Baby Boomer II: 50 Days of Extreme Parenting

[AriaGirl77]

Ok, this challenge is wild!

My couple is Ryan and Naomi McDougal.  No particular reason.  Ryan looks very scottish to me, brawny with red hair and freckles.  His wife is much darker with black hair.  A bit of an interracial marriage.  So far the kids (Heather, Shannon, Keegan, Travis, Seamus, and Connor) all have black hair like their mom, except for Shannon who's blonde.  Very odd!

I ended up with 3 sets of twins.  Only Heather was able to get on the Honor Roll, although the youngest two haven't aged up to teen yet.  I guess I haven't learned the trick on how to get that one to come up.  Very hard to keep their moods up to get good grades that's for sure! AND make a friend.  Although I found the friend part to be easier to control.

Things are much calmer now with 4 teens in the house and 2 children, but now it's trying to keep everyone straight and doing what they're supposed to do in order to get those valuable points.  Yikes! 

[Schipperke]

The Bucket household is a little calmer these days now that the kids are all in school.  Richard has completed his LTW; that proved to be very easy, and I am wishing I had saved it for one of the kids instead.  Oh well. 

I have a couple of questions:  First, can anyone tell me why the kids always get up before their energy bar is completely full?  It's annoying because I have to keep putting them back to bed, sometimes twice in a night, so they can get their "well rested" moodlet.  Second, the youngest children (Daffodil, Snapdragon and Tulip) were all born on the same day and aged up to toddlers on the same day, but the first two aged up to child a day before Tulip.  How did poor old Tulip get to be a day behind? 

[TheCub]

This challenge is going to be a lot harder than I expected. I can't believe how fast the babies' motives drop! I try to fill all of their needs before putting them to sleep but they still wake up hungry and lonely. This is the first time I've had kids since I uninstalled my mods. One of the mods was probably affecting motives and I didn't realize it.

Ben and May could barely handle the twins (Peter and Harry) and now they just had triplets (Mary Jane, Gwen and Betty). It's maddening, but I have to remind myself it's only temporary. When the boys age up in a couple of days it will get easier. I hope.

Do you get a warning notice (like in TS2) that you're mistreating your children?  Or does the Social worker just come on by?

I got a warning once. A toddler's 3 hour Hungry moodlet ran out, and he got the Very Hungry moodlet. It wasn't for 24 hours like an older sim would get, I think it was only 8 hours. I got a warning as soon as the moodlet appeared, and I imagine the social worker would have arrived after that moodlet ran out.



EDIT: I guess I remembered incorrectly. One of my babies just got the Very Hungry moodlet and there was no warning. I think there may be a Starving moodlet that appears when Very Hungry runs out. That's probably when you get the warning.

[NancyJ]

Schipperke, basically the game is buggy EA have skimped on the QA quite a bit - particularly with World Adventures. The miscalculating how long they need to sleep seems to be new to WA but they can't seem to fix it - I've noticed on my adults, usually it overestimates and then adjusts back down again but when it underestimates it doesn't seem to self-correct.
I've never had twins/triplets age up at different rates or dropped a trait but from reading around they seem to be common bugs that people get.  Were they born at/near midnight -it might be one was born on a different day or it could just be buggy - have you used CAS to change their clothes? IIRC that can mess up the ages.

[MomOfMany]

First post was a lurker before seeing this. And first challenge so therefore I have questions?
First of all is it too late to get in on this?
Second if a young adult kid (not the original parents) has a baby is it counted in this challenge?
Third how do you get LTW for teens?
I think that is all the questions I have.

[samoht04]

Welcome to the Forum momofmany!

Metro will have to answer the ones of the rules and such, but the Teens LTW can just come up in the wishes section (normaly coloured Gold) Before they age up into young adults they must choose a LTW where a box comes up with choices depending on their traits. Skills and Traits can effect which LTW roll up in the wishes section. This can also happen when they are kids.

[Metropolis Man]

First post was a lurker before seeing this. And first challenge so therefore I have questions?
First of all is it too late to get in on this?

Not at all. There's no cutoff date for registering. Welcome to the forums and good luck.

Second if a young adult kid (not the original parents) has a baby is it counted in this challenge?

Yes. It's all children born in your household.

Third how do you get LTW for teens?

It's a specific Lifetime happiness points reward that you need to purchase if you're seeking a specific one. No more details can be offered. Sorry.

EDIT: I see samoht04 beat me to it. Yes, you're offered the LTW that appear gold, but the problem I'm having is what the game throws at you isn't always part of your strategy—i.e. not the LTW you want for the Teen. So, in that case you need to purchase the reward. 'Nuff said.  

[Schipperke]

Schipperke, basically the game is buggy EA have skimped on the QA quite a bit - particularly with World Adventures. The miscalculating how long they need to sleep seems to be new to WA but they can't seem to fix it - I've noticed on my adults, usually it overestimates and then adjusts back down again but when it underestimates it doesn't seem to self-correct.
I've never had twins/triplets age up at different rates or dropped a trait but from reading around they seem to be common bugs that people get.  Were they born at/near midnight -it might be one was born on a different day or it could just be buggy - have you used CAS to change their clothes? IIRC that can mess up the ages.

Hi Nancy, thanks for the answer to my questions.  The parents never get up before they're well rested, so I couldn't understand why the kids are doing it.  I wondered if it had something to do with particular beds - the parents have the top double bed, the kids all have the top singles.  I don't remember what time the triplets were born, but when they aged up from babies to toddlers was when the parents went berserk and paced up and down for 3 hours.  Perhaps the trauma of that experience delayed Tulip's development. 

