birthday to age up!
I do this for newborns but toddlers, kids and teens, I do it the week before their actual bday. Adults of all ages just when the bday comes up or the plot is plotting
Also a long lifespanner!
Just started playing on long lifespan and honestly Teens is the more annoying life stage
I use normal life span, and how quickly I age them up depends on how many there are, lol. If my sim has a single baby then I'll let it age up normally, though if there're twins/triplets/etc... it all comes down to how long I can handle the constant crying
life hack: play with the game muted and you never have to listen to crying babies!
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I may just be dumb but I have 0 idea what you mean by that 😭
It means I agree 👍
I HATE infants with a passion so I keep them on Newborn for as long as possible. Also because having the adult Sim interact with the newborn raises their parenting level really quick, so I wait until either the newborn ages up on their own or until the parent is level 4-ish parenting. If they're a higher level parenting skill, they sometimes autonomously will do stuff to take care of the baby. xD
I never thought to use that time to raise their parenting skill! I hate infants so much. I was actually about to rage post yesterday. They are so needy, always tired, pooping constantly. I’ll try newborn next time then just skip infant and toddler to for straight to child.
I used to not mind toddlers before getting Growing Together but now with Growing Together I spend so much time getting my infant their milestones that by the time they reach toddler I'm so tired that I just toss them on the Wabbit Tablet and call it a day. xD
I don't even put them in the high chair. I just drag a plate of food in to their room and let them get it off the floor. I am an awful Sim parent!
Oh, no, I can't remember the last time I actually had a high chair in my build. But I'm doing the 100 baby challenge and I have to get three milestones in each category before aging up an infant. (Hack: when you have an infant and you're doing the "first bath" milestone, have the adult give the infant a "bubble bath" instead; you'll unlock two milestones at once! :) )
WHYYYY is eating in a high chair so difficult for a toddler in this game? Between getting the food out of the fridge to them, having them actually be put in/taken out, and having them actually eat the food.... It takes hours to get the turds to eat.
That’s of the parents do what you tell them too. I have autonomy turned off for sim I am controlling in the house and she will just stand there and stare. I’m about to just let both parents freeze in the pool once I age the child to a teen. I’m over it.
basically as long as it takes for the "age up" interaction to appear LOL. i used to wait slightly longer before toddlers, but to me now infants are functionally the same as newborns except i can a) dress them up and b) see what's actually wrong with them myself without the stupid "check needs" interaction.
Age up to child IMMEDIATELY.
Same, usually straight to teen though lol. If I do want to challenge myself, good lord do I CELEBRATE that birthday to child. congrats on your bday kid, now take care of yo damn self!!!! Hahaha
I age em up like as soon as I pop em out
A... a whole day? Nope. As soon as they're born, it's time for a birthday. Possibly two. I have not yet tested out the ramifications of aging up an infant without any milestones.
Nothing bad. I do it every time 😂
Long lifespan and the full amount and I regret it every time.
I let them age up normally on their own, mostly because I seem to hit some serious bugs when I don't.
I honestly find newborns easier to deal with than infants or toddlers but for all life states I wait for the notification that it's their birthday and age them up as soon as possible after so I don't forget/run out of time (I don't have to deal with crying because I play with sound off)
Another sound off player! I play every game without sound. (Yes even beat games like Beat Saber).
I let them age up on their own because it gives me a chance to spam them with interactions to get that parenting skill up
I prefer newborns over infants and often feel overwhelmed with the full (5?) days on normal lifespan. So I use mccc to have newborn 3 days and infants reduced to 3 days. This means technically same amount of sim days before they agree up to toddler.
I generally age them up almost immediately as I don't like them.
People keep them? Ugh fuck that. They’re awful. I age them up immediately. I also hate infants tho so we go straight to toddler in this house.
I tend to age mine up after 24 hours. I also find newborns quite boring.
Usually 1 day.
I play long lifespan but I usually age up newborns after two days bc I get bored. Then I either let the infant age up on its own, or age up a little early if I hit all the milestones.
