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InThe Sims, having a baby isn’t as obvious as in later games. There’s no woohoo here, although the vibrating bed offers a close alternative, and no try for a baby option to choose. Instead, you’ll need a strong relationship and a little bit of luck.
We take a look at how to have a baby in The Sims 1. Just be warned that looking after it won’t be easy, so think carefully before you hit that dialogue button.
Pre-Made Babies
In The Sims 1, there areno pre-made babies, and youcan’t create babies in Create a Sim. The only Sims you can create are adults and children.
There areno pregnancieseither, which also means there’s no waiting for your bundle of joy. Instead,babies arrive in a shower of petalsafter your Simschoose to have or adopt a baby via a pop-up menuoption.
How To Have A Baby
In order to trigger the pop-up dialogue tohave a baby, you first need amale and female couple.You’ll then need tobuild their relationshipthrough social interactions in order to level it up.
How To Level A Romantic Relationship
You’ll need tolevel friendship firstthroughtalking and entertaining. Once you have this to around40-50,then you may move to making the relationship romantic usinghug, kiss, and flirtinteractions.
Small icons on the relationship bar show the relationship type. Asmiley face is friendship, apink heartis anearly romanticconnection and ared heartis adeeper romanticrelationship.
How To Trigger The Option To Have A Baby
Once your relationship has hit the point where you have ared heart,then you need toperform romantic interactionswith your partner.
The easiest way is to continuallykiss romantically or passionately.You should then get the’should we have a baby’pop up.There is anelement of chanceat play here. Thehigher your relationshipand thebetter your Sim’s moods,the more likely the dialogue will appear.
If you have theVibromatic Heart Bedon your lot, you can select’vibrate’then get both Sims to choose’play in bed'.This is The Sims’equivalent of woohoo,and can also trigger the dialogue.
If you select no, then nothing changes. If youselect yes, a baby in a crib will appearin a shower of petals wherever you are standing. You canmove the crib using buy mode,but only if thebaby is asleepand not being interacted with.
Can Same-Sex Couples Have A Baby?
Yes! You canbuild a romantic relationship between same-sex couplesin exactlythe same wayas above. Get the relationship to the highest level and thenkeep performing those romantic interactions.
In same-sex relationships, you will instead hearthe phone ring.Upon answering it, you will be asked,‘do you want to adopt a baby?’
The adoption agency call usually happensaround 4pm, although it can come at any time.
How To Name Your Baby
After you haveselected ‘yes’to either having or adopting a baby then you’ll first see a flutter of petals before a crib appears and a dialogue box pops up.
Thepop-up menuwill tell youthe genderof the baby and allow you totype in your preferred name.Select’ok’once you are done andyour baby is now named.
Babies in The Sims areclassed as objectsin the code. This means that if youevict a family who has a babyin the house, thenthebaby will not movewith them. A sim is onlyregistered as part of a familyonce they havegrown into a child.
Your baby willremain a baby for 72 in-game hoursbefore theybecome a child.You’ll need tofeed them and sing to themfrequently or Simcity Social Services will come to remove them.