[NancyJ]

I was using those singles too - I've upgraded them to the doubles but I had to get 4 because apparently little girls can't share a bed with their teenage brother hehe. That's what I get for having 3 boys and 3 girls.

[Schipperke]

I was using those singles too - I've upgraded them to the doubles but I had to get 4 because apparently little girls can't share a bed with their teenage brother hehe. That's what I get for having 3 boys and 3 girls.

So do they sleep better in doubles?  I've avoided buying them because I wasn't sure the kids would want to sleep together but maybe I should rethink that.   The kids are all boys, so it should be possible if they like each other enough.

[MomOfMany]

Thanks! I have had them come up in the gold as a wish but they hadn't been the one I was looking for and I didn't know if there was another way of getting one that I am just unfamiliar with. Off to start a family!

[Schipperke]

This challenge is really showing up my ignorance regarding Simmy children.  I have yet another question:  what does it mean when the parent has a wish to "see child be a genius"?  It's worth a lot of points (2750, I think) but I didn't want to lock it in without knowing what it means.  Does it mean maximizing the logic skill?  Thanks to all who answer questions and make this site the great resource it is!

[Pam]

Some of these questions and such are too close to being strategy for this thread.  Please ask these specific questions in another existing thread or start a new one if necessary.  Thanks!

[Metropolis Man]

I agree with Pam. Schipperke, I'm assuming Pam stepped in mainly due to your particular questions. Rules clarifications and such are fine in this thread and I'll elaborate as much as needed. But, some of your questions need to be asked in other threads. Thanks.

[samoht04]

I agree with Pam. Schipperke, I'm assuming Pam stepped in mainly due to your particular questions. Rules clarifications and such are fine in this thread and I'll elaborate as much as needed. But, some of your questions need to be asked in other threads. Thanks.

If its just a small question can we not PM the answer, if we don't think its worth a thread?

[Pam]

Well, samoht04, if you have the question, then others may have the same question.  That alone makes it worth a thread.  Or do a search for threads that have the same general subject and just add a question to one of those posts.

[samoht04]

Well, samoht04, if you have the question, then others may have the same question.  That alone makes it worth a thread.  Or do a search for threads that have the same general subject and just add a question to one of those posts.

I don't have the question I was just thinking it might be easier, also say if there was another thread for them to post it to, could we link them too it from here or not?

[pallyndrome]

how do you tell if your sim child is on the honor roll? mine has been on A grade (full) for a day or two but now has only weekends left before she ages up, so i'm hoping that she doesn't need a school day to be on honor roll. i'm also hoping that this question doesn't belong with the questions-that-should-be-asked-in-other threads.

[samoht04]

Here's the honor roll moodlet:

 

Thats it, it was from this thread. Page Four or Five I think it was discussed.

[pallyndrome]

oh. thank you. i didn't bother reading the whole thing lol
and she doesn't have that moodlet waaaaaaaaaaa
not my fault she was born on that day so now all she has left is weekends
just a little peeved since i tried so hard with her. oh well.

[Metropolis Man]

how do you tell if your sim child is on the honor roll? mine has been on A grade (full) for a day or two but now has only weekends left before she ages up, so i'm hoping that she doesn't need a school day to be on honor roll. i'm also hoping that this question doesn't belong with the questions-that-should-be-asked-in-other threads.

Not at all. Your honor roll question is fine right here.

[MomOfMany]

I started my people. They are Josh and Melissa Aplenty! And she is pregnant. That is as far as I have gotten so far. LOL More to play later!

[Schipperke]

I agree with Pam. Schipperke, I'm assuming Pam stepped in mainly due to your particular questions. Rules clarifications and such are fine in this thread and I'll elaborate as much as needed. But, some of your questions need to be asked in other threads. Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't intend to raise questions that shouldn't be in this thread.  I just thought, since we are all working on the same sort of issues in this challenge, these questions would be relevant to others as well.  But I'll stop.

[Metropolis Man]

Once the initial craziness settled down the mid portion of my game went fairy quickly. I have about 3 weeks left and will soon be thrown back into the frying pan with more babies. But, I actually may finish tomorrow. We'll see.

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EDIT: It just occurred to me that something that Pam and I discussed before the rule set was finalized seems to not have made it. And that's the rule that all kids scored would have to be blood related to your original couple. What this prevents is you moving out a huge number of Sims all at once and simply marrying into a large family and then moving them into your house. That's completely opposed to the concept of Baby Boomer—i.e. making babies. If this late rule is going to throw a monkey wrench in for some players, then we can discuss it, otherwise I feel I need to add that clarification.

[Twinmum]

And that's the rule that all kids scored would have to be blood related to your original couple. What this prevents is you moving out a huge number of Sims all at once and simply marrying into a large family and then moving them into your house.

Not sure about anyone else, but this idea never even crossed my mind. I just assumed all kids would need to be born to the household.

As everyone is giving updates on their family..
Patricia and Robert have 6 children. They thought parenting was going to be a breeze with the birth of their son Michael, then Prudence, Penelope and Phillipa came along and they had to rethink their ideas on parenting. They were just getting used to things then David and Daniel came along. I think Patricia may be close to a breakdown, but Robert is very supportive and hopefully she will be fine.

Norma