Sims 2 try for baby option

Both times this has happened to me I've realized it was because the NPC was a teen who aged up into an adult. I then aged them down since my own sim was still a teen.

I aged them back up with my own sim, which probably confused the game and created the bug I'm not going to be doing that again. View in thread. I don't work or have any association with EA. Please only contact me via PM when asked to do so. I did discover that the issue happens after the sims age up. The bug's happened twice for me now, both times after the sims have aged up from teen to young adult. There's always a chance to screw up your game if you use cheats too much, especially changing age.

If moving out and back in doesn't reset the Sim, I don't think there's much you can do. Maybe there's a mod that can help but I wouldn't know. April I have this strange bug that's only cropped up recently and never for me before. I created this household and they had about a million babies and I got fed up of them so kicked them out. Created a new Sim who was They do not have to kiss or make out, but chances can sometimes increase if you do this. Click on them again and find "Try for Baby".

If the option is not there, you may need to get their lifetime relationship number higher. Listen for a "Rock-a-bye Baby" tune right after the woohoo. This will tell you that your Sim is pregnant. Method 1. Have your male sim stargaze using it at night, obviously.

Eventually your sim will get abducted by aliens. This may take a while, so you must be patient. Alternately , you may want to use a cheat if you are not patient enough for this. Save and go back into the neighborhood, then open up the cheat box using ctrl-shift-c and type in boolprop testingcheatsenabled true and then return to your house.

Then, select the sim you want abducted and shift-click on the telescope, then select 'be abducted'. Keep kissing your partner until there's an option that says "Do you want a baby?

Yes No. Not Helpful 4 Helpful Pregnancy lasts approximately three Sim days 75 in-game hours. After this time is up, your Sim will give birth. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 8. Not Helpful 10 Helpful 8. No, it will be a baby, but in 2 Sim days it will age up to a toddler. You can bathe babies so they aren't too annoying. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 7. The sex of the babies is determined at birth, so right before your Sim gives birth, save the household.

That way, if your Sim doesn't have girls on the first try, you can exit without saving and reload the household as many times as it takes for your Sim to have girls. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 6. Nono Janers. If the Sim is pregnant, a "First Trimester" moodlet will appear, and will last 24 hours. If a pregnancy test is not done, the Sim will appear pregnant around 24 hours after conception. The second trimester lasts one day. At some point in the day, the pregnant Sim will attract the player's attention and change appearance.

Their abdomen will expand and they will begin to wear maternity clothing. If the pregnant Sim has a job, they will be placed on maternity leave, and the carpool will not appear. In The Sims 2 , however, a pregnant Sim who has access to a car can drive to work. In The Sims 2 , the Sim will be paid for these leave days even if they fall on one of their days off.

Also, in The Sims 2 , calling a Sim who is on maternity leave during his or her work hours will still result in the " Sim is working" messages, and a Sim who "brings a friend" home from work may bring a pregnant Sim. In The Sims 2 , a Sim at this point will no longer be able to do yoga or work out in front of a stereo, but will be able to work out in front of a television.

The Sim may be able to use some types of exercise equipment, but will not be able to use all types. The combined effects of pregnancy and working out will be hard on the Sim's motives, but this does not appear to pose any other risk. A pregnant Sim will be able to swim , but will be unable to use a diving board or pool slide. Pregnant Sims in the second and third trimesters can also expect to have cravings, in the form of more "Eat These are easy to fulfill, since they'll usually be a dish the Sim knows how to cook.

In The Sims 4 , a Sim in the second trimester may get a morning sickness moodlet upon waking from sleep. This will make them uncomfortable , and possibly even make them throw up. The third trimester lasts one day. The expectant Sim will get the attention of the player and the abdomen will enlarge again. They can no longer drive, use the swing , or use the electro-dance sphere from Nightlife. They will suffer from mood swings, in which the outcome of Social interactions between the pregnant Sim and another will change.

In The Sims 3 , they will get negative moodlets, such as the "Sore" moodlet, and may no longer run. In The Sims 4 , the third trimester can last one or more days, as birth can happen at any time rather than at a set time as in previous games. While normally Sims give birth within 3 days of the start of the third trimester, it can be extended indefinitely by preventing the Sim from entering their lot or a hospital. On the last day of the pregnancy the Sim will attract the viewer once again and go into 'labor'.

This is an autonomous action and all Sims on the lot or nearby will be drawn to the Sim to 'panic' This includes the Grim Reaper if he is on the lot. In The Sims 3 and in The Sims 4: Get to Work , the pregnant Sim can be taken to the hospital when clicked on while in labor, or they can stay at home, and have a safe and comfortable birth.

The advantages of giving birth at the hospital are that the baby's bassinet will be provided free of charge and all of the pregnant Sim's motives will be replenished. In The Sims 2 , a screen will come up with the message "There's a new family member on the way!

If the special camera is enabled, a cinematic will commence showing the birth of the baby, otherwise the Sim will turn around on the spot and a new family member is born. If the Sim has a job, they will get additional leave in the form of three vacation days , regardless of the number of vacation days they already have.

These work like ordinary vacation days; if the Sim is scheduled to work, the carpool will come, and the Sim will get in unless the player cancels that action. These vacation days will not be lost if they are not used while the new family member is a baby. If another family member can stay home with the baby, the player may want to let the Sim go to work in order to save a leave day for later.

A Sim who gives birth to twins will change out of maternity wear after the first baby is born. In The Sims 3 a little pop-up will say: "The baby is coming! Make sure Sim is at home or in the hospital so she can have a safe and comfortable birth! If the father of the unborn child is on a different lot or at work when a Sim goes into labor, he will go to the hospital to be with the mother.