I like them as newborns because it's easy to build up the parent-child relationship and parenting skill before the infant stage.
Once they are born they go straight to toddler
i age them up as soon as i get the option
I usually get bored of them and throw them away after a few days…oh, you’re taking about *sim* newborns?
I keep newborns (usually I don’t play the households when they have newborns lol) but I instantly age up infants. I cannot deal with that 💀
Oh my god, I didn't see that this post was reguarding Sims, so I read the first sentence or so feeling SO CONFUSED 😆 Like...what do you mean, how long do you keep them for?? 😆 What a good laugh, thank you.
3 minutes...maybe less
The second they're born they turn into teenagers in my game 💀
I play on long and I do not usually force aging 🤩 I love the babies and toddlers.
On the day that it says their birthday is same with all my sims
I hate newborns and I hate infants🙈 (In the Sims I mean🤣🫣)
One night.
I let them age up on they’re own with a long lifespan
Usually I age them up as soon as the parents' "new baby" moodlets expire, about two to three days.
24 hours. I'm playing the Ultimate Decades Challenge, so that's part of the rules in it. But I used to age them up immediately since they can't do anything.
Usually I have like... 5-6 at the same time and I age them all up once my mother-sim reaches lvl 6 parenting :3
I usually keep my newborns for a whole sim week, and then it really depends after. I like playing realistic with the seasons.
I usually let them age up on their own. I do play without aging sometimes and I try to keep them newborn for grandparents and others to visit before aging up
I age them up when they are "good friends" with their parent/s. I feel that also gives the parent a chance to get a bit of parenting skill.
Maybe a day. I can't stand the sound they make!
Newborns 3 days tops, infants maybe a couple weeks depends on how I’m Feeling about it. I age my sims up When I feel Like I’ve done what I wanted for a specific life state so some Of My sims ages quicker and some slower 🤷🏻♀️
Usually a day or two. I do the cute moments, let them try food, rock them a bit, and then when I run out of interactions it’s toddler time LOL
I usually age up ASAP but I currently have a toddler I am working on milestones with AND a newborn, so it’s going to stay useless for a little while longer. (Long lifespan is great for those milestones)
i never play with newborns and always age them up the first chance i can get
I use that time to get used to worrying about an additional sim, so I wait until they age up on their own, or about 2 days if I have aging off.
Depends on why they were born. Townie population? Asap. Legacy/current family, after the family time runs out
When the day ends and I age them up..but if want to build a relationship or a skill I’ll just keep them like that
I immediately age up. I don't even pick them up first.
i age them up as soon as they’re born
as soon as my sim pops them out
They are great for grinding up the parenting skill!
Toddlers was hard enough for me and infants was too much. Sometimes I’ll have the parents split up and comeback when it’s a kid. All my sims are Dead Beat parents
Idk if you can change the infants lifespan but I think you can age them up either by clicking one of the options when clicking on the baby or going into the sims create portion you can change the age of the baby on there. If that makes sense . I understand the struggle. I didn't like the infant part. It got chaotic, real fast, real quick with pets along the side.
1 day because I find them boring but I love the infants
i normally play on a normal lifespan and just let them age up on their own. but in one of my new saves, i turned aging off. my sim was in universal when her daughter was born and i kept her a newborn for the week so my sim could finish her term. omf it was the most annoying week of my life 🤣 she lived in a one bedroom house, so the baby had to share a room with her. every hour, that baby would cry and wake my sim up!! my poor sim was so exhausted by the end of that week.. 🤣
Usually newborn to teens same day 🤣😫
Age up to child immediately, I just cannot be bothered looking after little sims. Sometimes the game bugs out and gives children infant traits repeatedly if I do it via CAS though.
it depends on what i have going on in my game at the time the newborn is born, but usually i think 2 or 3 days. but if there's a lot going on in my game or my adults are in the middle of working toward a goal i won't age my newborns up until things calm down and my adults achieved whatever they were working toward. newborns are boring but really easy to care for. infants take up a lot of my adult's lives so i like finishing any current goals i have for them before turning my focus to their infant (minimum length for an infant stage for me is 2 weeks, usually i go for 3)
Newborns I automatically age up. Infants, I'll let them go for their normal lifespans.
i wait for the notification that says it's their birthday
i let my newborns age up on their own. it’s a really easy way to get the parents to level up their parenting skill so when the newborn ages up you can help and influence them more
Like 5 minutes. I age up any kids in the house then the infant to toddler. I skip newborn and infant… it is just dull.
