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| June
9 2003, from: qwik, ... |
| I
found the easiest way to calm a crying baby -- feed, feed, sing -- then
said infant will go back to sleep with no problems; "we" have shared this
little tip with every impending parent in the neighborhood (which now has
some 18 children circulating rumble-tumble through the backyards) and have
yet to lose even one to the social workers. |
| March
21 2003, from: Rachel, ... |
Hi
I'm Rachel Robertson im a mom of 3 heathly kids 1 of my kids is still a
baby
my
darling son Nicolas crys for a bottle but when done he crys for more so
i
feed
him more it silly. |
| Feb
14 2003, from: LinzCate, ... |
| I've
found that feeding once, then singing twice, generally works pretty well.
If the baby is still crying, then sing again. I have some neighbours with
six children, and here's also a family with three girls. I've never noticed
any difference in the feeding habits between boys and girls. |
| November
9, from: Dragonbabe, ... |
| I
wish my sim baby could grow up longer and be able to crawl and learning
to walk and be able to feed it baby food and change its daiper and change
it clothes and give it a baby bath. and have baby sitters that come over
and take care of the baby when the parents are at work. |
| October
25, from: FROSTY1POP, ... |
| I've
found that when the baby wakes up you feed it, play with it, sing to it,
play with it and the sing to it once more it works for me most of the time. |
| July
11, from: Acoles, ... |
| I
find that if you feed your baby once and then sing to them twice they will
stick to the eight hour pattern very nicely. |
| July
11, from: G. Slater, ... |
| I've
found that when the "sim" baby wakes up its is good to feed it, just once,
then play, feed, sing. It works for most of the sim babies that I've had
but I can't guarantee it will work for all, thanks for the advice about
the belching thing. |
| July
11, from: Shelby, ... |
| What
I do to get my baby to leave me alone is feed it 1-2 times and sing to
it! The baby sleeps for about 6 hours straight! In the 6 hours I get my
other sims' in the household motives up! |
| July
11, from: Gerrirat, ... |
| Hello!
In my house, we've had two babies, and so far I've seen a pattern with
every baby I and my neighbors have had. The first time they're fed, they
need to be fed, then sung to, then fed, and sung to again and they sleep
for quite some time, about six or seven hours! After that, you normally
feed them once every time they wake up and then sing to them. I've also
noticed that with my neighbors, the girls need to be fed more often then
boys. This is my experience, but it probably differs from baby to baby. |
| July
11, from: Susan Weber, ... |
| I've
found that if, after feeding the baby the first time, and it is still crying,
sing to it once, and if that doesn't help, sing once more. That always
does the trick for me. Feed/sing, feed/sing/sing... |
| June
11, from: Destiny, ... |
It's
in my experience you should feed your baby 1 and then sing to her/him
and
then feed her/him. If that doesn't work try singing to the baby again. |
| May
29, from: Liz Addy, Pringle Dale |
| Hi!
Although we only have one child, my general experience is that 2 milk feeds
and then singing to your baby is enough to keep him/her asleep for well
up to 10 hours! Also, look out for feeding patterns, and if the baby cries
when they wouldn't normally be hungry, just play with them (or get a guest
to do it!)! |
| Apr
6, from: Esther Jones, Simsville |
| Hi!
I've heard that baby boys need more milk than baby girls. Is that true? |
| Feb
21, from: Richard Seb. Moulino, Simmerville |
| We
just got 4 babies over 16 Sim-days! That means I and my family have served
nearly 80 bottles of milk lately! Wow!!! We love the cradle milk machine.
My experience is that even if there's a belch after the 1st bottle, it's
ok to go on with the 2nd one. If the baby doesn't want it, it will not
take that much extra time, but if it drinks some of it, with some luck
the baby might sleep one extra hour. |
| Feb
18, from: Julia Valentino, Simmerville |
| Hi,
Ursull, I wish I read your article a week ago, before our newest baby got
here. I didn't find any rhythm, but neither did I check for it. I'll try
next time. |
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 Your
Sim baby needs - food
February
15, 2002 - by Ursull S. Swims
Feeding your baby while
not being sure whether it is still hungry, is something all parents have
experienced. Let´s share some basic knowledge about the baby's meal.
A baby is a complex creature,
just like the rest of us, with many qualities and needs. We can't always
tell what the baby is in need of at the moment, and I'm sure many parents
spend hours on giving the baby something it doesn't need at all.
In 3 articles I want to focus
on the baby's 3 main needs; food, fun and sleep. I think it would be great
if all experienced parents out there in SimCity could share their knowledge
about the Sim babyhood. If you have not yet raised your own baby, you will
find some advices here which might come in handy some day.
When should you feed it?
 About
babies, one thing is for sure; when they want something to drink they will
let you know! What might surprise you is that this happens quite regularly
and the baby often wants the milk according to a specific time rhythm.
You will need to make notes to learn it as it will be individual, but basically
there will be 3 meals per 24 hours, meaning the meal can be every
8 hours. This varies, so pay attention, I will help you with finding the
baby's rhythm in a later article.
You can't tell from the crying
whether hunger is your baby's most urgent need, but most babies will wake
up because they are hungry. Starting the baby watch with some milk will
never be wasted, but after that first bottle, you will need to find out
what is needed to satisfy that adorable little baby of yours.
How much?
You want your baby to grow
up, right? Ok, so it needs lots of food to be able to burst out of that
cradle within a few days. And that tiny body sure can drink a lot! Unless
you know your baby's needs, don't ever stop after just one bottle of temperated
milk! My 3rd child had 3 bottles for most of her meals, that's quite a
lot though. A baby will normally drink 2 bottles per "baby-watch", but
babies are different, so you must always be prepared to feed it even more.
Listen carefully, and if
the baby gives a belch when you put it back into the cradle, it's had enough
milk for now. If you then feed it again, it will cry while you do so, and
probably you will put it back into it's cradle quite soon - wasted time
and energy, in other words. But some times the belch is very quiet, if
your radio or TV is on, you might not hear it. And, although I've been
doing a lot of research on this, I still don't know if there is a difference
between the quiet and loud belch.
Preparing the meal and
boiling the bottles
This is one of the many
priviledges we Sims have - we don't need to fix every single detail! The
green cradle comes with 20 bottles of milk, temperated on a special Dimtech
Ultra forced electronic Simitronic milk warmer. It's all in there on the
shelf underneeth your baby's maddrass.When it's feeding time, simply reach
out for it!
What makes this system special
is that it also gives a little heat to the baby's bed, so you don't need
to worry if the cradle is standing in a cold room or in the garden. The
temperature stays mostly the same inside the cradle.
If you are a Sim who adores
to wash and cook milk bottles, please go ahead, but make sure to turn the
light out first, because you would not like anyone to watch you.
The photo in this article
shows my husband, Crawl, feeding our latest daughter, Squirly.
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