If the Sim stays at home, the Sim will turn on the spot, and the baby will be born there. In The Sims 4 labor lasts several hours. The Sim can continue to do things while in labor but will be continuously uncomfortable. If the player bought a bassinet previously, the Sim will go to the bassinet to give birth when the time comes. If they didn't or the Sim is blocked from accessing a bassinet, a bassinet will spawn spontaneously when the baby is born. After the birth of the baby or babies , the player will then be able to name them.

In The Sims 3 , depending on how happy the mother was during her pregnancy, the player might be able to choose both traits for the baby, just one, or none at all. Pregnant Sims will get a few days off work as maternity leave. In The Sims 2 , the days off are counted as calendar days; the Sim is paid regardless of whether they were scheduled to work that day, so it is effectively bonus pay.

In addition, any vacation days the Sim had accumulated will not be used up while on maternity leave. Sims can still choose to go to work by driving or walking [ TS2:AL ] to work, and will receive their usual paycheck in addition to the bonus pay. In The Sims 3 , the days off are counted as work days and not calendar days. This means that a female astronaut Sim who gets pregnant winds up getting weeks off 27 days off in maternity leave due to there only being one working day a week.

In The Sims 4 , fathers will also get days off as "Family Leave" if they live on the same lot as the mother. The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 allows for the birth of both twins and triplets. The Sims 2 only allows for twins, though there are third-party hacks which can produce triplets and quadruplets. Some players have also had a glitch producing triplets in The Sims 2 and quadruplets in The Sims 4.

If the player opts for a birth to take place at a hospital, the Sim will disappear into the hospital rabbit hole and, after some time, emerge carrying their baby or babies once names and traits have been assigned for them. If the father of a baby born at a hospital is part of the pregnant Sim's household, they will enter the hospital with them. Fathers from separate households, however, may or may not be present at a hospital birth.

Oddly, babies born in a hospital will have a noticeably lower starting relationship with the Sim that gave birth to them than babies born at home, though the game does not specify any reason for this.

Upon being born, babies now appear with blankets wrapped around them instead of wearing diapers. There are two different colored blankets; the default colors are sky blue for a baby boy and pastel pink for a baby girl, but different colors and styles are available as custom content. The color of baby blankets can also be changed with the use of any mod that allows access to either the "Plan Outfit" mode on the dresser or Create-A-Sim.

If there's one baby born, the mother will carry it. If it's twins, the mother and father will carry one each. If it's triplets or quadruplets or so on, the babies will be carried in a basket on the way home.

Babies are assigned two traits at birth. Depending on how happy the mother Sim was during her pregnancy, the player may be able to choose one of their traits, two of their traits or neither of them. Reading pregnancy books and getting massages appears to significantly increase the likelihood of being able to select both traits. If the pregnancy was a particularly unhappy one, the traits will be chosen at random and will often be negative traits such as evil , mean spirited or coward.

Unlike in The Sims 2 , the only visible aspect of babies' genetics is their skin tone, as the generic character model for a baby lacks noticeable colored eyebrows and will always have blue eyes, a possible nod to the fact that babies briefly have blue eyes after birth.

For the first time in The Sims series , it is possible to select babies without the use of cheats or mods, though they remain immobile and cannot be directed to perform any interactions themselves. Regardless, the player can now view babies' traits and motives and keep track of how hungry, tired, dirty or lonely they are. Babies do not have any wishes and cannot learn any skills, but can still gain a few moodlets. Babies can also visit other community lots for the first time in the series by being carried to other community lots.

If a baby's motives get low enough, it will start to cry, which causes nearby Sims to get the negative "Crying Baby" moodlet. However, evil Sims will get the positive "Fiendishly Delighted" moodlet from crying babies, and may steal candy from them in order to deliberately make them cry. Any Sim in the teen stage or above may instantly refill a baby's hygiene motive by changing its diaper at any time and in any location—there is no need for a changing table although one can be purchased in the Store as premium content , [n 1] and babies in The Sims 3 can no longer be bathed in the sink.

Sims who are not from the same household as a baby will be unable to interact with the baby unless they have a high relationship with its parents or guardians. A baby may be born as a non-human life state if either of its parents are non-human. However, if two normal Sims try for a baby with the "Magic in the Air" moodlet, which can be gained by visiting an arboretum , there is a chance that they will produce a baby with a random occult life state as a mutation.

In The Sims 3: Generations , there is a chance that after a baby is born, the parents will be sent an Imaginary Friend doll by a relative. The baby will have the doll in their inventory, however, they cannot interact with it until they age up into a toddler. Babies can also be taken on strolls in the stroller by Sims who are teen and older. Babies are the first life stage in The Sims 4. For the first time ever in the main series, new mothers are able to breastfeed their babies.

Teen Sims and older can interact with babies, i. Children cannot pick up babies, but can coo at them. Bassinets are automatically provided free-of-charge if the pregnant Sim gives birth at a hospital. If, however, the player wants to have a pregnant Sim give birth at home, the player will need to purchase the bassinet prior to the birth. If a Sim's labor moodlet expires or is about to expire, the social services will give a free bassinet.

A bassinet is non-transferable until its original occupant ages up, but it is possible to change the color using the design tool. Dependent on the life state of the baby they will get different bassinets: vampire babies have a gothic bassinet and spellcaster babies have a elegant bassinet. When a baby is born, its friendship meter , relative to all other members of the household, is almost half-full.

While almost all interactions with a baby will increase a Sim's relationship with the baby, interactions with babies can fail. A failed interaction with a baby will cause them to cry, and will cause relationship between the baby and the Sim to decrease. Children will get an interaction to "meet new sibling" when the baby is just born, and will sometimes get an angry or sad "Unwanted Sibling" moodlet.