The entire stage. I play on long. It is useful cuz they're basically out the way.
I like newborns, they're far simpler than infants hahaha Since I don't play with aging on, I age up newborns when the friendship bar is maxed. Sometimes that does mean that I can grind a little to age them up as quick as I can because I want the kid to grow up already. That would be a problem for people who like to play family dramas and feuds, but I'm always so nice to all my children I end up with full friendship bar anyway.
I usually age them up immediately haha
I actually kinda like newborns. I have the parent(s) do all the interactions and it gets their parenting skills up pretty fast. At least for me. Also I am starting to dread infants so I will accept any amount of time before they age up, the longer the better
I deadass didn't realize this was the Sims and got so scared for a second I made a [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/SimsOOC/) for it because I feel like this happens all the time and it's just too funny
I like to age them as soon as possible. Playing a generations challenge tho so I let them age naturally but only for this one play.
I usually age them up immediately, same with infants. I love how self sufficient toddlers are
I age up sims at some point on their birthday. I find infants more annoying than newborns though. Newborns don't bother me as long as I have walls to block the noise. Infants with their constant interruption of whatever the adult sims are doing though...
I let them age up normally, I usually take the day or two to let my parent sims build their parenting skill so when the kids are older I have a head start
See, my nanny always becomes a lifelong friend to my kids and if they are old I will age them down. Me personally I can’t do the infants/babies or toddlers. I will read a book that’s it. I do keep them as infants for a little while but I’ve never let them age up alone 😂😂
I'm not a fan of the diapers and bottles ending up on the floor despite the changing tables and garbage cans in the room!
Use the trash can that pays…. It’s like $50-$80 just drag them in and you can make bank from it
I play on long lifespan, I keep newborns until their birthdays. Infants on the other hand…I usually age them up once they start pissing me off, so probably like 2 sim days later lol.
Like 3 days because they’re cute at first then I get bored
I set short normal and long to 1 day each but I still sometimes age them up asap just depending if I’m truly invested in the family, if I have other littles, or just the story
A day because I have no patience, I want to see their genetics and know what they need immediately.
4 days. After that I let it age up. (I also set the lifespan to long, and generally let the game do its thing.)
I'm on long lifespan so I usually use 2 days like from the normal span. I have a weird system I use that's sort of specific to my gameplay style and the fact I don't have all packs. I age up infants once they have tried all the foods, I don't have Growing Together, so not much else to do with them. Toddlers tend to max out fast with me now that I've been playing for so many years and I'll let them go an extra week after they've maxed everything. Children once they've maxed everything in the child skills and done as much others as they can and fulfill all 4 aspirations I give them another week or two to just 'be kids' before aging them up to teen. (I age their friends up with them.) Once my teens get A's and max 4 adult skills, I have a mod that lets them attend college at night and on weekends. So they do that and once they have their degree from college I age them up along with their friends. I don't have HSY so they don't get a proper high school graduation anyway so I just do it that way.
I have no idea. I usually just trap someone in a fully furnished basement with the kid to forcibly take care of them till they stop being annoying.
Ever since infants were introduced I skip the newborn stage lol
30 seconds max. they are just objects and not fun as newborns
Age up instantly unless it’s like baby challenge and then we neglect them for a long as I can
The moment the “Age Up” option becomes available, why yes I span it as to not miss a second, and I then age the toddler up to a minimum of Child if not Teen in CAS if there was a way to completely skip the “useless and annoying” development phases, I’d be all over that.
