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* If Sims live in an [[apartment]] or [[penthouse]], the toddlers will be dropped off on the ground floor.

* Placing a child in a crib actually seems to cause a rapid decline in the fun motive. The same goes with high chairs.

* The [[Alchemy]]{{Vgversion|TS3:SN}} skill has the Vial of Potent Bliss, which fills social and fun needs in one use. You can throw these at the children that show up afterschool to completely fix those needs, saving a bunch of time.

* Sometimes, children will come late due to after school activities. If you only have a couple minutes to raise their moods after they complete homework, use the Tell Tale interaction to keep everyone in a decent mood before parents arrive to pick them up.

** If the children are recognisable townies that are playable, be wary not to set them to use a Windcarver{{Vgversion|TS3:ITF}} as default; they will travel very slowly on them and it will be finish time by the time they arrive.

* Children with a low hunger need will '''not''' eat food from your fridge. Cook a group meal and call them too it to raise everyone's (including your own) hunger need. Be careful though, as sometimes there won't be enough time after the meal for children to do their homework and raise their fun need.

* Toddlers will never need to sleep. Therefore, cribs are not necessary in your center, except for the purpose of keeping the toddlers in one place.

* A good tip is to always have something already cooked in your fridge before the children arrive, then you won't have to spend a lot of time cooking it instead of helping the kids with their homework.

* A toddler's hunger need is very predictable. He/she will get hungry every couple of hours. So, to make everyone's life a little easier, feed all the children at the same time. That way, they'll all be on the same feeding schedule, and when one child gets hungry, you'll know that everyone else will be getting hungry soon as well.

* Toddlers have strange mood swings. It's as if one their needs suddenly plummets right after you fulfill it. A toddler might have an accident right after you change them, or feel hungry right after you feed them. Therefore, it is important that you don't assume a child with a great mood will stay that way. Check on children's moods as often as you can.

* Teaching toddler skills helps your experience bar, especially in the earlier levels of this profession. Don't expect to teach all of the toddlers all three skills though! Once you have more than 4 kids at your center, you'll be lucky if you can teach a toddler one of the skills.

* The most helpful skill to teach a toddler is potty training. Once you potty train a toddler, you can say goodbye to dirty diapers once and for all! (Or at least until a new toddler arrives at your center) Even though stinky potty chairs can lower your mood, you can focus on other things instead of diapers.

* Having a Master Inventor{{Vgversion|TS3:A}} scatter [[Floor Hygienator|Floor Hygenators]] all over the daycare can do the toddler's hygiene work for you as they move around.

* With such long hours, it's a miracle your Sim has any time to sleep during the day. If your Sim is constantly going stir crazy, consider replacing one of their traits with the [[Hates the Outdoors]] trait. You're Sim can stay at home infinitely without suffering a -15 blow to their mood bar. Alternatively, alternate the work between two [[Heavy Sleeper]]s who both have Sleeping Bags{{Vgversion|TS3:G}} and the Meditative Trance Sleep{{Vgversion|TS3:WA}} LTR.

* Even though you can't detect a toddler's bladder need, there are some signs that it might be Potty Time. First of all, if it's been more than half an hour since he/she ate, you should consider taking that child to the toilet. However, if the child is described as being smelly (shown in black), that is a red flag that the toddler will have an accident within the next couple of minutes. Race to the potty before it's too late!

* If you want to keep your toddlers and children in one place, only put toys and tables in one room. Toddlers will always sneak away to other toys, and children seem to want to do their homework everywhere and anywhere. If this is not possible for some reason, keep all doors to other places locked.

* Toddlers like to steal. Especially from your toy box. Unless you teach them how to walk, when the toddler is crawling away to play with his/her toy, it will go in his/her inventory. If you pick them up before they remove the toy from their inventory, you will never see that toy again. If this is becoming a problem, either open the toy box and drag the toys out on the floor, or just delete it.

 

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