To try for a baby, click adouble bedand select “Try for a baby”.
It is not a method of 100% effectiveness.
Therefore it is a good idea to repeat that several times.
To adopt a child, poke the computer and select “Family”, and then “Adopt”.
You will then see the children that you’re free to take from the orphanage.
The adoption procedure costs 1 000 Simoleons.
Then the Sim goes to the orphanage for the baby.
After the return, you will be able to change the name of the child.
Immediately, they become a member of the family.
After the “Try for a baby” interaction, you oughta verify that the Sim woman is pregnant.
To do that, click thetoiletand select “Do the pregnancy test”.
If not, keep trying.
Later on, the negative effects wear off and the fact of being pregnant gives her positive moodlets.
The father of the baby may interact with it while it is in the belly, e.g.
check out on whether the baby is kicking.
If the Sim goes to thehospital, after some time she returns with a baby.
Right after the birth, you gotta choose the name and the surname for the baby.
This stage in life has been represented very symbolically and it is short.
Of course, you do not have any control over thebaby.
Then, they jump out of the carriage and turns into aChild.
You then need to select a new aspiration for them, as well as a trait.
This selection is very important.
You select one trait, but it is going to remain active until the death.
Pick wisely (more about this has been included in the chapter entitledSim’s Life> Personality).
Sims in theirchildhoodcan be fully controlled.
The easiest way to learnMental Skillsis to play chess.
you might also buy a special toy - the"Young Wizard" set.
This includes doing homework every day.
After you do your daily homework, click thehomeworkand select “Do an additional assignment”.
By default, this has been set to studying.
When the time comes, thechildgrows up and they then become ateen.
Apart from that, a teen attendshigh school.
You only need to use thephoneor thecomputerfor that.
(go for the skills that you develop according to the professional career that you are planning on).
Some of these jobs are done only on weekends and some during the weekdays, e.g.
After you turn from ateento ayoung adult, you opt for last trait.
Now, you have the life of ayoung adultand anadultSim ahead of you.
you might use all the options provided by the game.
All of that, until you goseniorand the Sim dies.
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