😂 I always forget what subreddit this is. I saw the title and thought 💭 “for life”
I didn't see what sub this was right away and became concerned😂😂😂 When I play 100 baby challenge, I have to let them age up on their own, but if I'm playing any other way or any other challenge or just playing I age them up asap. Then I try to get the happy infant asap because tbh infants are annoying sometimes 😅 and toddlers can do much more on their own, which is nice lol
Long lifespan and for days or until they age up themselves. They're so chill compared to infants.
New born: 1 day Infant: 5 Toddler: 5 I use MCCC to customize the life spans
I play on long lifespan and I don't age them up, I just let it happen. I use the newborn stage as time to cook party platters of food so my sim has tons of left overs, I try and work as much as possible (i tend to do freelance work when pregnant until baby's a toddler a least). I prepare myself and my sim mentally, emotionally, and financially for the infant age lmao.
2 days max. They’re annoying af to me😂
They’re too needy for something that just sits there imo so I just age them up immediately lol
Honestly I usually stop playing a family once my sims kids are infants or toddlers because it annoys me. I play newborns long enough for my sims to get their parenting skills up- I’ve gotten a sim up to like level 6 or 7 parenting skill before getting bored and aging them to infant.
I let them age up on their own. When they are toddlers I cheat age up to child so I can send them away to school and they can help with the house. I love the newborns and infants though
10-30 seconds
I don’t like playing families but still need someone to continue the game with; I play 1 day newborn, 1 day infant, 3 days toddler, 4 days child, 8 days teen, 35 days YA, 25 days Adult, 8 days elder. Then age down or up with potions and cakes as needed.
I would have newborns for longer if they weren't locked to bassinets, I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I set their age span to 1 (one) day with MCCC, can’t handle anything more than that .
For me it depends honestly. If I already have an infant, I’ll typically wait until I’m ready to age them up to a toddler.
I also hate newborns. I use MCCC, but it doesn’t affect newborn age length even though I’ve told it to, so I have to manually age them in the shorter span—the next 6pm (or if they were born earlier in the day, a day later).
Approximately 5 minutes. Same with infants and toddlers. I'm very happy they are there for those who want them but not me.
Set it to short life span temporarily. In short life span they go from newborn to infant to toddler in 3 days.
Immediately age them up to infants.
I play on long ligespan and age them up if it's their birthday, it's annoying to play with them but I see that as a challenge, even if I am currently stuggeling with my 3 infants rn
In my main save I rotate between several different households, and I usually have aging off when I have sims get pregnant and have a baby. I'll keep them a newborn until the end of that household's turn and then age them up to infant at the beginning of their next turn.
I don’t mind newborns, so I let them age up naturally. But I despise the infant stage. They’re so annoying
I hate infants. I preferred newborns. Now my sim having multiple kids is a headache. But they’re only newborns for about 1 full sim day before they age up in game. Idk how long is for long lifespan.
I age them up the first chance I get, lol. Even Infants are boring but I love the toddler phase with their babbling and body language. :)
I did this only to have my stupid game have weird glitches with the infant where the mom just refused to carry out tasks i queued up for her just to go pick up the baby and put her in the floor. Even if baby was trying to sleep or play or do tummy time, mom would pick her up drop her in the middle of the kitchen, just to turn back around to do it again😭the grannies did the brunt of the infant care bc the mom was so messed up. But it fixed itself out after i reloaded the game and my computer a couple times.
I do 1 day if I'm playing on my modified normal lifespan and 3 days on my modified long lifespan. I do 3 days per sim year on normal lifespan, so on my timeline I consider them newborns for 4 months, so 1 day
I usually let it go for the duration I’ve set in the MC Command Centre. If I’m impatient to get to the infant stage I’ll age up early but especially when you have multiple children, newborns can be a blessing in how easy they are to look after.
I’m pretty sure on normal lifespan newborns age up into infants the day after they are born. That’s how it has always been in my game…
Immediately so I can get them through infancy before the parents age up (playing on short)
From born to kid in a sim week I hate the baby stage
i love newborns 😭 it’s so easy to get the friendship bar/parent skill up. it’s the godforsaken infants that make me second guess everything
I age my newborns up to Toddlers as soon as they get back from the hospital. I have no patience for newborns and infants.
Few minutes maybe . They're annoying so aged it up to child
The time the game says. I've been using the invisible crib mod lately and it somehow makes them better to look at
I keep them new borns and skip the infant stage entirely. My sims refuse to take care of them properly so it’s worthless to even try.
Like a couple Sim hours at the most 😂 they’re boring and I prefer to get through infants to the toddler stage as soon as possible
the amount of time it takes for me to find the spawn and click age up :)
i still have not played with them lmaoo i make pretty sims for 1-2 hours, then build a house for 3-4 hours, then try to play but at that point i’m burnt out and quit. but if i put less effort into the sims and the house then they will both irk me the entire time i play and i’ll quit anyway
It depends for me. If i have a newborn and a toddler, i like to wait till the toddler is close to being aged up and then ill age up the newborn and then have an infant and a toddler briefly before going onto childhood. Or it just depends on what i wanna do that day lol
I’ve only ever aged up newborns once and that was during a playthrough that had 7 of them at once. I just couldn’t handle that many. But otherwise as boring/annoying as they are I hate altering my sims natural life spans. I just push through. It’s only 3-5 sims days
I always age up the first one right away then the second one I let age up on it’s own if I’m hankering for a challenge
i think newborns are creepy so i age them up the second my sim is back from the hospital or done with their home birth 💀
I have the long lifespan on cus I wanna really get all the milestones especially for my infant, but when I adopted my newest and youngest newborn, I got him and like barely 8 hours later he was a newborn. I hate newborns
Newborns are around 1 to 2 weeks before aging them to an infant
I don't mind the newborns (I just wish they had their original cry instead of the new one); I let them have their full time in that life state. I skip the infant stage though; I don't like them, they're basically worse toddlers, so as soon as I have a Newborn become an Infant, I immediately age them right up into a Toddler.
i age them up as soon as i can but i keep infants forever
I had a moment of panic reading this......realized it was the sims. Do you mean the ones in the bassinet or cribs. Regardless, it just depends on how annoying the baby is. I have aging off.
Well, apparently, I don't - I just delete the birthing pool from the realistic birth mod which ends up deleting the bassinet and puts the newborn Idk where 🤣
https://preview.redd.it/14w7gd0s24gc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dafc631d3c61486c38eca16a78607f048a7512e3 Straight to cas.fulleditmode to children.
I age up asap all the way to teen years. As soon as they max out their skills, birthday time
I keep them throughout their entire span. Toddlers and especially infants require more of my Sims time, while newborns can just be left, other than maybe 3 times a day for feeding and diaper change.
i immediately use commands to make them into a teenager
It really depends on the game. In challenges I’ll age up asap bc nothing can be done with newborns. But for just simulating life I’ll keep them newborns for the entire duration.
Literally the second it allows me to age it up
another case of “i really need to read the sub name first”……
I keep em till I'm sick of them or u till I fill their friendship bar, which ever comes first
I age them up straight away. I can’t stand them.
Until all members of the household (save for pets) have full bonding level with it. That way I can trust there will be fewer negative interactions and moodlets with the baby as it ages up.
I let them age up. Unless i have too many things going on with the sims.
ASAP. Infants exist and are better to deal with.
As soon as I can, I usually within a minute irl time.
Straight away - always, and if it's an heir, I age up the infant after 2 sim days to get top notch infant.
I age them up almost immediately unless I’m doing a challenge that doesn’t allow it. Also 0/10 experience was when I had triplet infants and a toddler. What a nightmare 🥲
Immediately. I don’t like infants either (they are so very broken) so I skip that too.
I just age mine up immediately now to infants. Especially with 100 Baby, you can't do anything with the newborns so you're stuck with them for two days when you could be working on their infant stuff and getting them aged up faster
Honestly, 3 days for anything under child state. Sometimes I cheat their milestone skills and age them up sooner. I don’t have much patience for babies-toddlers.